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This page highlights OSHA standards, directives (instructions for compliance officers), and national consensus standards related to combustible dust.
10 Keys to an Effective Emergency Action Plan
Here are 10 key points to consider when developing an emergency action plan, from Safety Daily Advisor sister publication the
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OSHA Combustible Dust Rule Making & Stakeholder Participation
Do you know the major difference between combustible grain dust and combustible manufacturing dust?
...media accounts reported over 150+ combustible dust-related fires and explosions that occurred in the manufacturing, non-manufacturing, and utility sectors in the United States in 2008 alone.
...Last year over 50% of combustible dust incidents occurred in national industries not referenced in the OSHA Dust NEP.
Fire Up a Comprehensive Fire Prevention Policy On Monday, we talked about OSHA-required fire prevention plans. Today, we turn our focus to workplace fire prevention policies. A comprehensive fire prevention policy backs up your emergency plans and formalizes your fire prevention program.
OSHA's instructions for responding to a significant event
Hi All...found this while doing some research for an article. Not sure if it's been updated since (1991), but interesting stuff.
Rachel BrutoskyPublic Relations Coordinator at Nilfisk-Advance America.
http://tinyurl.com/nm8a7g
IT ONLY TAKES A MILLISECONDThe explosion at the ConAgra Foods plant in Garner, NC, shows again the vulnerability of operations to catastrophic events and their highly undesirable consequences. Ensure that your operations not only pursue workplace safety excellence but also properly address process related safety excellence...
A process safety management (PSM) oriented program that addresses combustible dust hazards in the manufacturing, non-manufacturing, and utility sectors needs to be implemented as it is in the chemical and refinery sectors.
OSHA Combustible Dusts Presentation:
By Terrie S. Norris, CSP, ARM, CPSI
Terrie S. Norris is the risk control manager for Bickmore Risk Services & Consulting.
How are you measuring the success of your safety program?
By Lee Morgan, Farr APC
In 1998, both the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) issued more stringent requirements relating to the use of respirators in plants.
Safety Forecast for the 21st CenturyMay 24th, 2009 by Dr. Saraf
The 20th century was a time of great technological change that forever transformed how we live and work – changes that necessitated the birth and development of the field of Process Safety Management.
Justin Clift, Industrial Market Specialist at Hazard Control Technologiesshares with readers at the Industrial Fire Journal an educational article in understanding how to assess, evaluate, and control comb...
Good Housekeeping – Minimize Accumulation of Combustible DustCleanliness in the workplace may be subjective among your employees. OSHA requires good housekeeping, as 29 CFR 1910.22 indicates, “All places of employment, passages, store rooms and service rooms shall be kept clean, orderly, and in a sanitary condition.”
However, if your organization contains combustible dust hazards, one of the best methods to avoid the potential for a combustible dust explosion is to enforce good housekeeping rules.
2008 Dust Explosions and Fires OverviewThe Combustible Dust Policy Institute found through researching media accounts in 2008 that over 150+ combustible dust related fires and explosions occurred in the manufacturing, non-manufacturing and utility sectors in the United States. Over 30% of these incidents are repeats of prior fires and explosions that fire departments are responding to.
The Heat is on Sunocoposted by Kane at OSHA Underground - 20 hours ago
Explosion rocks Sunoco chemical refinery http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20090517_Explosion_rocks_Sunoco_chemical_refinery.html The heat is on Sunoco. Do they care? 21 inspections since 2000 wi...
ASSE - Fire Protection and Prevention - Combustible Dust Mitigation