Balfour Beatty says it has become the first tier 1 contractor to mandate human recognition cameras on certain items of plant and machinery across all of its UK operations.
The technology can “proactively cover” blind spots around the plant. The cameras detect the human form and will trigger an alarm to alert pedestrians and the plant operator to the potential risk.
A ‘digital thumbs up’ system is used, whereby plant operators can temporarily disable machines to allow people to approach. It works by generating a no-entry sign outside the machine which becomes a green thumbs-up symbol when the operator signals it is safe to approach.
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