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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Companies that don’t recognize the risks of combustible dust and fail to mitigate them are quite literally playing with fire. If you’re involved in any kind of industrial processing, then by now you ...