PS Doors LSGF-30-PCY EdgeHalt full-height ladder safety gate, offering a 42-inch top & mid-rail and 5-inch safety toeboard, is installed on guardrail openings ranging from 28-3/4 to 32-1/2 inches. It prevents workers from falling off elevated platforms, guardrail openings, mezzanines or ladderways. This powder-coated single safety gate can swing open up to 180 degrees and is self-closing to prevent accidents.
Working Mechanism:
- For installation on standard railings, attach the toeboard flush to the gate using screws.
- Loosely attach the gate to the desired standard railing using U-bolts. The bolts should not be tightened to allow future adjustments.
- Align the hinge plate assembly's top to the railing's top while adjusting the safety gate's opening perpendicularly to the mounting brackets. Now tighten the U-bolts.
- Fix the gate hoop into the hinge plate according to the opening size. Make sure that the strike plate overlaps & contacts the opposite vertical railing.
- The toeboard should be mounted 1/4 inches above the floor surface.
- Swing the gate through its full range for a proper alignment check.
- Install plastic protective thread caps over the bolts / nuts to prevent their loosening.
- While entering the elevating platform or climbing a ladder, securely hold the ladder / railing and push the safety gate to climb onto the platform.
- While exiting the elevated platform, open the safety gate while maintaining a secure grip on the ladder / railing. Then, manoeuvre into the suitable ladder descending position and descend until the ground level.
Features:
- PS Doors LSGF-30-PCY ladder safety gate closes automatically when unused due to two torsion springs in the hinge pivots.
- The springs are made of stainless steel for the gate's long-term operability.
- It comes with standard hardware including U-bolts, nuts, flat washers & a plastic thread protector cap and a universal mounting bracket to fit round railings up to 2 inches outer diameter and square railings up to 1-1/2 inch square.
- This powder-coated single safety gate can be easily installed on standard pipes, flat bars, an angle iron or even an existing wall using only a ratchet and a 1/2 inch deep well socket.
- The gate can swing in both left & right directions by inverting or rotating the unit.
- Users can also check our full-height ladder safety gates page to choose gates having different guardrail opening sizes and construction material.
Compatible Accessories:
- Lock Out Kits: These kits provide additional security to this gate by locking it and preventing unauthorised entry.
- Ladder Accessories: These PS Doors ladder accessories & replacement parts are used to replace old, worn-out or faulty parts like hinge plate assemblies or torsion springs of the safety gates.
Standards and Approvals:
- OSHA Standards 1910.28 & 1910.29
- ANSI A1264.1-2007, A14.3-2008 & MH28.3-2009
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q. How can users adjust this PS Doors LSGF-30-PCY ladder safety gate according to openings?
A. This PS Doors LSGF-30-PCY ladder safety gate can be adjusted up to 3-3/4 inches according to the desired opening size by sliding the gate hoop into the hinge plate assembly and using carriage bolts to fix it in the desired position.
Q. What is the construction material of this PS Doors LSGF-30-PCY ladder safety gate?
A. This PS Doors LSGF-30-PCY ladder safety gate has mild steel construction with powder coat yellow finish for structural strength, durability and high visibility.
Q. How to install this ladder safety gate on non-standard railings?
A.
- Attach the toe board flush with the bottom of the gate using screws.
- Align the Ladder Safety Gate railing & mounting bracket to the inside of the angle iron or the flat surface / wall. Then, align the top of the ladder safety gate's top to the top of the railing or 42 inches above the walking surface.
- Match drill two holes and mount the unit using proper mounting fasteners.
- Adjust the hoop / gate arm of the gate to desired opening width while ensuring that the stop plate contacts the adjacent vertical column of the railings for 1/4 inch maximum of clearance.
- Operate the gate through its full range for proper alignment and tighten all the bolts.
- Users can fix this PS Doors LSG-30-PCY ladder safety gate on a large diameter pipe, angle iron and flat bar railings using no-drill adapter kits.
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