Project - Expert Witness
- Industry
- Asset Class
- Locations
- Skills
- Status
- Railroad
- Locomotive
- USA
- Engineering, Maintenance
- Complete
The Challenge
A power unit, a few minutes after being placed into neutral, switched into reverse running over and killing an operator. AMI was brought in to determine the cause and how to prevent it from happening in the future
Project Solutions
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Project Solution 1
After determining the cause of the problem was rooted in human error, a comprehensive policy and procedure revamp was implemented
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Project Solution 2
The maintenance department's process for releasing units back into service was completely redesigned with completely new methods of quality control approvals prior to release
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Project Solution 3
Purposeful communication between maintenance personnel and the operations department were established and now required as part of a systemwide QC revamp
* OPEX, as used in this graph, is limited to the assets defined within the project.