Forklift Visibility Affects 80% of Forklift Accidents

Without technology, forklift operators rely on their eyesight to act as a collision avoidance system. We think nothing of it when we trip and wonder ‘what did I trip on?’ Or you quickly move because you think you saw something coming your way. Sometimes it’s true, other times it’s not.

Forklift drivers don’t have the luxury of making a mistake. As a forklift driver goes about his workday, he needs to have multiple sets of eyes going on in all directions at the same time.

What is a Forklift Collision Avoidance System?

A forklift collision avoidance system is an electronic device or a sensor that detects when pedestrians, product or the racking system (infrastructure) are within a pre-defined proximity. It constantly monitors every 60ms, in all 4 directions, ‘seeing’ what the driver cannot see. If the safety system detects a worker or obstruction, the safety system will alert the forklift driver with audio and visual cues.

Collision Avoidance: Current Forklift Safety Solutions

Forklift drivers have typically been protected with metal bars or overhead guards. Metal bars are good for large products, but the forklift driver can get hit. The overhead guards can help if products are large enough or cannot reach the driver through the open sides of the forklift. But does the forklift operator have time to react?

Then you have the traditional forklift gadgets: blue lights, horn, headlights and seat belts. Well, that’s not helping the forklift driver with forklift visibility. Then of course protection for the forklift operator. They need to wear steel tip shoes, hard-hat and a high visibility jacket. Wait, that’s not helping the driver see better either.

What can be done to avoid a forklift collision?

Forklift Collision Avoidance System: Visionaries in Forklift Safety

To be a visionary in forklift safety, safety needs to be a passion. You care about the life of the driver and pedestrians. You care that the business loses money every time product is damaged or the facility is in need of constant repair.

Passion enables you to become creative and figure out how today’s technologies can be applied in order to help companies reach Zero.

Forklift Collision Avoidance System: A Safety Solution that Focuses on Zero

If you want to avoid forklift collisions in your distribution center, manufacturing facility or warehouse, then take a look at SIERA.AI’s S3 safety system. It’s a forklift anti-collision system that utilizes vision machine learning that acts as the extra sets of eyes since the driver only has one set of eyes.

Collision Avoidance: Clearing Up Vision

Now that you don’t need to rely only on the forklift driver’s own set of eyes to keep everyone and everything safe, contact us to experience the safety system by SIERA.AI for yourself. Soon, everything will be much clearer.