Protect Against Falls by Installing Safety Rails and Mezzanine Safety Gates

Ensuring your employees’ safety while accessing and working in raised areas is your responsibility. Raised walk ways and storage areas in your plant need to be outfitted with the right types of fall protection. When there is a drop off to areas below, you need to have a barrier in place in order to prevent accidental falls. You might create this barrier by using approved safety rails. Entry ways into these areas also need to be properly secured by installing mezzanine safety gates.

Mezzanine Safety Gates Need to Be Installed Correctly to be Effective

 

Correctly installing mezzanine safety gates is important in order to prevent someone from walking through the gate and accidently falling. Gates are commonly installed where they open inwards into the mezzanine area rather than outwards. If they were installed so they swung outwards, the gates would not be effective in preventing accidental falls as they would open into empty space.