Impact Protection

Protect your workplace with impact protection

Ensuring a safe and secure working environment is essential for every business. Our high-quality impact protection products offer robust solutions that prevent damage and improve safety in industrial environments. By investing in the right protection, you reduce the risk of accidents and damage, which in turn means less downtime and higher productivity.

Why choose impact protection?

Impact protection is essential in environments where vehicles and people move in the same areas. It helps define zones, protect equipment and ensure that the workplace complies with safety regulations. Typical applications include warehouses, factories and parking garages.

Choose the right protection for your needs

When choosing impact protection, it is important to consider materials such as steel, plastic or rubber depending on the application. Also consider the mounting options and whether the protection will be used indoors or outdoors. To make sure you choose the right products, you can always contact our support team for personal advice via our contact page.

Comply with workplace safety regulations

It is important to follow the guidelines of the Swedish Work Environment Authority and other relevant authorities to ensure that your workplace is safe and complies with current regulations. Impact protection can help you meet these requirements and give you peace of mind that you have taken the necessary steps to protect your employees and your business.

Explore our range of impact protection and order easily online for fast delivery. If you have questions or need help choosing the right products, don't hesitate to contact our support team for personal advice.

Impact protection reduces damage to personnel, racking, machinery and buildings when forklifts and vehicles move in tight spaces. A single forklift collision with a column or a rack can cost far more than the protection itself, both in repairs and in downtime. At Nordguard you'll find a complete range of impact protection for warehouses, industry, loading docks, parking areas and public spaces, from simple bumper rails to heavy-duty safety railings that withstand hard impacts.

All our impact protection products are CE marked and intended for professional use. If you're unsure what you need, read our guide to choosing the right impact protection for warehouses and logistics, or contact us for advice.

How to choose the right impact protection

The choice comes down to three questions: what needs to be protected, how heavy is the traffic, and what environment will the protection be installed in. A rack upright in a high-bay warehouse is exposed to different forces than a wall in a light workshop, and outdoor protection must withstand weather and winter conditions. Below we walk you through the main types so you can find the right category. If you want to compare materials, read more about choosing materials for impact protection in plastic, steel or a combination.

Bollards and post protectors

Freestanding protection that absorbs impacts at doors, corners and exposed installations. In the bollards category you'll find fixed, cast-in, removable and fold-down models in steel and plastic. For individual columns and posts indoors, column protectors and post protectors in steel, plastic or rubber are the right choice.

Protection for walls, racking and pipes

Walls and corners are protected with bumper rails and protective profiles that absorb scrapes and dents. In the warehouse, racking is particularly exposed, and pallet rack protectors reinforce the load-bearing uprights against forklift impacts. Protruding pipes and lines are protected with pipe protectors.

Safety railings and safety hoops

To separate pedestrians from vehicle traffic, guard rail systems and safety hoops are used. They define walkways, machinery and workstations and absorb the force of an impact so that personnel stay safe in zones where forklifts and people meet.

Protection for loading docks and doors

At loading docks, loading dock impact protection absorbs the impact when trucks back up to the dock, protecting both the building and the vehicle from costly damage.

Impact protection in steel, plastic and rubber

Steel withstands the heaviest impacts and is used where demands are highest, such as in high-bay warehouses and areas with heavy forklift traffic. Rubber and plastic cushion the impact, are gentler on the vehicle and are often easier to install, which suits lighter environments and locations where the protection primarily needs to be visible and mark boundaries. Many facilities combine several materials for the best results. Choosing the wrong type is a common and costly mistake; we've collected the most common ones in our article on common mistakes when choosing impact protection.

Regulations and responsibility

As an employer, you are responsible for a safe working environment, and in warehouse and industrial settings that includes protection against vehicle impacts. Read more about regulations and standards for impact protection and legal requirements and responsibility before planning your protection solution.

Impact protection for different environments

Needs vary depending on where the protection will be installed. See example solutions for warehousing and distribution and freight terminals, where we show how the products are used in practice.

Frequently asked questions about impact protection