Forklifts in the yard, people on the walkways, zones nobody should enter while the line runs. RoboK SiteLens shows what happens there on every shift.
Why manufacturing sites are hard
Two kinds of traffic. Forklifts and HGVs in the yard and the warehouse, people on foot between
the line, the stores and the canteen. The walkways are only as good as the shortcuts beside them.
Zones that matter only some of the time. A conveyor side, a tank bay or a machine guard area is
safe to pass on one shift and dangerous on the next. The rule is easy to write and hard to watch.
Shifts and changeovers. Nights, weekends and shift handovers are when the fewest people are
checking and the most is changing.
What it watches for
Forklift and pedestrian near misses: people within a set distance of moving vehicles, timestamped, with the clip.
Walkway compliance: people walking outside marked pedestrian walkways.
Restricted zones you define: a conveyor side, a machine guard area, a tank bay, an electrical room door.
Spills: liquid on the floor, picked up as a slip, trip and fall risk.
PPE: high-visibility clothing, hard hats and protective clothing where the site requires them.
Speeding and blocked routes: vehicles over a set speed on yard roads, items left in marked walkways.
What customers say
"I'm not talking about ifs, buts and maybes. I can actually show what's happened in our factory and show some real data out of it."
Group H&S lead, food manufacturer
We work with manufacturers across the UK, including PPG, Clays and Muntons, alongside the
logistics operators and ports where our work began.
How it starts
Pick one zone. The yard crossing, the walkway by the goods-in door, the zone the late shift cuts through.
Two weeks on one camera. Ours, on its own 4G, so nothing touches the site's network.
A written report and a review call. What was seen, by type and time of day. Connecting the
site's own cameras is the next step, agreed on that call.
What it needs from the site
Cameras: the streams you choose, usually four to twelve on the highest-risk zones. We assess
each one; where a zone has none, we can supply one.
Data: processed and stored in the UK. Footage is kept 30 days as standard; hazard clips for
your subscription. Both can be changed in your contract. Faces can be blurred, and areas you
don't need to monitor masked, on request.
IT: an IT overview and data-handling documents before anything connects.
Can RoboK SiteLens use the CCTV a factory already has?
In most cases, yes. It connects to existing camera streams; position and image quality matter, and
we assess each camera before relying on it. Where a zone has no usable camera, we can supply one.
Does it know whether a machine is running?
No. It detects a person entering a zone you define, such as a guard area or a conveyor side. Whether
the machine is running, isolated or locked off is for your own controls and permits; the record
shows who entered, when, and on which shift.
Can it detect spills?
Yes, liquid on the floor in camera view, recorded as a slip, trip and fall risk with the time and
the clip, so it can be cleaned up and the source found.
Which PPE can it check?
High-visibility clothing, hard hats and protective clothing. It does not reliably check smaller
items such as safety glasses, gloves, footwear, masks or hearing protection, so we do not offer
those.
Who sees the footage?
The people the site nominates, typically the safety lead and shift managers, on named user
accounts; system access is logged. Clips are attached to events, not browsed. Whether footage is
used in formal processes is the site's policy, not ours.
Is it used for productivity monitoring?
No. It looks for safety events only; the safety view is separate from any productivity system.
Pick the walkway, crossing or zone that worries you most. Two weeks with one of our cameras on it will show you what happens there on the shifts nobody walks. Safety Mapping: a free two-week trial on one camera.