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) ...
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 ...
Topple Barriers Protect Pedestrians From Falling Floor-Stacked Loads
Floor- or block-stacked loads — which can include palletized goods, individual cases, bulk containers, or large products (such as paper rolls) — are often stored in warehouses or manufacturing facility spaces where traditional pallet racking is not suitable. However, instead ...