Using Bollards in the Workplace for Additional Safety

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Traffic bollards are generally thought of as being used to control the flow of traffic in areas where pedestrians and buildings need to be kept safe, but they’re also often used in other applications, such as within industrial workspaces. Places like warehouses, factories, and paid parking lots all use bollards to ensure more security and safety.

Warehouses

In warehouses where there are areas that need to be separated, heavy duty plated bollards work well because employees can still get to the area easily. Bollards can section off spaces in the warehouse without requiring walls to be built. They can also be used to regulate the accessibility of entryways such as garage doors.

Factories

Factories that have a lot of heavy machinery in them can benefit greatly from installing concrete or stainless steel bollards. Bollards warn employees about a machine—they can boost safety by preventing someone from accidentally getting too close and getting injured. And because OSHA guidelines dictate that industrial bollards need to be a specific shade of yellow, commonly referred to as “OSHA yellow,” it’s unlikely that an employee would be able to miss the warning.

Paid or Regulated Parking Lots

Parking lots that require clearance by way of either a badge or a paid attendant often use traffic bollards to control who enters the lot. These bollards may also have gates that have to be lifted in order to allow cars to pass through, or they may stick out from the ground and only be lowered when a car needs to pass over them. Regulating parking lots in this manner ensures no one can enter the lot who is not supposed to be there, and it does so in a highly efficient way. If the parking lot ever needs to be unrestricted, removable bollards provide the perfect solution.

Common Uses for Traffic Bollards Besides Storefronts

If you’re a shop owner or security manager, you know all about how traffic bollards in front of shop doors and windows or garages can prevent damage from cars that lose control or people intentionally trying to crash into buildings (either to vandalize the building or to create a way to burglarize the store), but bollards are used for plenty of other places to control traffic and keep people safe.

Paths in Forest Preserves

In forest preserves, there are often paths paved over for people who wish to ride their bikes, rollerblade, or walk/run alongside nature. Of course, not everyone lives close enough to these paths to simply walk or ride their bikes there, so there are generally parking lots for cars so that people can drive to the forest preserve, then bike, run, etc. on the provided paths. In order to keep cars in their designated lanes, people in charge of park safety have traffic channelizers installed at the entryways to the bike paths so that drivers know they aren’t supposed to be driving on those paved paths. This keeps pedestrians safe.

Event Security

When there’s a special event coming through your town, you might notice bollards blocking off areas that typically allow cars to pass through. Removable bollards are great for special event security, as they can be put up and taken down as needed. Removable security bollards are also great for places that need to be blocked off normally but occasionally need to allow vehicles in—for example, if a venue needs to accommodate for event equipment to load in.

City Bike Lanes

Bike lanes, though usually unprotected, could benefit from having bollards installed on the edges. Traffic bollards would protect cyclists from cars and vice versa, keeping all people in the street safer. In some instances, bollards are used in conjunction with clearly painted lines indicating a lane is specifically for bikes.