Commercial & Industrial Roller Shutter Doors Best Practice
Guidance for Roller Shutters
Health and Safety Executive Guidance for Roller Shutter Doors
Commercial and industrial roller shutter doors pose a significant threat to health and safety. Below are just a few examples of how over the years of a number of fatalities and serious injuries that have been attributed to roller shutter doors.
As a result of the continued injuries and fatalities, the Health and Safety Executive have issued best practice guidance on the safe use of vertically operated roller doors.
In cases where the door is of adequate strength to lift a adult or small child, risk assessments should be carried out by either landlords or tenants. The associated risks should be noted and the necessary precautions taken to ensure safety.
It is particularly important that the required safety measure should be in place when it is envisaged that children will have access to the roller shutters that are capable of lifting them using an electrically operated motor. BS EN 12453:2001 outlines the potential for hazards and provides the best practice safety recommendations.
Risk Assesments
It is recommended that a risk assessment is carried out to recognize any potential threats posed and then select the most appropriate and effective solution to ensuring that safety remains paramount at all times. This is usually done through a combination safety measures.
Where roller shutters and roller shutter doors are to be modified in such a manner that it varies significantly from its original design, then the installer engineer will be required to CE mark the work.
Some examples that constitute “significant alterations” include;
Many areas of work are exempt from such additional CE marking and can include some of the following;
When specifying electrically operated roller doors and roller shutters, it is good practice to consider some of the following;
It is also recommended that anyone planning on installing a new roller door carries out a risk assessment to limit the potential for injury to occur.
Where roller doors are to be installed as a means of securing entry to a building, the risk of injury occurring is at its highest where electrically operated roller shutter doors are easily accessible to the public. Please note the risk is even greater where children may also gain access to the roller doors.
A means of complying with the Supply of Machinery Regulations 1992 as amended, is to ensure that all new roller doors and roller shutter doors are manufactured in accordance with BS EN 12453 : 2001
Where the spread of smoke and fire is part of the requirement of the roller shutters, the fire authority and building control should be consulted to ensure the correct specification of roller door is installed to meet the required standards.
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