NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – New safety rules will not be approved any time soon even though they could prevent accidents like the ones last year at a Tennessee metal powders plant, where fireballs fueled ...

How this hard-to-see problem can create hazards and headaches. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has placed an emphasis on combustible dust hazards in recent years—and for good ...

OSHA has not promulgated a regulation for combustible dust hazards, yet facilities can still be held accountable for safety violations related to this hazard and can receive stiff penalties based on ...

Since 1980, more than 130 workers have been killed and more than 780 injured in combustible dust explosions. OSHA will issue an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and convene related stakeholder ...

Combustible dust incidents have drawn OSHA and the NFPA’s attention. How can employers keep up with regulations and ensure worker and facility safety? In the past six years, combustible dust incidents ...

Dust explosions and fires plague many workplaces and industries. Under the right conditions, dust from metals, foods, paper, polymers, and wood can explode and cause injury and death. For the first ...

Significant accumulations of combustible iron ore powder fueled the flash fires that led to the fatalities at powdered metals plant last year. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is recommending the ...

Combustible dust is dangerous. Since 1995, fugitive dust has caused at least nine explosions across North America, which have destroyed facilities and injured or killed employees. The dangers of ...

Critical and Valuable insights, in Issue 8 of Dust Safety Journal, with Combustible Dust Safety and Knowledge, and Combustible Dust Explosions LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA ...

The Dust Safety Science, Find a Professional Tool: Combustible Dust, Fire & Explosion Protection, Support Website Dust Safety Science is excited to announce the New, "Find a Professionals Tool" ...

OSHA will issue an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on combustible dust, with plans to convene stakeholder meetings to evaluate possible regulatory methods and request data and comments on ...