Workplace Transport and Pedestrian Safety in Warehousing & Logistics

Health and Safety in Warehousing and Logistics – The Risks

When it comes to health and safety in warehousing and logistics, significant visibility challenges often put pedestrians at risk from forklift drivers. Moving loads, building columns, walls, and even other vehicles create blind spots and obstruct drivers’ views, compounded by forklifts’ inherent blind spots. This poor situational awareness for forklift operators greatly elevates collision risks and the potential for severe or fatal injuries from accidents.

According to RIDDOR data:

• Within the Transportation and Storage sector, being struck by a moving vehicle remains the primary cause of fatal injuries, responsible for 32% of deaths in this industry.

Recognising these inherent dangers and the high statistics for vehicle-related incidents, employers bear a clear responsibility. Under health and safety law, employers have a legal duty to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, their employees’ health, safety, and welfare.

Our ZoneSafe pedestrian detection system significantly reduce the risk of collisions on worksites between pedestrian workers and moving vehicles such as forklifts, HGVs, and other workplace transport.

We’re proud to protect workers in the warehousing and logistics sectors, delivering tried-and-tested warehouse collision avoidance systems that promotes a ‘Zero-harm’ culture. Find out exactly what our customers say about ZoneSafe in our case study videos.

*These provisional figures will be finalised in July 2025. This allows HSE to account for any necessary adjustments or late reports that may come in.

Manoeuvring Blind Spots Safely With 360° Detection

Keeping your workforce safe on busy worksites operating heavy plant machinery is no easy task. Vehicle blind spots, concealed entrances, blind corners, obstructions and unexpected behaviours all increase the risk of a pedestrian being hit by a moving vehicle.

Unlike other solutions available on the market, such as an AI camera system, Zonesafe’s pedestrian detection system does not rely on line of sight, and it will detect pedestrian workers (even when they can’t be seen!) from behind walls, racking, and pallets, thanks to its clever use of RFID technology.

ZoneSafe warehouse collision avoidance systems work by fitting an antenna to the vehicle. This creates a 360-degree detection zone around the vehicle, helping to eliminate vehicle blind spots. Pedestrian workers wear a ZoneSafe tag, which the antenna detects every time the pedestrian (and tag) enters the detection zone. Once detected, the in-cab control unit warns the driver via an audible and visual alarm, and the tag worn by the pedestrian vibrates, alerting the pedestrian to the danger of the approaching vehicle.

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