Earlier this year, after an industrial manufacturing explosion in Singapore killed three and injured seven more, NFPA Journal put out a timely piece entitled Dust Disaster and an NFPA Learn Something ...
Dust Safety Science is excited to announce the "Dust Explosion Safety and Dust Hazard Analysis Demystified" Online Training Program, on September 17th, 2024 HALIFAX ...
“It’s time for workers to stop dying in preventable combustible dust explosions,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. “Workplace safety is not a slogan. It’s a priority clearly embodied in ...
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has changed the way industries manage combustible dust and particulate solid hazards by replacing six separate combustible dust standards with one ...
Fourteen years ago, two workers went to work at the Babine sawmill near Burns Lake, B.C., and did not return home to their families after a powerful explosion caused by combustible wood dust. The ...
Seyfarth Synopsis: Compliance with industry standard for combustible dust set for September 2020. Don’t delay, because OSHA is already citing employers using the not yet effective NFPA 652, Standard ...
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA , CANADA, September 11, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- Combustible dust is a finely divided material that can pose serious fire and explosion risks in ...
The dust can be dangerous for many industries, including food, textile, metal, pesticides and coal. The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), which represents more than 10,000 health and ...
In congressional testimony on Capitol Hill March 12, OSHA Administrator Edwin Foulke Jr. stated the agency would consider rulemaking on combustible dust a “strong option,” but only if its ...
OSHA will issue an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and convene related stakeholder meetings to evaluate possible regulatory methods, and request data and comments on issues related to ...