WorkSafe Victoria published Edition 2 of its forklift guidebook in May 2024, with a statewide inspection program. Invigilo watches exclusion zones and forklift traffic on your existing cameras.
This is guidance, not a regulation. It explains duties under the OHS Act 2004 and OHS Regulations 2017. In its words, "must" is a legal requirement and "should" is a recommended option (p. 11).
WorkSafe Victoria: Forklift safety guidebook, Edition 2 (PDF, May 2024)
WorkSafe Victoria: New guidance, inspections target forklift safety (22 May 2024)
Table 2 (p. 27) lists pedestrian or forklift-exclusion zones and pedestrian detection systems among Level 2 controls. Cameras appear only as visibility aids on the forklift (p. 36).
The guidebook: Pedestrian or forklift-exclusion zones, with fixed barriers.
On your cameras: Person-in-zone alert to the supervisor in under a second.
The guidebook: Hazards include shared areas, blind spots and speed.
On your cameras: Forklift-to-pedestrian proximity alert, with the clip.
The guidebook: Walking pace, 5 to 7 km/h, where pedestrians may be present.
On your cameras: Overspeed detection in the zones you set.
The guidebook: A load must not be suspended or travel over a person.
On your cameras: Person-under-load alert.
The guidebook: Keep pedestrians out; drivers wait in driver safety zones.
On your cameras: Every dock entry logged with time and clip.
The guidebook: Review the plan after an incident or a layout change.
On your cameras: Breach trends by zone and shift for each review.
Fixed barriers, speed limiters, interlocks and on-truck pedestrian detection all stay. Cameras watch the zones and keep the record. Invigilo alerts people and does not stop the forklift.
No. It lists pedestrian detection systems as a control and cameras as a visibility aid. The duty is to eliminate or reduce forklift risk so far as reasonably practicable.
Not in Edition 2. It calls for exclusion zones with fixed barriers but sets no distance. Its one figure is walking pace, 5 to 7 km/h, near pedestrians (p. 32).
From May 2024, inspectors have targeted forklift safety statewide, focusing on manufacturing, postal and warehousing.
Usually yes, if they stream over RTSP or ONVIF. Detection runs on site and there is no facial recognition.
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