Industrial Fire Prevention

 From our friends at www.EngineerLive.com Three systems to prevent or reduce dust explosions 20th April 2021 Online Editor Sugar is combustible and therefore presents an explosion hazard Single piece construction round vent BS&B vent panel with compound dome VSM single piece compound domed vent ...

From ISHN Industrial Safety and Hygiene News: Avoid dust-ups with OSHA over NFPA 652 Compliance March 22, 2021 Megan E. Baroni , Christopher Y. Eddy , Peter Knight , and Jonathan H. Schaefer KEYWORDS Combustible dust / dust protection / hazards Order Reprints For more than a decade, OSHA has placed an emphasis on combustible dust hazards, which have resulted in numerous deadly incidents over the years. While no OSHA standard directly addresses combustible dust, this has not hindered OSHA enforcement. Instead, OSHA has relied on the General Duty Clause and reference to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards when citing employers for combustible dust hazards.   What is combustible dust? OSHA defines combustible dust as “a combustible particulate solid that presents a fire or deflagration hazard...

A great article by Chris Giusto at Hallam-ICS Combustible Dust Fundamentals & NFPA 652 April 9, 2019 With the compliance deadline for completing a Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA) less than two years away, and existing requirements already in place, it is a good time to revisit the “new” NFPA 652 Standard on the Fundamentals of Combustible Dust. Blogs posts within this series: Combustible Dust Fundamentals and NFPA 652 What is a Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA)? A Practical Guide to 5 Important Properties of Combustible Dust 7 Steps to Complete a Dust Hazard Analysis I've Completed My DHA, Now What? Approved as an American National Standard on September 7, 2015, this standard is “new” only relatively speaking.  While many in the combustible dust safety community knew about it while it was still being developed, and were glad to see it implemented, t...

From Fauske.com NFPA 652 Combustible Dust Hazard Risk and Requirements For Enclosureless Dust Collectors Posted by AnnMarie Fauske on Tue, May 24, 2016 @11:32 AM by Ronald L. Allen, MS, PE, CSP, Senior Consulting Engineer, Fauske & Associates, LLC Requirements, Risks and Incidents Associated With NFPA 652 Direction to Control Combustiblle Dust Hazards. Not all Enclosureless Dust Collectors (EDCs) are intended for combustible dust. NFPA 652 – 2016, Standard on the Fundamentals of Combustible Dust, defines an enclosureless dust collector (EDC) as, “An air-material  separator (AMS) designed to separate the conveying air from the material being conveyed where the filter medium is not enclosed or in a  container”. Commodity-specific NFPA standards offer more detailed  definitions. EDCs may also be known as Positive Pressure Open Dust Collectors. Enclosureless dust collectors (EDCs) are commonly used in the  woodworking...

Using Listening to Avoid "Deadly" Resolutions   Jeff Griffin Director of Sales & Business Development at Fauske & Associates, LLC Using Listening to Avoid "Deadly" Resolutions Jan 12, 2016 While catching up on my reading from before the holidays, I ran across a short piece in EHS Today , which gave a “Top-5 List” of the industries that are most "at risk" for combustible dust explosions. I appreciate these types of articles, and New Year’s lists in general because they are good for raising awareness about important topics and motivating change. As someone in the safety industry, I am most interested in those lists that address the risks found in industry, whether with combustible dust, flammability, orthermal hazards. “It Doesn’t Apply to Me” The danger with looking at anyone else's list is that it is easy to take a quick look and infer that the list “does not apply to me”. This happens a lot when dealing with process ...

From the NFPA Today Blog.  There will soon be a new NFPA Standard on Combustible Dust, NFPA 652.  This article is an excellent primer on combustible dust, and describes the Fundamentals of Combustible Dust, based on four basic concepts in each of the other NFPA combustible dust standards: hazard identification, hazard assessment, hazard management, and management systems. Basically, you have to first know whether your dust is combustible, and many if not most dusts or "fines" created in manufacturing are potentially combustible, and you have to manage the risks, namely fugitive dust and ignition sources. What are the fundamentals of combustible dusts? - National Fire Protection Association Blog What are the fundamentals of combustible dusts? With the request to enter into a revision cycle approved by the Standards Council, the Preliminary Daft of NFPA 652, Standard on Combustible Dust , is now accepting public input until January 4, 2013. The big question ci...