Earlier this year, after an industrial manufacturing explosion in Singapore killed three and injured seven more, NFPA Journal put out a timely piece entitled Dust Disaster and an NFPA Learn Something ...

None of you reading this magazine needs an article—or new governmental regulations—to tell you that flash fires and explosions involving coal dust can cause catastrophic incidents, fatalities, ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue Extension workshop will help farmers and those who work in grain handling facilities better understand how to prevent grain dust combustion and explosion. The workshop, ...

“It’s time for workers to stop dying in preventable combustible dust explosions,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. “Workplace safety is not a slogan. It’s a priority clearly embodied in ...

Dust Safety Science is excited to announce the "Dust Explosion Safety and Dust Hazard Analysis Demystified" Online Training Program, on September 17th, 2024 HALIFAX ...

WASHINGTON, Ind. - Purdue Extension workshops will help farmers and employees of grain handling facilities better understand how to prevent grain dust combustion and explosions. Funded by a grant from ...

Dust explosions and fires plague many workplaces and industries. Under the right conditions, dust from metals, foods, paper, polymers, and wood can explode and cause injury and death. For the first ...

The hearing was held just days after OSHA proposed an $8.77 million fine against Imperial Sugar Co. for violations related to a Feb. 7 explosion at the company’s refinery in Port Wentworth, Ga. This ...

WORDS WERE SHARP at a March 12 House Education & Labor Committee hearing on combustible dust. In a tight row sat the chairman of the Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), the assistant ...