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From WoodworkingNetwork.com How to Prevent Comdust Combustible Sawdust - How to Protect Your Workers Your Business Posted: 04/01/2015 4:04PM EDITOR’S NOTE: This information was presented in the webcast “Combustible Sawdust - How to Protect Your Workers Your Business,” which broadcast in March. Presented by Air Handling’s Jamison Scott, and sponsored by GreCon, the full webcast can be heard on-demand at WoodworkingNetwork.com/webcasts .  Combustible dust continues to make headlines. One of the top health and safety issues in the woodworking industry, it impacts companies of all sizes. OSHA defines combustible dust as “fine particles that present an explosion hazard when suspended in the air, in certain conditions.” For a combustible dust explosion to occur, five factors must be present: fuel (combustible dust), ignition (heat or spark), oxygen (air), dispersion (dust suspension) and confinement.  Removal of any ...

What You Need to Know About ComDust From our friends at Wood Products – December 2012 What You Need to Know About ComDustby our friend Jamison Scott at Air Handling Systems With the increase of combustible dust incidents, OSHA is visiting woodworking facilities with greater frequency Combustible dust is a serious issue in the woodworking industry. Gaining national attention in 2008 when a major sugar refinery in Georgia exploded due to combustible dust, in 2012 alone, the woodworking industry saw a major sawmill in British Columbia, Canada, launch a fireball reportedly 60 meters high due to a suspected combustible dust explosion. Additionally a wood pellet maker in New Hampshire suffered a third combustible dust related incident. While the occurrences and severity of combustible wood dust related fires have been increasing, the incidence of OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) inspections related to combustible dust in woodworking facilities has al...

From Woodworking Network and Modern Woodworking Magazine, a new article from our friend Jamison Scott at Air Handling Systems, titled: Explosive: Combustible dust issue.  This is a good primer on combustible dust with illustrations, including current legislative efforts you should be aware of , additional resources, and other related articles. Special Report: ComDust Update If your company processes wood flour, or produces fine particles of wood dust during machining operations, you have the potential for a combustible dust explosion. Learn more about ComDust prevention, resources and more. Video: Reenactment of the fatal Imperial Sugar plant dust explosion.

We are having discussions about the proposed combustible dust rulemaking on the Linkedin site, Combustible Dust discussion group, and would appreciate any comments or suggestions, or insight into your experience with OSHA related to combustible dust.  Go here to participate: http://tinyurl.com/yjg62rt OSHA Underground: OSHA Combustible Dust ANPRM Discussions By John Astad With the recent posting in the Federal Register of the OSHA combustible dust proposed ruling ANPRM, the complex subject of combustible dust has come to the forefront as a workplace health and safety issue. I encourage all stakeholders ... OSHA Underground - http://oshaunderground.blogspot.com/ OSHA Starts Combustible Dust Rulemaking -- Occupational Health ... Oct 21, 2009 ... OSHA has been conducting a Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program (NEP) since October 2007, which it says has resulted in an unusually ...

Different sources report that 70 - 80% of process dust and fines are combustible, depending on the process and material variables.  Keys are understanding your process hazards, the combustibility of your material and fines.  But remember, processes are not static. Processes and materials change over time.  Education, hazard awareness, testing, training, process design, controls, maintenance, housekeeping, policies and procedures are keys to long term process safety. OSHA's Chemical Plant PSM National Emphasis Program (NEP) has ARRIVED!!! CSB Releases New Safety Video “Combustible Dust: An Insidious Hazard” New OSHA document discusses combustible dust hazards

SafetyNewsAlert.com » Blog Archive » Company faces huge fine ... By Fred Hosier lack of employee training; exposure to electric shocks; lack of fall protection; lack of machine guards; exposure to noise hazards; struck-by dangers, and; accumulation of combustible dust . Sims also faces other-than-serious citations ... SafetyNewsAlert.com - http://www.safetynewsalert.com/