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OSHA Provides Update For Combustible Dust NEP

Ever since OSHA released the Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program in 2007 it has shown the importance of safely ...

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NFPA, Articles, Combustible Dust Remediation, OSHA

Wrongful Death Lawsuits From Dust Explosions

The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 was created and passed with the goal of preventing workers from being ...

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Articles, Combustible Dust Remediation

Learning From A Grain Dust Explosion

In 1998 the Guinness Book of World Records reported the DeBruce Grain elevator as the largest grain elevator in the ...

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Articles, Commercial Duct Cleaning

HVAC Coil Cleaning Is An Important Service To Perform

When customers call us about duct cleaning sometimes it is because they can actually see dirt and debris that has ...

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Magnesium Dust Fire And Explosions At Recycling Plant

Near midnight on Saturday the 9th a magnesium dust fire began in the Joseph Freedman Recycling, Co. building in ...

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Articles, Industry News, Commercial Duct Cleaning

Energy Efficiency Improvement Act And Your HVAC System

On April 30, 2015 President Obama signed the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act, which is focused on improving energy ...

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Company Was Warned Of Dangers Before Dust Explosion

OSHA’s goal is to avoid having industrial accidents, so when they are able to say “I told you so” it is never a good ...

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Articles, Commercial Duct Cleaning

Indoor Air Pollution Causes Issues In Nursing Homes

Air inside is up to 10 times more polluted that outside air, and after construction or renovation it can be up to 1000 ...

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Articles, Combustible Dust Remediation

What Do Cars and Dust Explosions Have In Common?

When most people look at a pile of dust they don’t see something that has the potential to create a powerful explosion. ...

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Not Just Something To Clean: 15 Facts About Dust

Here at Hughes Environmental we deal with dust every day, where it ranges from cleaning commercial ducts to combustible ...

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Articles, Industry News, OSHA

A New Industry Brings New OSHA Combustible Dust Fines

Since it began being used over 60 years ago the process of Hydraulic Fracturing, better known as Fracking, has changed ...

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Most Controversial Projects Report Includes Combustible Dust

We’ve previously talked about the catastrophic aluminum dust explosion that took place in a Chinese plant that ...

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