Warehouse Safety Barrier Singapore — Flexible Polymer Barrier

Flexible polymer barriers engineered to take a 3-tonne forklift impact and flex back, not shatter. WhatsApp us your layout and we will tell you what fits.

A warning light tells a person a forklift is coming. It doesn't stop the forklift if someone doesn't move in time, and it does nothing at all for a truck that clips a rack leg or a pillar. For that, you need something physical in the way — and this is the one product on this page where we can tell you exactly how much of a hit it's built to take.

The manufacturer's own term for it is "elastic collision avoidance." The barrier is a flexible imported polymer, not steel — so instead of denting or shearing off its base on the first serious hit, it flexes on impact and returns to shape. A steel bollard that takes a hard hit once usually needs replacing. This is designed to take repeated hits and keep working, which is the real case for it in a warehouse that gets bumped more than once a year.

The rated figures, with the test condition attached

Never quoted without it. The manufacturer's technical specification rates its MD Triple Barrier at absorbing the impact of a 3-tonne forklift's tail striking the middle of a 1.6 m beam, at 90 degrees, at 3.5 km/h, and separately, the same forklift striking the barrier's bollard section at 90 degrees at 2.95 km/h. Other models in the range are rated differently: the 125mm/160mm/180mm bollards are rated for 90-degree impacts from 1.5-, 3.0- and 5.0-tonne vehicles respectively, at speeds up to 6.0 km/h, depending on model. A dedicated column / rack-leg protection variant is rated for a 3-tonne forklift's tail striking the foot protection at 90 degrees at 3 km/h — the one built specifically to sit at the base of a racking upright, which is directly relevant to the racking work we do ourselves.

This is a genuine product range, not one item: beam-style barriers (MC and MD series, single/double/triple configurations), ground barriers, bollards, swing gates and dock gates, and the rack-leg protection above. Which one fits depends on what you're protecting and where — we work that out against your layout, not off a single catalogue picture.

On the build

The pipe is an imported polymer rated to ISO 4892-3 for UV and chemical resistance — the maker states it won't corrode. The ground connection hardware is metal, treated by electrophoresis or a dacromet coating, and the manufacturer states it withstands up to 1,000 hours of neutral salt-spray testing without rusting. Anchoring uses German-imported reinforcement glue and bolts, built to the PAS 13 standard and TÜV-certified, with a stated tensile load rating that runs from 28kN to 53kN depending on the model. Standard colours are traffic black (RAL 9017) and signal yellow (RAL 1003); some models add grey-white (RAL 9002).

There is no Singapore law mandating this specific barrier — we're not aware of one, and none turned up in the compliance research behind this batch of pages. The case for it is economic and physical: it's cheaper to let a barrier absorb a hit and flex back than to replace a bent racking upright or a damaged column, and cheaper than either is avoiding the injury a hard impact against an unprotected pillar could cause.

Not stated in the manufacturer material we hold, and not claimed here: exact wall thickness of the polymer pipe, expected service life, or a rating for every configuration in the range — we've quoted the specific, sourced figures for the models above, not the full catalogue. Ask us for the rating on the exact model your job needs.

Safety equipment we fit

This page is one of eight safety and productivity add-ons we fit to forklifts and warehouses in Singapore. See the full list on Forklift Safety Rules in Singapore.

Common Questions

How much impact can a warehouse safety barrier take?

It depends on the model, and a rating only means something with the test condition attached to it. The manufacturer rates its MD Triple Barrier for the impact of a 3-tonne forklift's tail striking the middle of a 1.6 m beam at 90 degrees at 3.5 km/h. Bollard models at 125 mm, 160 mm and 180 mm are rated for 90-degree impacts from 1.5, 3.0 and 5.0-tonne vehicles respectively, at speeds up to 6.0 km/h depending on model.

How do I protect racking legs from forklift damage?

Fit column or rack-leg protection at the base of the upright, where the strikes actually land. There is a dedicated variant rated for a 3-tonne forklift's tail striking the foot protection at 90 degrees at 3 km/h.

Are polymer safety barriers better than steel in a warehouse?

The manufacturer's case for polymer is that it flexes on impact and returns to shape, absorbing the energy instead of transferring it into the floor slab and the anchor bolts. Steel transfers that energy, so a hard strike can crack the slab and mean redoing the fixing as well as the barrier. Which is right still depends on the location and the vehicles using it.

Who supplies flexible polymer safety barriers in Singapore?

M&C Industrial Solution supplies and installs flexible polymer barriers in Singapore, and fits them as part of the warehouse racking work we carry out ourselves.

Related reading

• Blue & Red Zone Lights: the warning that comes before contact.
• Automatic Fire Extinguisher: the other physical-protection product on this list.
• Forklift servicing & repair.