Call for higher safety standards

This follows a court hearing where two gate companies were heavily fined for health and safety breaches that resulted in a child being crushed to death in 2010 by a gate that did not meet British and European safety standards.

With encouragement from the HSE, the Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) has set up a Powered Gate Group on behalf of the UK gate automation industry, developed the DHF Guide to Powered Gate Safety, and set up a two-day gate safety training course that more than 120 automated gate installers have successfully completed. 

DHF is also promoting Gate Safety Week (13th to 19th October), a week designed to alert the public of the need to be aware of the risks posed by poorly installed and badly maintained powered gates.