Keeping Your Employees Safe from Your Commercial Garage Door
Your commercial garage door is designed with safety features. The fact is, however, that in some commercial environments, many employees may be walking or driving back and forth under your garage door every day.
Whether that garage door remains open most of the time or it is repeatedly going up and down throughout the day, it is important to take the proper safety precautions to protect your employees from an unforeseen accident. What is the best way to keep your employees safe when it comes to your commercial garage door?
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Make Sure You Have a Modern Door
The newer your commercial garage door is, the more likely it is to have state-of-the-art safety features. Have you checked to see if your current door has safety devices in place? If not, you should consider adding the safety mechanisms or replacing with an updated version of your door.
Make Sure Your Door Is Installed and Repaired by Professionals
When you are bringing in a new door, don’t try to install it with your own team. Let experienced professionals handle the job. It keeps your employees safe from injury during installation and makes it more likely the door will be installed correctly — meaning a dangerous accident is less likely. Similarly, don’t cut corners when it comes to repair. Make sure your repair is performed by experts with years of experience who know what they are doing and ensure that they are using OEM (original equipment manufacturer) parts.
Schedule Regular Maintenance
If one of your springs is about to give out, there’s a good chance there will be no way for you to know about it until it snaps, which can put your employees in danger. Annual or semi-annual maintenance by professionals can help you to identify a potential problem and fix it before it becomes a hazard.
Training
Make sure any employees who will come in contact with the garage door or pass underneath it have a full understanding of how it works and how to operate it. An hour of training could save multiple lives.
Call for Repairs Immediately
If your garage door is not working properly, do not wait until the end of the day or the end of the week to deal with it. Call for repairs right away and find a workaround until the professionals come to fix it.
If you need commercial garage door repair, installation or maintenance in the Spokane, WA area or Northern Idaho, call Continental Door Company. We have the experienced garage door professionals who know how to make sure your door is as safe as possible. Contact us to request service or to receive a quote on a new commercial garage door now.
