For each accident, the animations show how explosive dust accumulated over years on plant equipment, pipes, floors, ducts, dust collectors and other areas. The video shows how conditions develop ...

Dust explosions represent a persistent hazard in various industrial settings, occurring when suspended particulates, such as metallic, coal, or organic dust, rapidly combust in a confined environment.

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), an independent federal agency charged with investigating industrial chemical accidents, has released its final report, safety recommendations and an accompanying ...

On Oct. 7, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released a new, 9-minute safety video on the combustible dust explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Ga., which claimed the lives ...

Plants can no longer sweep coal dust under the rug and ignore the health and safety hazard it presents, because a single spark can cause a dust explosion that could put a plant out of service, perhaps ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Small fires were a part of the job at the Hoeganaes Corporation metal powder plant in ...