OSHA Issues Guidance for Inspectors on Combustible Dust
From the National Law Review. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Issues Guidance for Inspectors on Combustible Dust | The National Law Review Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Issues Guidance for Inspectors on Combustible Dust Article By: Bradford T. Hammock Henry Chajet Mark Savit Jackson Lewis P.C. OSHA inspectors must consider a manufacturer’s or importer’s use of information gained from actual explosion events, lab testing, published data on similar materials or particle size to assure they have properly classified their products for combustible dust hazards under the revised Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), OSHA said in a recent guidance memorandum. The agency’s HCS was revised to bring it into harmony with a global standard. Since that standard does not contain a classification for combustible dust hazards, OSHA amended the standard's definition ...