What is PAS 13 - Safety barrier impact resilience about?
Each year, around 50 people are killed and more than 5,000 injured in accidents involving workplace transport in the UK. Each workplace is unique and likely to present different hazards and risks. Nevertheless a well-designed and maintained workplace with proper segregation of vehicles and people will experience fewer workplace accidents.
The most effective way of ensuring pedestrians and vehicles move safety around a workplace is to provide separate pedestrian and vehicle traffic routes and where necessary use barriers, rails and signage to prevent pedestrians crossing at dangerous places. This PAS outlines the current good practice traffic management procedures for a workplace and provides a standard for the safety barriers within them.
Who is PAS 13 - Safety barrier impact resilience for?
It is intended to be used by anyone who is:
- Selecting appropriate safety barriers for their workplace to protect personnel, vehicles and structures
- Applying traffic management procedures
- Testing and measuring safety barrier performance
- Manufacturing and distributing safety barriers
It will most likely be used in the following sectors:
- Warehousing
- Logistics
- Airports
- Car parking
- Food and drink manufacturing
- Pharmaceutical
- Automotive manufacturing
- Architecture
- Construction
- Engineering
Users are likely to be:
- Health and safety managers
- Procurement specialists
- Directors
- Facility managers
- Project managers
- Site safety leaders
- Chief engineers
- Supply chain directors
- Maintenance supervisors
- Occupational safety advisors
- General managers
Why should you use PAS 13 - Safety barrier impact resilience?
This PAS gives recommendations for the impact resilience, dimensions and positions of safety barriers in the workplace, and guidance on how to manage the risks associated with vehicles within the workplace. It also specifies the criteria for testing the impact resilience of a barrier.
It applies to safety barriers used where there is a risk of collision between workplace vehicles or machinery and pedestrians.
NOTE: This PAS does not cover:
- Highways and public environments
- An installation specification or installation guide for safety barriers
- Safety barriers when working at height regulations
Traffic and pedestrian routes do not cover stairs, staircases and fixed ladders.
