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Article: U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA announces rulemaking on combustible dust hazards.
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- Science Letter
- Article date:
- May 12, 2009
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The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is initiating a comprehensive rulemaking on combustible dust (see also U.S. Department of Labor).
OSHA will issue an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and convene related stakeholder meetings to evaluate possible regulatory methods, and request data and comments on issues related to combustible dust such as hazard recognition, assessment, communication, defining combustible dust and other concerns.
Since 1980, more than 130 workers have been killed and more than 780 injured in combustible dust explosions.
These include 14 people who were killed in a dust ...