Dust Explosions Prevalent in Grain Industry

View Larger Map Over the past six months since the Imperial Sugar Refinery dust explosion the public has been hearing from congressional leaders and the media how the manufacturing sector needs an OSHA comprehensive combustible dust regulation similar to the grain...

Prevalence Combustible Dust Explosions/ Fires

Yesterday on a cool clear quiet morning on the western slopes of the Ozark Plateau the neighborhood in Springdale, Arkansas would soon be aroused by a loud explosion from the wood product plant across the street. Mixing sawdust particles with plastic resins at high...

Dozens of Combustible Dust Fatalities and Injuries Unaccounted For

As H.R. 5522, the Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act bill moves to the House floor shortly, dozens of fatalities and injuries are unaccounted for. Legislators, governmental agencies, and industry trade associations only have a partial picture of the magnitude...