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Hi All
We had had some accidents in one of our warehouses in recent months that all appear to relate to people not having very good 'spatial awareness' or understanding their position relative to surroundings.
Its got me thinking about hazard perception training like they offer in the driving theory test, I'm wondering if there is something along those lines but either tailored to FLT/plant operators or something more general.
Does anyone have experience or knowledge of anything along these lines or any kind of spatial awareness training or assessment packages/providers?
Thanks
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I may be stating the obvious but.........
Does the warehouse have identifiable segregated areas i.e. pedestrian routes/fork lift routes/working zones etc?
If not then implement them and provide appropriate information and training identifying the need to observe restrictions.
If you do have them and information and training have been provided then you need to reassess the suitably of the segregated areas and/or provide further training and/or implement disciplinary procedures for those who do not wish to comply.
Spatial awareness training????? There's nowt like folk.
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If you mean employees bumping into things (or FLT's hitting things / dropping loads??), then there are a few other things to consider too - lighting levels, housekeeping, noise levels, unrealistic workloads, shift patterns. All these could affect the level of these type of accidents....
Personally I've never heard of spatial awareness training being used in this context.
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Danny
Spatial awareness can be abbreviated to careless.
I would be a bit concerned if your investigation into these accidents came up with that as a root cause! I think its likely a combination of the things everyone else has posted.
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Spatial awareness is much more then careless.
It's a human factors issue, covers such things as
Mental perception of a given situation
Fitness to work
Interpretation of information - warning sounds/displayed information etc
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Danny
Spacial awareness can be a clinical issue linked to Dyspraxia and other conditions. As a paediatric physio my wife used to be regularly involved in assessing young children often known as "clumsies" and this included testing for spatial awareness and hand-eye coordination. Some of these conditions have a very slight effect, unlike diagnosed disabilities where the effects are more extreme and disabling, and children can thrive in mainstream schooling and can remain undiagnosed.
This is something you cannot cure but humans are very good at adaptation, and as you grow up, you can avoid involvement in things that highlight your condition, e.g ball sports and eventually you can grow up and become a fork lift truck driver, lorry driver or perhaps a wood machinist..
Perhaps when you have a problem with an accident-prone worker, you need to look to see if there isn't some undiagnosed visual or neurological condition behind it.
I have a client with one such worker at the moment and I'm having a discussion along these lines with them and posing a question about clinical assessment.
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Danny
In response to your question, " Its got me thinking about hazard perception training like they offer in the driving theory test, I'm wondering if there is something along those lines but either tailored to FLT/plant operators or something more general. Does anyone have experience or knowledge of anything along these lines or any kind of spatial awareness training or assessment packages/providers?
all of the responses may be relevant - perhaps apart from the attribution of 'careless', which may be due to legitimate fatigue rather than discretionary inattention.
The well-validated process you can adapt is one of the well-tested versions of 'behavioural safety system', through which you/your company
a. specify ALL the necessary components of safe driving
b. decide on the critical 20% to concentrate on in the first instance
c. train staff and managers to accurately observe others driving and to record their findings objectively
d. train the staff and managers to provide valid feedback based solely on the observations
e. record the findings
f. in the event that a driver continues to have recurrent accidents, arrange appropriate medical referrals
g. in the event that more than 10% of drivers continue to have recurrent accidents, also measure relevant human factors including seating comfort/strain, lighting levels, impact of signage and layout
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