Choosing the Right Safety Barrier for Your Facility

North American Safety Products (NASP) offers a comprehensive line of high-quality, reliable machine guarding and perimeter safety products for a wide range of applications across various industries.  

Workplace safety barriers are designed to block or limit access to machinery, specific zones, or potentially hazardous areas. They can be used in both indoor and outdoor environments, particularly beneficial in warehouses, factories, and other industrial facilities.

Why Workplace Safety Barriers Are Essential

Industrial facilities and commercial buildings can benefit from the use of expandable barricades, which are designed to protect pedestrians, workers, and visitors from a broad range of potential risks and hazardous conditions.

Facility managers can use barriers for a variety of purposes:

  • Adhere to industry safety regulations Adhere to industry safety regulations
  • Control access to restricted areas Control access to restricted areas
  • Create a safety barrier from the moving parts of machinery Create a safety barrier from the moving parts of machinery
  • Define an emergency evacuation route Define an emergency evacuation route
  • Identify designated pathways for pedestrians and vehicles Identify designated pathways for pedestrians and vehicles
  • Improve workplace safety Improve workplace safety
  • Minimize the risk of collision in high-traffic areas Minimize the risk of collision in high-traffic areas
  • Prevent accidents Prevent accidents
  • Provide fall protection in elevated work areas Provide fall protection in elevated work areas
  • Reduce liability Reduce liability

Different Types of Barriers

The versatile NASP product line includes the following four primary types of machine-guarding expandable barriers.

1

VERSA-GUARD®

The Versa-Guard® expanding barrier is our original flagship product, which offers a broad range of benefits:

  • Available in high-visibility OSHA, DOT, and NRC standard safety colors to adhere to regulations
  • Convenient and easy to use
  • Lightweight with an easy-carry handle
  • Versatile and modular

Unlike generic barriers, Versa-Guard® barricades are professionally designed and can be configured wherever needed at a moment’s notice. They can be taken down just as easily for storage as needs change.

Versa-Guard®

Common indoor and outdoor applications include:

  • Airports Airports
  • Construction sites Construction sites
  • Factories Factories
  • Hotels Hotels
  • Industrial facilities Industrial facilities
  • Loading docks Loading docks
  • Parking garages Parking garages
  • Public transportation stations Public transportation stations
  • Schools Schools
  • Shopping malls Shopping malls
  • Warehouses Warehouses

Versa-Guard® barrier size options:

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VG-1000

37″ overall height x 11’4″ expanded width or 17″ closed width. Two supporting feet and a carrying weight of 25 pounds.

VG-1015

37″ overall height x 15’1″ expanded width or 22″ closed width. Three supporting feet and a carrying weight of 36 pounds.

VG-1048

48″ overall height x 11’4″ expanded width or 17” closed width. Two supporting feet and a carrying weight of 27 pounds.

2

REAR-GUARD®

The Rear-Guard® is a machine and perimeter guard system that improves worker safety with various machines, robotic units, and equipment. Not only does the system improve visibility, but it also provides floor-to-ceiling access, which panel systems do not allow.

The expandable barrier is lightweight, has no end pinch points, and is fast and easy to install. The Rear-Guard® is also fully customizable in size and can include the following optional accessories:

  • Military grade nylon mesh
  • Stainless steel wire mesh
  • Welding curtain

Rear-Guard® effectively reduces exposure to dangerous equipment and hazardous work zones, helping businesses avoid costly OSHA penalties. Common applications in OSHA-regulated areas include:

  • Adhesive spraying booths Adhesive spraying booths
  • Pallet wrapping machines Pallet wrapping machines
  • Press brakes Press brakes
  • Robotics equipment Robotics equipment
  • Shears Shears
  • Steel coil feeds Steel coil feeds
3

LOADDOX-GUARD®

The LoadDox-Guard® offers essential loading dock protection, with enhanced visibility, ventilation, and security. With workers, forklifts, and trucks operating in tandem on a loading dock, it is critical to protect the main arrival and departure areas from potential hazards to reduce the risk of workplace injuries.

This fall protection system mitigates numerous safety issues associated with van, truck, or trailer deliveries and pick-ups in open-air loading docks. LoadDox-Guard® also allows for normal dock and overhead door operations without disruptions.

When properly installed, the LoadDox-Guard® conforms to OSHA fall protection criteria, maintaining a low guard area when expanded. The heavy-duty steel and aluminum construction features a high-gloss powder-coated finish for exceptional durability. Additionally, the accordion design promotes visibility and allows for ventilation. Integrated reflective strips help workers see dock edges, which can prevent accidental falls.

LoadDox-Guard® options:

  • Customizable colors: DOT- and OSHA-compliant options
  • Standard heights: 4′, 5′, or 6′
  • Standard widths: 8′, 10′, or 12′ (can be customized as needed)
  • Mounting: Wall or post

Openings: Center-meeting or unidirectional

LoadDox-Guard®

4

RESTRICT-GUARD®

The Restrict-Guard® provides modular protection for equipment and inventory storage areas, restricting access to sensitive work zones while offering the following benefits:

  • Easy installation
    Easy installation
    The system can be installed in various designs or configurations depending on the specific application requirements.
  • Enhances operator safety
    Enhances operator safety
    It maintains visibility while providing safe and easy access that complies with OSHA standards.
  • Security features
    Security features
    Offers asset protection with locking mechanisms available.
  • User-friendly
    User-friendly
    Easy to operate and integrates well with our Rear-Guard® expandable barrier products.

Restrict-Guard®

Restrict-Guard® modular wire mesh panel and post systems are available in three different models to meet the unique needs of a facility:

Restrict-Guard® BASIC

Welded steel tube frame construction

Restrict-Guard® HD

Liftable panels without posts

Restrict-Guard® STRONG

 L-frame assembly

Matching Barriers to Your Facility Needs

Our customization solutions are designed to meet our clients’ unique gating and barrier needs, often surpassing the capabilities of stock safety barriers. The experienced in-house engineering team at NASP plans and designs safety structures that can withstand the intended operating environment with consistent product quality and prompt delivery.

Matching a barrier to a facility’s unique demands offers the following benefits:

  • Adaptable solutions to meet specific safety requirements Adaptable solutions to meet specific safety requirements
  • Improves customer and employee safety programs Improves customer and employee safety programs
  • Maintains OSHA compliance Maintains OSHA compliance

Matching Barriers to Your Facility Needs

Why Choose NASP for
Workplace Safety Barriers?

With over 30 years of industry experience, North American Safety
Products delivers high-quality safety barrier products that offer
long-lasting protection. Our full line of safety guarding barriers
is proudly made in the USA, and we provide reliable solutions for
the following industrial and commercial applications:

  • Access restriction
  • Fall protection
  • Machine guarding
  • Pedestrian traffic control
Access restriction
Fall protection
Machine guarding
Pedestrian traffic control

All the cross-slats on our expandable barriers are constructed using a round-edge extruded material that features no end pinch points and a powder-coated finish, making our products the smoothest, safest gating systems available. Our sturdy, expandable barriers maximize occupant safety and are easy to use, featuring highly portable and durable construction with easy-to-add sections.  

Contact us or request a quote today to learn more about our “Safety on the Ready” workplace safety barriers.