SensorZone Proximity Warning Core utilizes tag-based proximity warning technology to reduce collisions between people and heavy machinery.
The system places a configurable detection zone around a machine, which triggers an alarm if the zone is breached by a tag-wearing worker.
Our unique triple alert system warns the driver, the worker and those in the surrounding area, ensuring shared responsibility for site safety and driving positive behavioral change.
A proximity warning system works by placing a detection zone around all construction vehicles on site. Pedestrian workers are all equipped with a wearable tag, which triggers an alarm if they enter the detection zone of a vehicle.
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A proximity warning system works by placing a detection zone around all construction vehicles on site. Pedestrian workers are all equipped with a wearable tag, which triggers an alarm if they enter the detection zone of a vehicle.
Proximity warning systems are very effective way of reducing incidents on construction sites, due to the active alerts that they provide to both pedestrians and vehicle operators. This creates a culture of shared responsibility for safety, whereas many traditional safety practices place more reliance on the operators.
By using a proximity warning system that provides data insights, such as SensorZone, site managers and safety personnel can quickly build up a picture of how pedestrians and vehicles are interacting with other over a period of time. Heat maps are generated that can help identify pinch points and highlight the most dangerous areas of a site, allowing for preventative action to take place (such as site layout changes).
The most common cause of vehicle to person accidents on construction sites are pedestrian workers being struck by moving vehicles. Data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that there were over 170 fatalities caused by being struck by a vehicle on a construction site in 2022.
Struck-by incidents can occur unfortunately frequently on a lot of construction sites for numerous reasons, including poor driver visibility around the entire vehicle, or blind spots caused by on-site objects. Poor site planning, insufficient PPE and lack of situational awareness from pedestrian workers are also key contributors to the issue.
Another study by NIOSH from 2020 reports that there we over 14,000 non-fatal struck-by incidents in the US construction sector, costing companies over $1.4bn in compensation.
The positive news is that proximity warning systems, such as SensorZone, can help to mitigate these causes and vastly reduce the chances of struck-by incidents occurring.
Amongst a range of options, the most effective method of preventing collisions between workers and vehicles is for the construction site to introduce a proximity warning system.
A proximity warning system is an excellent tool to mitigate some of main reasons for work site collisions occurring, such as blind spots, busy working environments and too much emphasis on vehicle operators always being alert and aware of their surroundings.
By deploying a tag-based proximity warning system that shares responsibility for on-site safety and gives active alerts to operators and pedestrian workers when near to danger, incidents can be prevented before they occur.
Since the SensorZone proximity detection system begun being deployed in the United States in 2021, there hasn’t been a recorded incident between workers and machines on a construction site.
