Storage Manufacturers Association Raises the Standard for Safety
In 2024, the Storage Manufacturers Association (SMA) will celebrate 50 years of representing the leading suppliers of industrial storage equipment. For the SMA, a trade group within MHI whose members supply everything from steel shelving and industrial work platforms to modular drawer equipment and movable base storage equipment, safety has taken on growing importance in recent years. Chris Pahls, NexCaliber Structures product manager with MHI member Steel King Industries and chair of the SMA, said the safety gains made in the field are obvious.
“In recent years, there’s been an uptick at most companies with better safety awareness,” Pahls said. “I can see now today with some of our clients where they’re more in tune with what they need from a guarding or protective standpoint on platforms.”
For instance, Pahls noted that the use of protective guarding in warehouses to protect platform columns from forklifts and automated guided vehicles has become more robust. Similarly, there has been an increased attention to detail in the use of platform gates. . .
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