Increase Loading Dock Safety and Security with Driver Cages
By MHI Industry Group, ProGMA
Driver cages, also known as building access security cages, facility access cages, etc., can be used in a variety of facilities such as distribution centers, factory floors, shipping & receiving docks, and manufacturing facilities – and also come in a variety of shapes and sizes to fit those facilities. Some common features include a pushbar/lock door, service access windows, multi-sided layouts, or roofs.
Driver cages have many benefits in all aspects of material handling fundamentals: move, control, store, protect. Driver cages can help to secure your facility while protecting your inventory, visitors and employees by:
Monitoring and controlling guest access to your facility. Installing a driver cage can keep truck drivers, visitors, delivery people, non-employees, etc. from entering facility without an employee guide, thus protecting both the company and visitors from accidents and injury as they wandering around the facility and factory floor.
Protecting visitors from forklift traffic and dangerous machinery. Driver cages prevent visitors from wandering into dangerous areas such as forklift lanes or active machines and provides drivers a safe place to stay away from an active shipping dock and the factory floor. This eliminates the liability of having an untrained visitor in a hazardous area and protects them from risk of injury on an active factory floor.
Protecting inventory and employees. With a driver cage installed, you can reduce risk of theft of inventory by controlling access of unauthorized personnel in the facility.
Acting as an emergency exit. With a pushbar door from the inside of the factory, persons inside of the facility can easily and safely exit through the driver cage in case of an emergency. This is a cost-effective solution to safeguard facility and the wire mesh allows visibility and ventilation and does not require changing of HVAC, lighting or sprinkler systems.
Driver cages are a simple way to increase security and safety in your facility. To talk to an expert about the best solution for your facility, please visit mhi.org/progma today.
