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This episode discusses high-traffic zone awareness and blind spot prevention in warehouse safety.

https://jo.my/zho0sc High-Traffic Zone Awareness and Blind Spot Prevention Making sure people and equipment can move through the facility without surprises is part of a solid safety culture. Most serious warehouse incidents don’t start with someone trying to get hurt. They start with a missed glance, a blocked view, a rushed turn, or a driver who assumes the aisle is clear. High-traffic zones can turn dangerous fast. Aisle ends, dock areas, staging lanes, intersections, and pedestrian walkways all carry risk. Add blind spots, reversing equipment, and distracted workers, and you’ve got a situation that can go bad in seconds. Fast. Dangerous. Preventable. Here are a few tips to assist you with High-Traffic Zone Awareness: Treat every aisle end like an intersection. Slow down before you exit a racking aisle. Stop if needed. Look both ways. Make eye contact with pedestrians and equipment operators. Never assume the other person sees you. Use convex safety mirrors correctly. Install mirrors where racking, walls, doors, or stacked product block the view. Keep them clean, aimed correctly, and free from damage. A mirror that’s dusty, cracked, or pointed wrong gives a false sense of…

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