New DHF best practice guide
4th July 2017

The Door & Hardware Federation has published a new Best Practice Guide which was developed following detailed consultations with the Health & Safety Executive (HSE). ‘Management of Maintenance, Modification and Repair of Industrial Doors, Domestic Garage Doors, Automated Gates & Traffic Barriers’ is available to download from the DHF website.

The new publication offers a step-by-step guide to managing the maintenance, repair and modification process.  The guide also includes an example of an ‘unsafe system warning notice’.

 The organisation says concerns were initially expressed by members that section 3 of the ‘Health And Safety at Work Act 1974’ requires that all maintenance work must result in a safe outcome.  When owners refused safety upgrade work, maintainers were facing an impossible situation.  The new publication identifies where the legal responsibilities lie and has been described as ‘one of the most significant documents since the introduction of the DHF Code of Practice TS 011:2016 last year’.

 DHF Marketing Manager, Patricia Sowsbery-Stevens said: “This guide is a concise and factual summary which we hope will lead to a better understanding of compliance – and ultimately - better standards across the industry.  It also demonstrates DHF’s ongoing commitment to driving those standards and the importance of regular maintenance.”
 
www.dhfonline.org.uk