Managing the High Risk of Pedestrian and Vehicle Accidents in Your Facility

Mobile pedestrian detection is a device that can be installed on any type of vehicle in the warehouse, distribution center and/or manufacturing facility for the purpose of protecting lives. Mobile equipment that can benefit include pallet jacks, forklifts, golf carts, reach trucks and more. As many facilities are busy 24×7 with traffic from vehicles and pedestrians, each day companies are experiencing near misses to high impacts. Managing the safety of pedestrians without the use of technology is another high risk day. How can mobile pedestrian detection help control risk within your facility?

What is Mobile Pedestrian Detection?

Mobile pedestrian detection on mobile equipment finds pedestrians within its defined path of travel. When this occurs, the operator will be notified of their presence so action can be taken before an incident occurs.

There are various types of mobile pedestrian detection technologies offered in the industry including detection of reflective tape on safety vests, RFID tags worn by pedestrians and AI machine learning technology. For the purpose of today’s article, we’ll be discussing AI machine learning technology as offered by SIERA.AI.

AI Machine Learning Technology

SIERA.AI is one of the few companies in the industrial safety industry that offers mobile pedestrian detection using AI machine learning technology. This technology has the ability to identify human beings within a defined distance with notification. Let’s talk about what happens.

Mobile Pedestrian Detection on a Lift Truck

When the lift truck begins moving, the pedestrian detection feature on the forklift safety system begins to work. The proximity sensor, located at the front or back of the forklift begins to scan every 60ms. It is searching for human beings either in full or partial view. The sensor scanning distance can be set at any distance up to 33 feet, meaning there are no pre-set functions. If you want 12.5 feet, 19 feet, 25.3 feet, you have the ability to set the distance in the telemetry Dashboard online.

Unique Feature – Partial Detection

One unique feature worth noting is the ability of the AI machine learning technology to detect human beings that are partially shown and partially hidden. If a worker is bending down and reaching inside the racking system, it will detect half the person’s body. If the worker is crouching behind a stack of boxes and all that is seen is a foot, elbow or head, the partial detection system will identify them as a human and notify the operator as such.

After the Detection

Once the human is detected, the forklift operator is notified via the tablet installed on the forklift. The notification consists of a flashing human symbol with audio alarms to ensure getting the attention of the forklift operator.

In addition, the human detection notification is also tallied in the telemetry Dashboard. The Dashboard is the place where all data is housed so management can view in real-time what is going on in the facility. You’ll be able to monitor pedestrian detection, object detection as well as other areas such as near misses, low, medium and high impacts and let’s not forget the necessary OSHA compliance with pass and fail for forklift inspections.

Overall

The value of a mobile pedestrian detection, forklift safety system on your lift trucks will save lives by identifying and preventing accidents. A crucial addition to your safety plan. Contact us today at sales@siera.ai or call us at (512) 817 0702