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Combustible dust research reveals 100 related fires and explosions in 2009

Our friend John Astad of the Combustible Policy Institute, has new research out: Combustible dust research reveals 100 combustible dust related fires and explosions in 2009 Fine tuning the combustible dust incidents that occurred in the manufacturing, non-manufacturing, and utility sectors in 2009. According to media accounts there were 100 combustible dust related fires and explosions. 17% of these ComDust incidents were dust explosions with the majority of all incidents occurring in national industries (NAICS) not recognized in Appendix D-1 & D-2 of the OSHA Combustible Dust NEP. Amazingly there were no fatalities that occurred as a result of these combustible dust incidents with 23 injuries. Combustible dust research reveals 100 combustible dust related fires and explosions in 2009 Posted 2 months ago by John Astad (GMT -6) , Director/Research Analyst at Comb...