The panel said much has been learned about the hazards of combustible dust since the Feb. 7, 2008, explosion and fire at Imperial Sugar's Port Wentworth, Ga., facility that killed 14 people and ...

Electrical, Combustible Dust Hazards Add Up to $83,400 in Fines for Volvo Aero. Specific violations cited by OSHA included workers being hoisted on the load hook of an overhead crane, an ...

Regardless of how much prevention is employed to mitigate combustible dust in coal-fired power plants, ... in the Electric Services Industry Group from October 2010 through September 2011, ...

In May 2014, OSHA updated its 2014 regulatory agenda, reducing the combustible dust rulemaking status from the "proposed rule" to the "pre-rule" stage. Currently, it is undergoing small business panel ...

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) found inadequate engineering that lead to a buildup of combustible dust fueled the deadly explosion and fire at West Pharmaceutical ...

Combustible Dust Is a Hot Topic Chairman Bob Taylor, manager of environmental safety and health at American Electric Power, opened the 9th annual PRBCUG meeting with a review of the group’s past ...

OSHA will issue an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on combustible dust, with plans to convene stakeholder meetings to evaluate possible regulatory methods and request data and comments on ...