If you’re involved in any kind of industrial processing, then by now you should be familiar with NFPA 652, the National Fire Protection Association’s Standard on the Fundamentals of Combustible Dust.

Recent research has revealed ten unexpectedly explosive materials, including wood dust, due to combustible dust. Experts in dust extraction, Extraction Solutions, found the explosive power of ten ...

More robust rules are coming to regulate combustible dust in B.C. workplaces, more than 14 years after two separate deadly ...

“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 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced in a January 27th news release revisions to its Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program (“Dust Program”). See Directive No.: CPL ...

Dust explosions represent a critical hazard across numerous industries, with dynamics governed by factors such as particle size, moisture content, concentration, and inherent material properties. The ...

Any combustible material can burn rapidly when in a finely divided form. If such a dust is suspended in the air in the right concentration, under certain conditions, it can become explosible. To ...

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 ...

On the anniversary of the Babine Forest Products mill explosion, the United Steelworkers union (USW) is remembering the two workers killed and the more than 20 others injured in the 2012 tragedy, ...

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 ...