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Forklift safety is about more than just what the machine can detect – it’s about protecting every person in the area, too. While tagless detection systems are powerful, pedestrian badges still play a critical role in ensuring maximum safety.
Why Pedestrian Badges Are Still Important
Badges (or wearable tags) provide an extra layer of safety that offers:
- 360° protection: Badges like Litum’s use ultra-wideband technology to create a safety perimeter around each person, enhancing their visibility to detection systems – even in blind spots or crowded environments.
- Access control: Limit who can enter high-risk zones.
- Event logging: Record near misses, safety alerts, and behavior over time.
While these badges don’t enable precise location tracking without a supporting mesh network, they serve as mobile safety beacons – adding redundancy and maximizing awareness around high-risk areas.
What Happens If Someone Isn’t Wearing a Badge?
People forget. Contractors and visitors may not have assigned badges. This is where many traditional forklift safety systems fail – they can only detect tagged personnel, leaving a gap in protection.
PathAware® Closes the Safety Gap
PathAware® by Litum offers the best of both worlds. It detects all pedestrians and obstacles in real time, whether they are wearing a badge or not.
How PathAware® Works:
- Radar-based proximity sensors: Detect people even without tags.
- Instant alerts for any obstacle or person in the danger zone.
- Optional integration with badge systems for additional safety coverage.
This hybrid approach ensures that no one is invisible to the system – whether they forgot a badge or are new to the facility. For sites that already use wearable tags, PathAware® enhances protection. For those that don’t, it provides out-of-the-box safety.
Comprehensive Forklift Safety
Pedestrian badges remain essential for reinforcing protection in complex environments – especially when equipped with UWB for 360° safety coverage. But safety shouldn’t collapse when a badge is missing. PathAware®’s tagless detection ensures every person is still visible to the system.
Want true peace of mind? Pair PathAware® with Litum’s UWB safety badges for a forklift safety solution that’s both adaptive and robust.
