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Article: Are you ready? Preventive measures are the best defense against many dangers in a processing plant, including dust explosions.(FEATURE STORY)
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- Chem.Info
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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Seemingly innocuous dusts (i.e. household sugar and the disaster at the Imperial Sugar Co. in Port Wentworth, GA earlier this year) can explode, causing fatalities and widespread devastation. Whether your facility processes powders or performs operations on solid materials that produce combustible dusts, you bear the risk of a dust explosion.
The three main reasons to take a new look at combustible dust hazards are simple and obvious. It really comes down to protecting your employees, protecting your business, and having risk mitigation in place to avoid regulatory action from OSHA and state agencies. This article provides an overview of combustible dust hazards ...