Impact Protection
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Impact Protection

Engineered impact protection systems that safeguard people, assets and infrastructure. From pedestrian barriers to racking guards, our solutions absorb impact energy, reduce damage and create safer working environments.

Key benefits

Why it matters

  • Reduces costly damage to racking and building fabric
  • Protects pedestrians at high-risk crossing points
  • Energy-absorbing polymer and steel systems
  • Specified to your site layout and traffic flow
What's included

Scope of works

  • Pedestrian barriers and handrail systems
  • Rack-end and upright protectors
  • Bollards, column guards and corner protection
  • Loading bay and door frame protection
In depth
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Industrial impact protection that pays for itself

In a busy warehouse, collisions are not a question of if but when. Forklifts strike racking, pallets clip uprights, and vehicles catch building columns, doors and corners. Each impact risks injury, damages expensive infrastructure and disrupts your operation. Impact protection absorbs that energy before it reaches your people, your racking and your building, turning a potential injury or costly repair into a non-event. Over time, a well-specified protection system pays for itself many times over in avoided damage and downtime.

Fastline designs and installs impact protection tailored to your site layout, traffic flow and risk profile. We survey your facility to identify the high-risk points, then specify the right barriers, guards and bollards to protect them, from energy-absorbing polymer systems that flex on impact to heavy-duty steel where maximum strength is needed.

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Protection for every part of your facility

We supply and install a complete range of impact protection to safeguard people, assets and infrastructure:

  • Pedestrian barriers, handrails and segregation systems at crossing points
  • Rack-end barriers and upright protectors to shield racking from MHE strikes
  • Bollards and column guards protecting structural steel and services
  • Corner protection, loading bay and door frame guards
  • Armco crash barriers for yards, roadways and loading areas
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Polymer or steel, specified for the job

Modern energy-absorbing polymer barriers flex on impact and return to shape, protecting both people and the barrier itself while transmitting far less force into your floor than rigid steel. This makes them ideal for high-traffic internal areas. Steel and Armco systems remain the right choice where outright strength and vehicle containment matter most, such as external yards and roadways. We assess each location and recommend the most effective, cost-efficient solution.

As a proud A-SAFE partner, we can specify the world's leading industrial polymer safety barrier range, backed by independent testing and proven across global logistics operations. Whether you need a single rack-end guard or a complete site-wide protection scheme, our installation teams deliver to a high standard with minimal disruption.

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Our partner

A-SAFE brochures

For impact protection we partner with A-SAFE, the world leader in industrial polymer safety barriers. Download their brochures to explore the full range of energy-absorbing protection systems.

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Help & advice

Impact Protection FAQs

Answers to the questions we're asked most often about impact protection.

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Ready to make your site safer?

Tell us about your warehouse and our safety team will recommend the right solution. Request a free, no-obligation quote today.