Mezzanine Safety Gate Suppliers

Whether staged or not, the iconic 1932 image of workers eating their lunch on a girder high over New York City still represents a carefree, highly dangerous bygone era where the welfare of workers wasn’t a major consideration. 

Thankfully, things have changed and whatever businesses may think of the stringent health and safety measures now in place, they’re there to protect workers from injury and businesses from legal action. And that’s good news for anyone involved in potentially high-risk environments like warehouses and factories.

Mezzanine floor pallet gates are part of this welcome wave of safety-related equipment designed to put workers first. A mezzanine floor pallet gate allows pallet loads of goods to be transferred from the ground to a mezzanine floor without the risk of falling stock and/or workers. 

Pallet gates are fitted at the edge of a mezzanine floor with the gate down. When a forklift on the ground lifts a pallet to the mezzanine, a worker raises the gate to receive the pallet and then lowers it once the pallet is safely in place. The worker then moves the pallet to its new home using a pallet truck. 

Done correctly, the whole process is easy and risk-free. Mezzanine pallet safety gates are an essential and affordable addition to any commercial enterprise using mezzanine level storage.