Tag: Rack Guarding

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The ROI of Protective Guarding: Why Proactive Safety Pays Off

At ProMat 2025, members of the Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association (ProGMA) delivered a data-driven presentation titled “The ROI of Protective Guarding.” The education session emphasized how proactive safety investments protect people, products, and places while delivering a strong return on ...
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Combine Rack Repair Kits And Guarding In Damage Prone Areas

Engineered to hold thousands of pounds of stored material overhead, industrial pallet racks allow an operation to maximize its storage capacity. However, these structures are vulnerable to impacts from forklifts and the loads they carry. In particular, the columns — ...
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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 ...
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Protective Netting Safeguards People And Property In Multiple Industrial Applications

In the dynamic environments of today’s warehouses, distribution centers, and manufacturing facilities, safety is paramount. Operations are increasingly storing inventory at higher heights and in different areas. That can, however, pose potential risks to personnel and property. Enter protective netting ...
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9 Ways Safety Netting Benefits Warehousing And Distribution Operations

Ensuring the safety of workers in warehouses and distribution centers (DCs) is crucial. With products stored overhead in industrial racking systems, however, there is a risk that items could fall. A falling item could result in injury to a person ...
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New ProGMA Video Explains Steel Mesh Containment Panel Standard

Storing products overhead in pallet racking is a great way to maximize the usable space in a warehouse or distribution center (DC). Yet it also increases the risk of items falling into aisleways and potentially causing injury to workers or ...
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Mitigate Impact Forces On Uprights With Pallet Rack Column Guards

Because of their proximity to forklift traffic, the aisle-side uprights of industrial steel storage racking systems are vulnerable to impacts. Any damage caused by forklift trucks or other moving equipment can significantly reduce the load bearing capacity of the system. ...
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Safeguard Personnel And Pallet Rack With Protective Guarding Solutions

Walk into virtually any warehouse or distribution center and you’ll see pallet rack—rows upon rows of it. Industrial steel storage rack creates dense vertical storage, allowing an operation to maximize its overhead space to hold pallets of inventory for order ...
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Do Your Steel Mesh Containment Panels Meet The ANSI MH31.1 ...

Attached to the uprights, backs, and sides of individual industrial steel pallet racks and vertical storage systems, steel mesh containment panels contain items stored overhead. Their presence reduces the chance of equipment or inventory falling. Also known as rack safety ...
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Learn How Protective Guarding Has Evolved To Strengthen Worker Safety

This article previously appeared in MHI Solutions Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 4. People need to feel safe to be productive, and in industrial environments a crucial component of keeping workers safe is keeping them adequately separated from certain equipment. Fixed ...