How can one argue that a large roll-off trash compactor is not a PRCS?

This is a hot debate, sadly enough!  Here we are going on nearly 20 years of having OSHA’s Permit Required Confined Space standard (1910.146) in place, and we are still debating what is and what is not a CS and PRCS.  Granted, there will always be questionable spaces – that is what safety professionals are for!  But damn it, these roll-off trash compactor containers are WITHOUT A DOUBT a PRCS.  And just because “our employees never enter it/them” is not an excuse to not classify it properly and label it properly to PREVENT unauthorized entry.  Let’s examine the characteristics of these containers and what makes them a PRCS…