The biggest mistake food manufacturers make is assuming that because their plants have been in operation for years without accidents and without being cited, they are in compliance. Many in the ...

If your manufacturing or production processes generate airborne particles, you (should) know that handling combustible dust is a challenging responsibility. However, you can implement effective ...

Combustible dust, it is not the most glamorous of topics but it is an important one. Why is it important? It is important because between 1980 and 2005, combustible dust incidents claimed the lives of ...

system. At the time of this conversation, the technical committee will be accepting public input as the standard is prepared for acceptance and implementation. The intent of this conversation is to ...

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 ...

OSHA put its Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program into place over 10 years ago. Since then, new NFPA standards on combustible dust have been issued, OSHA’s plan for a comprehensive Combustible ...

The challenges of using Powder River Basin (PRB) coal are as significant as the rewards. The subbituminous coal contains lower amounts of sulfur dioxide than bituminous coal but can be prone to ...

I handled my first combustible dust case in the late 80s and long before I worked at the Imperial Sugar plant event, I had learned about the fickle and never-to-be-taken lightly risks associated with ...

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 ...

At first glance, it may be difficult to imagine how a catastrophe in the food and beverage industry could cause far-reaching effects for managers of document destruction facilities. However, in ...