Combustible Dust

What are the benefits of air sampling compared with real-time instruments for dust monitoring?

Washington — Chemical Safety Board member Sylvia Johnson maintains that “robust regulation” can help prevent explosions involving combustible dust; however, OSHA hasn’t yet started...

Washington — Construction workers are 30% more likely than workers in other industries to die from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, results of a recent study...

Gainesville, FL — Looking at how fast-moving airborne particles interact is part of ongoing research aimed at preventing combustible dust explosions.

A confined space, powdered metal, carbon monoxide and even tax fraud are involved.

Washington — Confined and concentrated combustible dust can ignite and generate secondary dust explosions “powerful enough to destroy buildings,” the Chemical Safety Board warns.

The agency conducts around 35,000 workplace inspections each year. Not surprisingly, some cases stand out more than others.

“Some people are not aware that they are dealing with a combustible dust because it might not have caused them any trouble in the past and is a seemingly innocuous material,” one expert says.

When wood is cut or sanded, it releases dust that workers can inhale.

Washington — Managing and controlling combustible dust should be considered a unique hazard – not simply “tidying up the place,” the Chemical Safety Board says in a recently released learning review document that includes input from workers and industry stakeholders.