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Enhanced Safety System And Throughput For Railcar Maintenance

Enhanced Safety System And Throughput For Railcar Maintenance

Enhanced Safety System And Throughput For Railcar Maintenance While workplace injury and fatality rates have steadily decreased in recent years, the statistics are still alarming. In Texas, 508 workplace injuries resulted in death in 2013. Workplace fatalities totaled 104 across the country for vehicle maintenance workers that same year. One company in Channelview, Texas sought to enhance worker safety when the opportunity arose to build a new rail car cleaning facility that would meet rising customer demand. Learn how fall prevention equipment enhanced safety at the company’s new site. The Problem: A Company’s New Facility Needed An Effective Safety System The company’s large-scale project to create a new rail car cleaning facility involved the relocation of utilities, clearing of land, c

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