dust explosion News
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Tons of OSHA news, energy and climate initiatives out of Scotland and Australia, and more on EHS This Week Podcast
This week Kristy and I discuss revised rules on hazardous dust explosions, Scotland's Climate Justice initiative (the first of its kind in the world), energy investments in Australia, all sorts of OSHA news and a whole lot more. Got an idea for an EHS story? Care to come on our program? Just write us at paul@ehsthisweek.com and we'll make it happen. Enjoy the ...
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Workers Still Exposed to Combustible Dust Hazards
An explosion last month at a Shanghai factory producing parts for Apple injured 61 employees. The explosion is believed to have been caused by a build-up of combustible aluminum dust. According to the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), “Any combustible material (and some materials normally considered noncombustible) can burn rapidly when in a finely divided form. ...
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GHS – Hazards not covered
GHS – Hazards Not Covered delves deep into the challenge of communicating other hazards which are not classified into specified hazard classes under the GHS. It begins by looking briefly at what classes of hazards are covered by the GHS – and study the cases where local governments or competent authorities have adopted hazard classes that go beyond those set up in the UN model ...
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New Guidance Document Issued Over Combustible Dusts & Firefighting Precautions
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), there have been 130 worker fatalities and 780 injuries due to combustible dust explosions since 1980. In response, OSHA has just published a new booklet entitled, Firefighting Precautions at Facilities with Combustible Dust. According to an OSHA news release, “The publication describes how combustible dust explosions ...
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Combustible Dust Hazards Exposed in New Online Video
Combustible dusts are fine particles that present an explosion hazard when suspended in air under certain conditions. A dust explosion can be catastrophic and cause employee deaths, injuries, and the destruction of entire buildings. In many combustible dust accidents, employers and employees were unaware that a hazard even existed. In response to theses threats, the IAQ Video Network and ...
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Optimal separation of iron particles from wood chips
Goudsmit Magnetic Systems BV has developed overbelt electro magnets that are suitable for dusty explosion-sensitive environments in ATEX 22 zones. These magnets are suitable for the removal of iron particles from recycling and/or bulk handling .material flows such as wood, garbage, RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel), hard coal, or cement. In short, materials that will be increasingly recycled and/or used ...
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Combustible Dust Testing in Puerto Rico to Protect Workers and Manufacturing Facilities
Each year, explosions and fires caused by combustible dust hazards result in horrific injuries, deaths and the destruction of property. Combustible dusts are fine particles that present an explosion hazard when suspended in air under certain conditions. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) describes the components needed to create a combustible dust explosion hazard as the ...
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Combustible Dust Tragedies Could be Prevented through Laboratory Testing
Just over nine years ago, an explosion and fire killed seven workers and injured 37 at an acoustics manufacturing plant in Corbin, Kentucky. Due to the catastrophic nature of this incident, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) conducted an investigation to determine the root and contributing causes to be able to make recommendations to prevent similar occurrences. The ...
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CSB nine years later, still no dust regulation – urges OSHA to finalize combustible dust safety standard
Nine years after the first of a series of deadly combustible dust explosions in the U.S., the CSB (Chemical Safety Board) is imploring OSHA to take decisive action and finalize its court-ordered Combustible Dust Standard. Investments in plant dust collection systems will be vital to meeting the new proposed standards. Imperial Sugar Refinery in Port Wentworth, Ga, 14 dead, 38 injured; various ...
By Baghouse.com
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Zinc Dusts Can Lead to Deadly Combustible Dust Explosions
Earlier this year, a team of doctors and nurses from the United States traveled to Bolivia to take part in an emergency drill at a zinc mining facility. The exercise involved a simulated explosion at the plant. Zinc is a metallic chemical element represent by the symbol Zn. It is the 24th most abundant element in the Earth’s crust. Zinc is used in many alloys, including brass. In fact, ...
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Pellet Mill Magazine - Early Detection of Spontaneous Combustion in Pellet Mills
Wood pellets are increasingly being adopted as a fuel for both domestic and industrial applications at all scales, from small space heating to a 600-NW power plant. Pellets are considered a renewable fuel, provided the wood comes from sustainably managed forests. Using them instead of fossil fuels such as a coal helps reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, which contributes to climate change. ...
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Aluminum Dusts Can Lead to Deadly Combustible Dust Explosions
Aluminum, known by its symbol Al, is the third most abundant element in the Earth’s crust. Aluminum and its alloys are vital components in a number of modern products and structural elements used today. It is known for its low density and ability to resist corrosion making it the most widely used non-ferrous metal. Millions of tons of the metal are produced each year for global ...
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Explosion Protection Solutions Highlighted In New Brochure
Camfil Farr Air Pollution Control (APC) has published a new brochure on "Explosion Protection Solutions" for industrial dust and fume collection systems. Combustible dust explosions are a risk in many areas of a plant, and dust collectors are a primary area of concern. The new four-page brochure provides a pictorial guide to the different types of explosion protection technologies available ...
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Phoenix Industrial Dust Explosion Sends Workers to the Hospital
Last month, two workers were rushed to a Phoenix hospital after suffering second and third degree burns following a combustible dust fire at their place of employment. The explosion occurred while the employees were cleaning a loft area of the business that had accumulated significant wood dust. Combustible dust explosions happen all too often in the work environment and they can often be ...
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Dual Sawmill Explosions Raise Safety Concerns over Combustible Dusts
2012 has been a challenging year for the wood processing industry across North America. There have already been two sawmill explosions and fires in Canada that have resulted in dozens of injuries and killed four workers. The suspected culprit in both cases was combustible dust. According to the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), “In addition to the health ...
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OSHA Fines Plant Rocked By Dust Collection System Fire And Explosion
OSHA fined the New England Wood Pellet, LLC a total of $147,000 over safety violations after a combustible dust fire and explosion rocked the company’s plant in Jaffrey, NH last week. The fines, which are some of the biggest yet this year, and the accompanying report on the incident that criticizes the company for failing to “effectively minimize and address clearly recognized hazards ...
By Baghouse.com
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Fatal Wood Dust Explosion the Focus of BC Safety Authority Report
It was just over one year ago when a wood dust explosion took the lives of two mill workers and injured twenty others in Burns Lake, British Columbia. The explosion and fire also destroyed the sawmill facility. In response, the B.C. Safety Authority (BCSA) released a recommendations report about the incident last month. The report makes nine recommendations to improve the identification and ...
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Innovative nonwoven filtering bags
The cost-efficient alternative to needle-felt products Whether the material being processed is sugar, wood or cement, whether the facility involved is a steelworks, a foundry or a plasma cutting line, wherever large quantities of dust are encountered, filtering bags have always been used. For a good year now, it has been evident that binder-free polyester nonwovens offer an inexpensive ...
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Dust Explosion Leaves Two Workers Severely Injured in Phoenix
Last week, two workers from a Phoenix design business were severely injured when a dust explosion occurred while they were cleaning wood dust from the loft area of the business. The injured workers were taken to a local hospital suffering from 2nd and 3rd degree burns. Wood dust is a common cause of combustible dust explosions in the work environment. They occur when wood dust, which are fine ...
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Adipic Acid Dusts Can Lead to Deadly Combustible Dust Explosions
Cinnaminson, NJ, August 1st, 2012 Approximately 2.5 billion kilograms of adipic acid are produced annually. This organic compound is used in the production of nylon, polyurethane, adhesives and plasticizers. Adipic acid is a white crystalline powder. Some common other names for adipic acid include: Acifloctin; Acinetten; Adilatetten; Adipinic Acid; 1,4-Butanedicarboxylic Acid; 1,6-Hexanedioic ...
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