| One of the biggest factors when it comes to risk | | | | This means hitting it with a steam cleaner, or hot-water |
| management is the issue of confined space. OSHA | | | | pressure washer. Now you are introducing |
| for instance realizes that this is a huge problem and | | | | high-pressure, heat, and water to oil and grease. I'd say |
| they are concerned with restricted entry and exit | | | | that's a little bit hazardous, but it must be done |
| locations for employees working in hazardous | | | | otherwise when the motor is running it would be easy |
| situations where risk of injury or death is concerned. | | | | to slip onto moving parts of the motor, and/or burn |
| When it comes to the railroad, and those that work on | | | | oneself. Perhaps this is why our contract cleaning |
| trains, the engine room is just such a space. In fact, on | | | | company was always busy taking care of our railroad |
| almost all modern day locomotives there are access | | | | customers. |
| doors along the entire length of the motor. | | | | They wanted the equipment clean, they wanted to |
| Still, it is a confined space between the pillars for the | | | | save on insurance, and they wanted to prevent |
| doors and working between the engine components. | | | | accidents. Indeed, from a risk management standpoint, |
| Consider if you will that a modern diesel engine has | | | | we also had to be very careful when doing the |
| pistons the size of basketballs, and they get very hot. | | | | cleaning. For instance we had to clean the outside of |
| And they leak oil, and there is grease everywhere. It's | | | | the cat walks, all the railings, and the doors first, |
| impossible to keep them perfectly clean all the time, | | | | otherwise we might slip while cleaning the engine |
| and some railroad mechanics will tell you that if it ever | | | | ourselves. You see, the point in all this is, it isn't only the |
| stops leaking, that means it's not working. With grease | | | | factory floor where you have to worry about risk |
| and oil on, in, and around the engine, it is necessary to | | | | management, every service company must realize its |
| clean it early and often. | | | | value as well. Please consider all this. |