Incorporating Safety Barriers into Your Safety Plan

Posted: September 23, 2024

A comprehensive safety plan is essential for ensuring the wellbeing of employees and guests in bustling industrial spaces. It does this by not only mitigating risks, but also by fostering a culture of security and caution. One of the most effective ways of enhancing safety is by integrating safety barriers into your premises. This is where ZonePro® comes in. Our innovative units provide a robust solution for controlling access, guiding foot traffic, and protecting assets.

ZonePro® offers a full range of products tailored to meet the specific needs of different work environments. From industrial facilities to manufacturing plants and construction sites, our barriers are designed to be versatile, durable, and easy to deploy. Here’s how you can incorporate ZonePro® units into your safety plan:

Identify Critical Areas
Start by assessing your workplace to identify areas that require controlled access such as areas with hazardous materials, heavy machinery, or sensitive equipment. Other safety hotspots include walkways and pathways as well as temporary work zones where construction or maintenance is underway. Our retractable barriers — available in both rolling and fixed formats — are ideal for swiftly and effortlessly restricting access to these areas.

Customize Your Barriers
While our standard mesh safety barrier, which displays “Area Temporarily Closed” in English and Spanish, is perfectly suited for general hazards, customization is key for specialized safety needs. For example, banners can be purchased in OSHA compliant colors such as orange, yellow, and red and tailored to convey industry-specific or even company-specific safety warnings. This can be done in both black ink lettering and in full color graphics.

The former option can be used where a simple safety message such as “Do Not Enter” or “Caution” suffices. Full customization comes into play where more information is needed. Our dual-sided vinyl banners can include multiple safety warnings (for example, “Caution” and “Forklift Traffic Ahead”), full-color images, safety symbols, complicated color schemes and branding, and even QR codes, which can link to a digital safety protocol.

Regularly Review and Update
Safety is an ongoing process. Regularly review and update your safety plan to ensure it meets current standards and addresses any new risks that may arise. As your facility grows or changes, so too should the messaging of your ZonePro® barriers. Our patented fabric cartridge makes changing banners a breeze, and the ability to reuse our units with new messaging significantly increases the ROI of your investment.

Incorporating ZonePro® barriers into your safety plan is a strategic move that enhances protection, improves foot traffic management, and safeguards against potential hazards. Visit our website to explore our full range of safety options.