We have recently completed a comprehensive Temporary Management Plan (TMP) on this topic. One important aspect not included in your list is the "Lockbox." This procedure involves the driver of the vehicle handing their keys to a supervisor or forklift operator, who then securely locks them away until the loading process is complete. The driver waits in the vehicle or a designated safe zone until they receive their keys back and are authorized to leave. Happy to discuss this further.

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Hi Candis. A late reply.

I operate in a large orchard with linehaul trucks delivering to one location and refrigerated export container trucks operating at the coolstore facilities, and smaller trucks moving product between both. There is cross-over in-between all of them. There is no one set of guidelines we use, although we drawn from all.

Do we use driver safety zones? One location did not lend itself to creating exclusion zones so there is a marked exclusion zone to prepare for unloading, then the driver stays in the cab and pulls forward under the control of the forklift driver as unloading occurs then they pull forward into another zone where they are loaded which then becomes a safe zone created by a retractable barrier (under the control of the forklift driver as they leave the zone) to prepare for departure. When the barrier is up, it is a forklift-free zone where the driver may roam, strap load and close curtains etc.