Samsara has expanded its fleet-safety and operational-visibility tools to heavy equipment with the launch of the Samsara 360 Camera and Samsara for Equipment. The camera uses a dual-fisheye lens to capture a 360-degree view from one mounting point, while the equipment offering adds monitoring and automated workflows for machines such as excavators, forklifts and airport pushback equipment.
The company is targeting frontline work in construction, warehouses, mines and airports, where open-cab machines often operate close to workers and other equipment. Samsara says these machines have historically lacked camera systems designed for their conditions, leaving incident investigations without ground-level footage and making it harder to resolve liability disputes or correct repeated unsafe behavior.
David Gal, Samsara's vice president of product and engineering, said the equipment involved in this work often has an open cab, no windshield, no roof and hazards on every side. According to Gal, the camera was built to withstand those conditions and give a view all the way around the operator, so customers can protect frontline workers on warehouse floors, job sites and airport ramps in the same way they protect road fleets.
Samsara says the 360 Camera differs from conventional equipment camera setups that require four cameras, four mounts and a separate recorder. The new unit captures a full surround view from a single mount, installs in a manner similar to a Samsara dash cam, and is designed for harsh weather and rough operating conditions. Managers can pan and zoom through recorded events to review an incident from multiple angles.
The safety software is built on Samsara's AI dash-cam experience. Samsara says the safety software draws on nearly a decade of development of its AI dash cams. The system can flag mobile-phone use, camera obstruction, seat and lap-belt use, and harsh impacts, with detection models trained on how equipment is actually operated. Managers can also identify which operators, sites and equipment types show repeated risky behavior.
When an impact occurs, video is automatically pulled into the Samsara Safety Inbox, according to the company, so investigations can be closed with evidence rather than competing accounts. Samsara says managers can use the footage to coach operators, enforce zero-tolerance mobile-phone policies and speed up OSHA investigations without adding headcount. Timestamped video can also support insurance claims and help establish or clear liability.
Equipment oversight on one platform
Samsara for Equipment combines the 360 Camera with equipment monitoring and Samsara agents on the same platform the company provides for road fleets. The company says teams can track how long each forklift or excavator sits idling, schedule preventive maintenance based on actual engine hours rather than the calendar, and assess how many forklifts are actually needed at peak before buying more.
Samsara agents are designed to work with the equipment out of the box, allowing a fault code to open a work order automatically, according to the company. Samsara also says the platform replaces separate OEM portals for each equipment brand, keeping every vehicle, piece of equipment and operator in one system.
The launch extends Samsara's road-fleet model into equipment used in physical operations, where the company says purpose-built camera systems have been lacking. Samsara is positioning the 360 Camera as a way to bring safety review, operator coaching and maintenance planning into the same workflow, rather than treating equipment visibility as a separate function.