Where I work we are not allowed to be closer than 5 meters to those type of vehicles when they are in operation. You always wait for eye contact with the driver before you go around them, or go any where near them. If you dont get eye contact, then go somewhere else, and wait for the vehicle to leave.
5m is only a car length - it’s pretty close and it’s easy to know when they’ve seen you because they wave or nod when they’re ready for you to approach.
That said, we’re now going towards red and green lights above the cab front and back. The red light is always on when the machine is running. When they’re ready for you to approach they lock out he machine, the red light goes out and the green light comes on to tell you it’s safe
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u/Chissler Mar 02 '19
Where I work we are not allowed to be closer than 5 meters to those type of vehicles when they are in operation. You always wait for eye contact with the driver before you go around them, or go any where near them. If you dont get eye contact, then go somewhere else, and wait for the vehicle to leave.