OSHA Issues ComDust Firefighting Guide
OSHA Issues ComDust Firefighting Guide From Woodworking Network OSHA Issues ComDust Firefighting Guide By Rich Christianson | 04/04/2013 10:42:00 AM WASHINGTON – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) new publication, Firefighting Precautions at Facilities with Combustible Dust , includes four examples of instances where firefighters were killed or injured battling a combustible dust fire at a wood manufacturing plant. A 2005 sawdust hopper fire at a boat manufacturing plant that injured four firefighters is the cover image of a new OSHA firefighting safety guide. The following examples and others involving other types of combustible dust materials are used to illustrate the dangers that emergency responders encounter in ComDust-related fires and explosions. Maryland, 2005 : four firefighters injured. A fire department responded to light smoke coming from a sawdust hopper at a boat ...