Earlier this year, U.S. Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., and Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., introduced the Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act of 2008. The goal of their bill was to bring about ...

Dust collection systems are used in many industries to capture airborne dust generated during operations. By removing dust particles, they maintain clean air in working environments to ensure the ...

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has changed the way industries manage combustible dust and particulate solid hazards by replacing six separate combustible dust standards with one ...

THE MASSIVE LETHAL explosion in a dusty sugar plant in Georgia earlier this month has reopened debates on how to reduce the likelihood of explosions due to combustible dust, hundreds of which have ...

One of the biggest issues related to dust collection is compliance with U.S. Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations regarding ...

According to recent research conducted by the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), over 280 explosions and fires have resulted from the ignition of dusts or dust clouds in U.S.

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 ...

Nine U.S. grain dust explosions in 2024 caused two injuries and no fatalities, according to a nationwide annual summary. These numbers are similar to last year's (nine explosions, 12 injuries and no ...

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 ...