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 ...

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports that between 1980 and 2008, 422 combustible dust incidents were reported across 64 different industries; electric power ...

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, ...

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 ...

There was also an attempt to use pressurized air to keep the electrical control panel clear of dust following a dust fire in a control panel in 2011, but it didn’t work.

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