Methods for improving visibility measurement standards of powered industrial vehicles

Safety Science

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 257-270

  Bostelman, Roger ^a   Teizer, Jochen ^b   Ray, Soumitry J ^b   Agronin, Mike ^c   Albanese, Dominic ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Direct Dimensions Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind spots; Equipment and vehicle operator visibility; Pedestrian safety; Sensors and algorithms for measuring forklift visibility; Standards and regulations

Indexed keywords

BLIND SPOTS; GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL VEHICLES; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH ORGANIZATION; SENSOR MANUFACTURERS; VEHICLE OPERATORS; VISIBILITY MEASUREMENTS;

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; INDUSTRY; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; SENSORS; STANDARDS;

VISIBILITY;

ARTICLE; CIRCUMFERENCE VISIBILITY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORKLIFT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MESHED MODEL; MOTOR VEHICLE; OBSTACLE DETECTOR; OPERATOR; PANOGRAPH; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTANGULAR BOUNDARY VISIBILITY; SAFETY; SENSOR; STANDARD; VISIBILITY;

EID: 84884567240     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2013.08.020     Document Type: Article

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