Conducting a Dock Safety Risk Assessment: What Every Facility Needs ...
Daily, the loading dock tests a facility’s safety plan. Forklifts and pallet jacks move constantly between the warehouse floor and the trailers backed up outside. Employees walking through to check in shipments, work with paperwork, or get from one side ...
Ergonomic Material Handling and Warehousing Delivers Smarter, Safer Workflows
With manual operations at the heart of most supply chains today, workers experience significant physical demands. Repetitive lifting, constant movement, and inefficient layouts can quickly lead to fatigue, injury, and lost productivity. Implementing ergonomic material handling and warehousing practices, however, ...
Watch ProGMA’s New Video on ANSI MH31.3: Topple Barrier Testing ...
The Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association (ProGMA) has released a new video designed to simplify and explain the recently published ANSI MH31.3-2025 standard for topple barriers. The standard provides a detailed, technical framework for testing barrier performance. The video translates those ...
EASE Council’s MODEX 2026 Panel Discusses the Importance of Ergonomics ...
At MODEX 2026, the Ergonomic Assist Systems & Equipment (EASE) Council delivered an on-floor education session titled “The Human Advantage: Safety, Ergonomics, and Smarter Automation Decisions.” The session emphasized that even as adoption of automation accelerates, people remain at the ...
Verify with Confidence: Why ANSI Testing Matters for Protective Guarding
At MODEX 2026, members of the Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association (ProGMA) delivered an educational session titled “Verify with Confidence: Why Standardized Testing is Essential for Guarding Compliance and Safety Assurance.” The presentation focused on how American National Standards Institute (ANSI) ...
Ergonomic Packaging and Sorting: Designing Workflows That Improve Performance and ...
In high-volume fulfillment and distribution environments, ergonomic packaging and sorting is no longer a “nice to have.” It is a critical factor in operational performance. Workers in these areas perform repetitive motions, handle a wide range of product sizes and ...
ProGMA’s Protective Guarding Search Tool Makes Safety Selection Easier
Selecting the right protective guarding solution shouldn’t feel like guesswork. Yet for many facilities, identifying the best way to address safety risks—from forklift impacts to falling objects—can be a challenge. To make that process easier, the Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association ...
Ergonomic Workstation Design: Reduce Worker Fatigue and Improve Productivity
Industrial operations frequently rely on employees performing repetitive tasks for extended periods of time. Whether assembling products, picking orders, or processing materials, workers often remain at a single workstation throughout much of their shift. Without proper ergonomic workstation design, these ...
Industrial Traffic Warning Signals Improve Visibility and Prevent Collisions in ...
In modern warehouses, manufacturing plants, and distribution centers, traffic warning signals play an increasingly important role in preventing collisions and improving situational awareness. These facilities’ operating environments include forklifts moving product through aisles, employees walking between work areas, and equipment ...
How Gravity Conveyors Reduce Injuries and Boost Efficiency
Manufacturing and distribution operations continue to face persistent safety and injury risks from manual material handling. Heavy lifting, repetitive motions, awkward postures, and frequent handling remain leading causes of musculoskeletal disorders across production floors and warehouses. For companies seeking practical ...