The Door & Hardware Federation’s Senior Training & Compliance Officer, Nick Perkins, explains more about the recently harmonised European standard, EN 12453, and what this formal listing means with regards to levels of safety for manually operated doors, gates and barriers. The European Standard, EN 12453:2017+A1:2021, pertaining to mechanical requirements and test methods for vehicle and goods gates and barriers, has now been harmonised under the Machinery Directive (MD) in the EU; listing as a designated standard in the UK is now merely a formality. “This is considered a particularly significant moment in a narrative that has been on-going since 2011 when UK HSE issued a formal objection to the original 2000 version,” explains Perkins. “In response to this, the European Commission listed the standard with a warning not to rely on it entirely for legal compliance; since Brexit, this has been mirrored in HM Government’s listing of designated standards for machinery.”
This article was first published in the March 15th 2024 issue of Warehouse & Logistics News, subscribe to the magazine by clicking here.
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As the warehouse industry gets busier and more doors are installed, we trust the highest standards of safety are maintained.
George Simpson
Features Editor
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