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 ...
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) ...
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 ...
ProGMA to Highlight Standardized Testing for Protective Guarding at MODEX ...
As warehousing and industrial operations become more automated and complex, the need for consistent, reliable performance data for protective guarding solutions has never been greater. At MODEX 2026 — April 13–16 in Atlanta, GA — the Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 — ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...