Archive for the ‘Dust Explosions’ Category

OSHA Combustible Dust Rulemaking

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Stakeholder Comments on OSHA Combustible Rulemaking from John Astad's blog.

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Dust Explosion: Size Does Matter

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

We have been burning wood since days of the caveman. But did you know that wood can also explode? Logs of wood will not explode but fine dust can lead to a fire and explosion. Let us see why. As the size of combustible particle reduces there are two major factors that ...

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OSHA Working on Dust Explosion Regulation

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

OSHA is currently working on regulation for preventing dust explosions. The first reported dust explosion was in 1890 in a sugar mill in Chicago. According to the CSB investigation, dust explosion has resulted in 130 deaths and 780 injuries since 1980. According to Combustible Dust Institute research of news reports, there ...

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