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Don’t Make These Three Errors When Specifying And Installing Safety ...

Safety netting provides an essential layer of protection in today’s fast-paced warehousing and distribution environments. These protective guarding solutions—made of woven synthetic fibers—stop falling items from reaching the floor below. However, operations that neglect key application and installation details can ...
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Mezzanine Fall Protection: OSHA Requirements And Engineered Safety Gates

As more facilities add mezzanines, elevated pick modules, or industrial work platforms to maximize available workspace, it’s critical to address fall hazards. To ensure compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations about elevated work areas, facility owners should ...
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New ANSI Standard Establishes Consistent Testing for Topple Barriers

The Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association (ProGMA), an industry group of MHI, has released a new American National Standard — ANSI MH31.3-2025: Test Method for Topple Barriers. The standard creates the first consistent and repeatable method to test how topple barriers ...
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Sort Through Protective Guarding Solutions with ProGMA’s Help

A recent article in MHI Solutions magazine explored how protective guarding creates and maintains safe environments in a variety of industrial settings. These essential tools help protect not only workers, but also equipment, products, and facilities. Because protective guarding is ...
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Applying Safety Netting? Avoid These Common Mistakes

Safety netting plays a critical role in keeping people, products, and operations safe within dynamic warehouse environments. Made of woven synthetic fibers, these protective guarding solutions create a barrier that prevents products from falling to the floor below. However, even ...
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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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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 ...