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Bridging the Gap in Forklift Safety with Tagless Detection and Wearables

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Bridging the Gap in Forklift Safety

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.

Warehouse worker operating a forklift to transport goods in a large storage facility with stacked shelves and organized inventory. forklift collision warning forklift safety

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.

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