After a pedestrian is struck by equipment, investigations begin immediately.
The reports look familiar:
- training records
- operator certification
- procedures
- cameras
- alarms
- policies
But there is one question almost never asked:
Was the person clearly recognizable as a human being before it was too late?
Most equipment incidents are not reaction failures.
They are recognition failures.
By the time the operator realized, “that’s a person,” physics had already taken over.
This is why we use a concept called:
It changes how safety is prioritized around heavy equipment.
Not later in the process — at the very beginning of it.
In the next posts we’ll explain why visibility is not a PPE issue.
It is the starting point of every other safety control.