Door & Hardware Federation - New guide will further raise safety
standards
 A comprehensive guide to improving the methods of
restraining roller shutter door barrels has been issued by the Door
and Hardware Federation (DHF). Itfollows a number of accidents, one
of them fatal, involving industrial doors and shutters which were
investigated by the Health & Safety Executive.
The DHF best practice guide details the design characteristics which
must be considered when specifying or supplying roller shutter door
barrels. It isavailable for download from the DHF website,
www.dhfonline.org.uk .
The DHF has been advising its own members on the correct
installation and use ofpower operated shutters and doors for many
years. The tragic death last year of a young child involving a
remotecontrolled metal rolling shutter supplied by anon member of
the DHF prompted the HSE inquiry which in turn led to theproduction
of the DHF best practice guide.
The HSE noted that accidents occurred when industrial doors or
shutters had beenstruck by moving vehicles or had experienced
internal failure or malfunction ofthe support structure. The DHF
best practice guide for the methods ofrestraining roller shutter
door barrels spells out what design modificationsshould be made to
prevent relative movement between the support plates andbarrel
shaft.
It recommends that where existing doors have insufficient restraint,
devices preventing relative movement between the end plates and
barrel shaft should be considered.
Said Ian Wood, chief executive officer of the DHF: "It's the role of
thefederation to provide guidance to both specifiers and its own
members on currentbest practice in the design, manufacture and
installation of industrial andcommercial doors and shutters. The
tragic death of a child served to underlinethe importance of further
promoting all aspects of the safe specification and use of our
members' products. Use of this guide will increase safety
standardsthroughout our industry."
Email:
michael.skelding@dhfonline.org.uk
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