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Warehousing & Logistics · 3PL Hub · United States

How a Regional 3PL Eliminated Forklift Incidents, Passed OSHA Inspection, and Recovered $410,000+

▼ 91%
Forklift-Pedestrian Conflicts Reduced
61→94%
PPE Compliance Improvement
$238K
Inventory Value Recovered
4.7×
Year-1 ROI

The Challenge

A regional 3PL logistics hub — 280,000 sq ft, 48 existing IP cameras — had zero visibility into live operations. Two OSHA recordables in 18 months from forklift incidents. Supervisors spent 3+ hours per shift reviewing footage after incidents. Inventory shrinkage running at 4.2% with no identified source.

What VivyaSense Found — First 30 Days

  1. 1

    Forklift–pedestrian proximity violations: 19 per shift in Dock B — a "restricted" zone that was never enforced.

  2. 2

    11 workers per shift in forklift areas without required high-visibility vests — a direct OSHA 1910.178 willful violation exposure.

  3. 3

    2 receiving dock doors left unsecured after hours — identified as the primary inventory shrinkage source across 3 separate audit trails.

  4. 4

    Night shift picking aisles: 22% idle time between 11 PM–1 AM, directly correlating with persistent next-day SLA misses.

Results — 90 Days

  • Forklift–pedestrian conflicts: ▼ 91% → Zero recordable incidents in 90-day period

  • PPE compliance: 61% → 94% across all monitored zones

  • Inventory shrinkage: 4.2% → 1.8% → $238,000 in recovered annual value

  • Night shift idle time: ▼ 34% → 1.6% throughput increase on outbound shipments

  • OSHA inspection: Week 11 — Zero citations issued → Timestamped VivyaSense data presented as proactive compliance evidence

ROI Summary

$410,000+
Total Est. Annual Value
$86,400
VivyaSense Annual Cost
4.7×
Year-1 ROI
“We thought our cameras were giving us coverage. VivyaSense showed us they were just recording problems we'd never find until someone got hurt. That's a completely different thing.”
— VP Operations, Regional 3PL Provider