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Article: ISAKSON, CHAMBLISS CALL FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS ON COMBUSTIBLE DUST IN WAKE OF INVESTIGATION OF EXPLOSION AT IMPERIAL SUGAR FACILITY

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September 27, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The office of Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., today called on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to establish regulations regarding combustible dust after the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board announced its findings regarding the Feb. 7, 2008, explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Ga.

Isakson and Chambliss were briefed by Chemical Safety Board officials regarding its final investigative report on the causes of the Feb. 7, 2008, explosion at the refinery near Savannah, Ga., that resulted in the deaths of 14 people and ...

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