Combustible Dust Policy Institute

A situational awareness is lacking nationwide that combustible dust poses a potential explosive atmosphere the same as flammable gases, vapors, and mists. Are you aware of the dust hazards at your facility, which can result in OSHA citations?

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.

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

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

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.

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.

First dust explosion of the year in the USA

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

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