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Is Hi Vis clothing really necessary in a warehouse when the separation of man and machine is good and there is no incident of collision or near miss?
I would be interested in your thoughts.
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It sounds unlikely, but you tell me. Are the lack of incidences partly due to the fact that staff wear high-vis clothing?
A lack of accidents doesn't mean you have too many controls in place and need to start cropping them. However, High vis or PPE is always bottom rung (and rightly so) for controls and only need to be utilised when the other controls to not sufficient mitigate the risk.
Remember though that RAs should always be done in consultation with those doing the job, what are their views?
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this is where it gets interesting. All of our other euro warehouses only use hi vis for visitors or contractors.
This makes a lot of sense to me as your staff are more aware of the possible risk , however small.
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Also worth considering that the reflective bands on a hivis garment are only really effective if light is being shined at them so I guess it would also depend on whether your forklifts have headlights on as to how visible the pedestrians actually are?
As watson mentioned, PPE is the bottom rung of the safety ladder so other devices could/would be more effective (blue lights, alarms etc)?
I guess the counter argument is that for the relative low cost to supply a hivis vest and low hassle to wear it, is it really worth arguing against them? If a flash of yellow in the corner of a drivers eye make him stop as he thinks it might be a pedestrian then I guess you could argue it does serve a purpose at some level?
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Normally you would have people with Hi Vis if they are also in an area that has Forktrucks, or any other vechicles, ideally you should have pedestrianised walkways and ideally fenced off or protected with bollards. However for general use inside where there are no fortrucks i dont think you would need any, unless people are going to be walking over to where forktrucks are are are being used. For sake of arguement and for the sake of a few quid for a hi vis, some companies expect all personell to wear them. Its up to you really, if your happy that the machines cannot go to where staff are working then i can't see any reason to equip staff with HiVis
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