Fact Sheet: 2011 Combustible Dust Related Incidents, NFIRS Analysis
From Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires-ATEX blog and our friend John Astad at combustible Dust Policy Institute Friday, April 12, 2013 Fact Sheet: 2011 Combustible Dust Related Incidents, NFIRS Analysis Fact Sheet: 2011 Combustible Dust Related Incidents, NFIRS Analysis from Combustible Dust Policy Institute A Combustible Dust Policy Institute (CDPI) preliminary analysis of 2011 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incident data provided by the National Fire Data Center of the U.S. Fire Administration indicated over 500 combustible dust related incidents in manufacturing facilities where dust was the item first ignited. Near misses include incidents that did not result in any harm to personnel, the facility, process, or product. Analysis did not include the grain sector or coal-fired energy plants. Additionally, the CDPI analysis does not include many incidents that were not reported by fire departments to the National Fire Data Cen...