ProGMA is the Industry’s leading supplier of fixed protective guarding products designed to keep personnel, equipment, and inventory safe in industrial settings. Whether you’re looking for solutions to make your facility safer, wanting to keep up with the latest safety standards, or are a leading guarding equipment manufacturer wishing to join an association that focuses on moving the industry forward, learn more about ProGMA today!

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.

The Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association (ProGMA) have developed a new American National Standard to provide guidance and a standardized test methodology for steel mesh containment panels (also known as rack guarding or rackback).Items stored in pallet racks have the potential to fall into aisleways, causing injury or damage. Steel mesh containment panels can be installed on storage racks to keep items from falling.ANSI MH31.1-2019, Steel Mesh Containment Panels Used in Pallet Rack and Vertical Storage System Applications: Performance and Testing Requirements, has been developed to provide guidance on containment panel design, use, and performance criteria, including a uniform testing methodology for evaluating restraint performance. and testing. This standard also addresses flue space requirements outlined in NFPA 13 for back-to-back storage rack applications.Information on ANSI MH31.1 and a list of manufacturers of steel mesh containment panels is available at www.mhi.org/progma.

The Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association (ProGMA) provides examples of how to protect property and personnel with protective guarding on elevated work platforms and pick modules.

The Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association (ProGMA) explains applications and best practices for protective guards in loading docks to protect product and personnel from vehicles and material handling equipment.

The Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association (ProGMA) explains best practices and use applications for protective guarding on elevated work platform applications.

The Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association (ProGMA) explains use considerations of protective guarding applications for overhead conveyor systems.

The Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association (ProGMA) explains applications and best practices for guarding applications to protect personnel from machinery, falling objects, or other hazards in walkways or other pedestrian areas.

The Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association provides examples and best practices for protective guarding solutions to protect personnel from hazards associated with robotics or automation applications.