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Guardrail Testing Standard Methodology Explained In New ProGMA Video

To protect against injuries and damage caused by powered industrial vehicle impacts, operations can install guardrails and barrier posts. These protective guarding devices safeguard personnel, equipment, products, and facility structures, significantly reducing costs and downtime associated with accidents. However, different ...
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ProGMA ANSI Standards Enhance Protective Guarding Safety

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) oversees the development and implementation of voluntary consensus standards in the United States. The organization grants industry associations, such as MHI, status as an ANSI-Accredited Standards Developer (ASD), thereby authorizing it to create standards. ...
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Conveyor Guarding Safeguards Personnel And Equipment In Warehouses, Airports

Conveyor systems are the backbone of logistics operations in airports and industrial operations, including warehouses and manufacturing facilities. These transportation systems move baggage, packages, and materials throughout a facility across a range of elevations. However, their high speed, continuous movement ...
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Machine Guarding: How To Determine Distance to Hazard

Machine guarding is essential for workplace safety as it protects employees from potential hazards such as moving parts, sharp edges, and points of operation. Correctly determining the placement distance of machine guarding away from the hazard is critical to their ...
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Rack Guarding Panels Protect Workers, Inventory, And Facility Structures

As business needs change, factories and warehouses are reconfiguring their industrial pallet rack more often. By moving these storage structures, operations can support different processes, work cells, equipment, and machinery. Frequently these structures are single deep selective rack. Without steel ...
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EASE Council Panel Explains Importance Of Industrial Ergonomics At ProMat ...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 33% of all worker injuries are due to poor ergonomics. However, these ergonomic injuries—also known as musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)—are preventable. To help operations better understand how to safeguard workers, the Ergonomic Assist ...
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ProGMA To Offer ROI Insights For Protective Guarding Solutions At ...

Too often manufacturing and warehousing facility owners view an investment in protective guarding solutions as a cost center. In reality, however, implementing the right technologies can deliver significant return on investment (ROI) through improved safety and reduced risks. To help ...
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Wire Mesh Panels: An Optimal Solution For Self-Serve Industrial Lockers

The buy-online-pickup-in-store (BOPIS) trend has expanded beyond traditional brick-and-mortar retail outlets and into distribution and industrial operations. Business-to-business customers are purchasing parts, components, consumables, and other industrial materials online and picking up their orders directly from the warehouse. To facilitate ...
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4 Ways Ergonomic Solutions Support Older Workers

Although warehouses and manufacturing operations continue to struggle to staff their facilities adequately, there actually is a growing labor demographic: older workers. According to the Pew Research Center, the number of older workers is almost four times larger today than ...
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Protective Guarding Trends Include Guardrails, Topple Protection

In a recent article in MHI Solutions, “Topple Protection and New Standards Among the Key Developments for Protective Guarding Field,” members of the Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association (ProGMA) discussed an increased commitment to safety in warehousing and distribution centers. The ...