When it comes to keeping your team safe, the stakes are too high to take chances.
And yet, every year in the UK, people continue to lose their lives or get significantly injured in workplace transport accidents. It’s a painful reality, and too often, the root cause is a lack of segregation caused by a poorly planned safety barrier system.
Many barrier suppliers are just product sellers. They drop off barriers and bolt them to the floor. Very few take the time to fully understand the flow of your facility or the risks unique to your site. Even fewer know how to properly audit that risk. And that’s a big problem.
A barrier is only as good as the planning behind it. Recent HSE prosecutions have resulted in fines over £1 million tied directly to barrier-related safety failures. Choosing the wrong supplier isn’t just a mistake. It’s a risk to your people, your operations, and your reputation.
Many suppliers skip the hard part - the safety audit. Here’s what that means for you:
🔸Incomplete risk assessments miss hidden hazards.
🔸Layouts based on guesswork, not actual traffic data.
🔸Compliance documents that look fine on paper but fall short in practice.
🔸Installations that don’t account for driver behaviour.
🔸Expensive rework when barriers fail or get repeatedly hit.
Real audits uncover how your facility actually operates - across all shifts, teams, and traffic types.
Here’s what professional-grade barrier planning really includes:
PAS 13:2017 is the gold standard. Created by BSI, HSE, and industry leaders, it lays out how to:
Not just what you think happens. Use real data to assess what actually goes on:
Great audits go beyond the blueprint:
Legislation like the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 requires safe traffic circulation. A real audit gives you:
📖 Read more about how to conduct your own audit here: What Should I Look for in a Visual Safety Audit?
If you’re considering barrier suppliers, ask these first:
If the answer is no to any of these, it might be time to keep looking.
At Clarity, we don’t just install barrier kits and leave. We see safety as a system, not a product. And we’ve built a proven 3‑step approach to bring that system to life in your facility:
We begin with an on‑site survey by one of our experts. We don’t assume your needs; we learn them. Using Lean consulting and visual design thinking, we dig into your workflows, constraints, and goals. This is where we see your real challenges across all shifts, people, and movements.
Next, we translate what we’ve learned into a bespoke proposal. You’ll see an initial visual of our scope, and once you’re on board, we produce a full 3D model so you can virtually walk through the layout before installation. You get clarity, not surprises.
Our project management team works with you to schedule an installation that respects your operations. What started as an idea becomes reality - fully documented, impact‑rated, and aligned to the safety goals we defined in Step 1.
Because we approach safety and layout together, you don’t get a barrier in isolation; you get a safer, smarter, more efficient environment from day one.
Read more about our barrier solutions here: Our Products.
"Too many companies think a barrier is just a barrier. But it’s not. It’s part of a safety ecosystem. If it’s installed without context, without real understanding of risk, you’re left with a false sense of security. Our job is to eliminate that false confidence and replace it with the real thing."
– Damian White, Managing Director, Clarity Safety
Ready to stop guessing and start protecting? Book a professional audit with Clarity today. Because your people deserve better than guesswork.
👉 Get in touch to book your site assessment.