Goal posts are always used in a public arena where unsuspecting citizens and children exercise and play. According to Reece Wooldridge, Managing Director, PILA group , if the public are at risk of injury or death from dangerous home made goal posts, councils, clubs and schools are at serious risk of breaching their insurance liability policies and being sued.
Clients, who are unable to upgrade their goal posts, will make their own. The initial outlay may be more than what the clients want to pay. Yet, PILA group remind them of the massive risk they are taking with regard to potential litigation if the inevitable happens. If goal posts are not engineered, manufactured and tested to Australian standards, then the risk of failure is huge. Goal posts seem to be easy products to make, but they are used for sports, and players are rough.
If welding is not up to standards, materials are not up to industry specifications, and designs have not been tested and calculated correctly, then home made goal posts can compromise the safety of those using them as well as those who assemble and store them at the beginning and end of season.
Goal posts need to be made to safety standards to ensure safe use by the general public. All PILA goal posts are manufactured in accordance with Australian Standards and European Standards.
PILA group staff helps customers in removing and replacing damaged and old sports goal posts PILA group can also assist with risk assessment paperwork, can take the hassle and stress out of the replacement process, and can offer fast and reliable replacement of damaged and old sports goal posts with new products.