Continuing combustible dust training for compliance officers. Murray, however, pointed out that some of the existing OSHA standards Foulke mentioned do not specifically mention dust. She asked whether ...

OSHA published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) in the Oct. 21 edition of the Federal Register as an initial step in development of a standard to address the hazards of combustible dust ...

WASHINGTON – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today published Firefighting Precautions at Facilities with Combustible Dust, a new, informative booklet that outlines ...

It's been nearly four years since OSHA published a proposed rulemaking on combustible dust, which is still in the rulemaking process. 2 With no definite timeframe for the implementation of a ...

OSHA, NSC, and others reference the 2112 and 2113 flash fire standards, and NFPA 654 has recently incorporated them for protection of personnel once a combustible dust event occurs.

Additionally, OSHA’s March 2012 revisions to its Hazard Communication Standard included combustible dust in the definition of “hazardous chemicals”—one more indicator of OSHA’s intent to ...

The dust can be dangerous for many industries, including food, textile, metal, pesticides and coal. The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), which represents more than 10,000 health and ...

A high-stakes dustup is shaping up in connection with the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) proposed new standard to regulate combustible dust. When and if enacted ...

ROCKMART, Ga. -- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said a Rockmart plant violated safety standards that "could have prevented" an explosion that killed one man and injured five others.

Awareness training, good housekeeping, reference to safety data sheets, and adopting best practice should, in ... 2018; Think about combustible dust explosions and coal dust, grain storage, and flour ...

Any future combustible dust legislation or regulation must include local, regional, and state governmental participants and an understanding of the breadth of combustible dust-related fires. Democrats ...