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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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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Pet Food Causes Industrial Fire Lasting 25 Hours
In what seems like a terrible April Fools Day joke a pet food manufacturer in Pennsylvania experienced an industrial ...
OSHA first began the Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program in 2008, and a 2011 report detailed just how severe the ...
In an example of why heat sources and combustible dust don’t mix, a feed mill in Oklahoma experienced a grain dust fire ...
Manufacturing plants are always trying to find ways to reduce operating costs and save money in order to increase ...
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Candy Manufacturing Creates a Hazardous Dust Fire
Candy may not seem like a fire hazard, but workers at a Wrigley plant in Chattanooga found out the hard way that it can ...
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Flour Dust Explosion Sounded Like a Bomb to Neighbors
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Combustible Wood Dust Brings A $113,540 Fine
After OSHA received an anonymous employee complaint about working conditions, inspectors visited A & D Wood ...
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Amputation Reveals Combustible Grain Dust Hazards
In August 2014, a worker at a grain handling company in Kansas was cleaning out a grain bin to prepare for a new ...
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Combustible Dust Violations For Animal Feed Plant
OSHA inspected a Texas animal feed production plant after they received a complaint about the facility, and inspectors ...
