Racking Protection & Warehouse Safety
Racking protection barriers, column guards, anti collapse mesh and mezzanine pallet gates - specified to your traffic and installed across the South West.
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Racking protection that pays for itself
Forklifts and racking share the same aisles all day, every day - and the racking always loses. Racking protection is the cheapest insurance in the warehouse: a few hundred pounds of barriers and guards prevents bent uprights, de-rated bays and the downtime that follows a serious strike.
We supply and install the full range of pallet racking protection across Somerset and the South West - specified with new pallet racking installations or retrofitted to the racking you already run.
The same survey covers mezzanine safety: pallet gates, edge protection and barriers for mezzanine floors, so people and pallets move between levels without ever sharing an open edge.
What we supply and fit
Racking protection barriers
Heavy duty steel and polymer rack-end barriers that take the hit at the most vulnerable point - the end of every run.
Column guards
A column guard wraps each upright at floor level and absorbs low-speed strikes. We fit steel and energy-absorbing polymer column protector options to suit traffic.
Pallet racking protectors
Upright protectors, frame guards and rail systems for drive-in lanes and transfer aisles where contact is routine.
Anti collapse mesh
Steel anti collapse mesh panels on the rear of single runs stop pallets and cartons falling into walkways and work areas behind.
Pallet gates
Up-and-over mezzanine pallet gate systems keep an edge-protected barrier between people and the drop at all times during loading - the safest way to land pallets on a mezzanine.
Barriers & walkways
Pedestrian segregation barriers, bollards and marked walkways that keep people and trucks apart where routes cross.
Specified to your traffic, not a catalogue
The right racking protection depends on what's hitting what. Reach trucks in wide aisles need different guarding from articulated trucks in narrow ones; a drive-in block needs rail protection a selective run never will; a busy transfer aisle justifies heavier barriers than a quiet reserve area.
So we start by walking the building. We map the strike points - run ends, corners, dock approaches, pinch points - then specify pallet racking protection that matches the real risk: bolt-down steel where impacts are rare, energy-absorbing polymer where they're routine and replacement cost matters.
On mezzanines, we bring existing floors up to current expectations: a compliant mezzanine pallet gate at every loading point, kick plates and mid-rails on open edges, and staircase guarding to Part K. Most retrofits are done in a day without stopping the operation.
Racking Protection FAQs
Run ends. The end frame of every run sits directly in the turning circle of every truck, which is why racking protection barriers at run ends are always the first item we specify, followed by column guards on uprights in busy aisles and corners.
Steel column guards are cheap and rigid - good for occasional, low-speed contact. Polymer column protectors flex, absorb the impact and return to shape, which suits high-traffic aisles where steel guards would need regular replacement. We often mix both across one site.
Anti-collapse mesh fixes to the back of racking runs that face walkways, pick faces or work areas. It helps prevent loose cartons or displaced goods falling into occupied space and should be selected from the site risk assessment and storage arrangement.
Yes - most of what we fit is retrofit. Barriers, guards, mesh and mezzanine pallet gates all install around live operations, usually in a single visit, and we'll flag any damaged components we find while we're fitting.
Start where the trucks turn. Aisle ends and the uprights either side of transfer aisles take the overwhelming majority of impacts, so column guards and rack end barriers there deliver the biggest risk reduction per pound. Next come uprights next to doorways, charging areas and any blind corner, then anti collapse mesh behind picking faces where people work below stored pallets. A modest spend on protection is almost always cheaper than the first damaged upright it prevents - and we can phase installation area by area so the cost lands gently.
Protecting what, exactly?
The structures this kit is designed to look after.
Plan the next decision
Mezzanine Edge Protection
Useful detail for comparing scope, constraints and the next step for a live project.
Pallet Racking
Useful detail for comparing scope, constraints and the next step for a live project.
Staircases
Useful detail for comparing scope, constraints and the next step for a live project.
Related safety services
Use the dedicated local and specialist pages below, or contact the Wellington team for a project-specific survey.