One of the biggest problems facing health and safety in the workplace these days is the habit of looking at it as something of an afterthought. The core focus is the running of the business and making sure the money is coming in, which in turn leaves employee and workplace safety somewhere on the back burner. After all – why spend top-dollar on the very best removable bollards in the business, when you can pick up a much cheaper alternative that looks pretty much the same?

Well, the simple answer is that when you don’t have the most appropriate bollards in place, you might as well not have any at all. In fact, substandard products are real potential hazards in their own right. They could be made of inferior materials that are prone to presenting sharp edges, they may contain toxic elements or, if nothing else, they could create a false sense of security while providing no real benefit whatsoever. The best way to think about these kinds of safety features and most others is as insurance policies for you, your business and your employees. Just like insurance you pray you’ll never have to count on them to help you, but when you do, it’s vital that they’re up to the job.

So the underlying message is a simple one really – if you’re ever going to buy safety equipment for the workplace, for industry use or indeed to use anywhere that people may be present, it’s worth doing it right or you might as well not do it at all. Speak to a specialist and let them know what it is you’re looking for and the environments you wish to safeguard – chances are they’ll be able to communicate the differences in products’ quality better than anyone else.

Barrier Group is a progressive and innovative Australian company that designs, develops, manufactures and supplies a wide range of workplace safety, car park solutions, crowd control barricades and forklift separation barriers for private, institutional and occupational environments.

Please check their products catalogue on barricades.