Press releases from Combustible Dust Policy Institute

Combustible Dust Hazards OSHA Rulemaking
May 05, 2009
A hybrid of the OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) concerning combustible dust would be the most appropiate venue and would include layers of protection not yet mentioned in the NFPA combustible dust standards.

Ethanol Plant Dust Explosions and Fires Alert
Mar 08, 2009
In less than a year six ethanol plant explosions have occurred in Michigan, Arizona Minnesota, Kansas, Wisconsin, and Nebraska with ensuing injuries in 50% of these incidents. So what is an unacceptable accident and injury rate before stakeholders

2008 Dust Explosions and Fires Overview
Mar 04, 2009
Revision of the OSHA Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program (NEP) directive is necessary in addressing the multitude of combustible dust related fires and explosions occurring in national industries not covered in the Dust NEP

Innovative Dust Explosion Prevention Technology
Feb 10, 2009
Yet an even greater and more impossible task than Hannibal’s crossing of the Alps is attempting to minimize the generation of combustible dust during the manufacturing process.

Industry Leader Mitigates Dust Explosion
Jan 22, 2009
Over the past year, through media accounts, there's been over a dozen combustible dust related fires and explosions in the nation's 172 operating ethanol plants.

Indiana Dust Explosion-Nation's First for 2009
Jan 10, 2009
First dust explosion of the year in the USA

Combustible Dust: Threat to Emergency Responders
Dec 16, 2008
BlogTalkRadio special segment on combustible dust explosion hazards, which are unknowingly present when emergency responders respond to combustible dust related fires and explosions in the manufacturing, non-manufacturing, utility sectors

Fire-Fighter Combustible Dust Hazards Workshop-Industrial Fire, Safety, and Security Conference
Dec 03, 2008
Unknown hidden dangers are posed on emergency responders when responding to combustible dust related fires and explosions are addressed at the Combustible Dust Hazard Workshop during the 4th Annual Industrial Fire, Safety, and Security Conference