There are five key ingredients to a dust explosion: combustible dust, confinement, dispersion, an oxidant (typically oxygen ...

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 ...

The deadly wood dust explosion and fire at a Nebraska pellet plant was a “terrible tragedy” made more so by findings that at ...

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 ...

Expert Mark Ramos joins OH&S to delve into the unseen challenges and solutions when it comes to managing combustible dust in industrial and manufacturing facilities. Throughout nearly every industrial ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board advised people to stay away from the site of a deadly plant explosion ...