Industrial Fire Prevention

From www.lesprom.com/en/news   Congratulations to our friend Jamie Scott at Air Handling Systems on his appointment as president to the WMMA. The Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America appoints Jamison Scott as new president Market: Wood processing / Machinery and Equipment 1 May, 14:57 May 02, 2014. /Lesprom Network/. The Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America (WMMA) appoints Jamison Scott as new president, as WMMA said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.  Jamison has presented several combustible dust seminars and regularly acts as a technical resource. He has authored several combustible dust articles for national and international trade publications including Air Pollution Control, Wood & Wood Products, CabinetMakerFDM, Wood Industry ( Canada ), Woodshop News, Chemical Engineering, and FDM Asia. Scott also serves on the Technical Advisory Board for Air Pollution Control, a technical trade publication, and chairs the Industrial...

From WMMA.org the Wood Machinery Manufacturers Association, here is the latest on Industrial Dust and Wood Dust Wood dust has become an issue that is at the forefront of today's public policy rule makers. OSHA is expected to issue proposed rule for Combustible Dusts in the spring of 2011 However, before this rule becomes effective it must pass several hurdles. First, it must be submitted to an SBREFA panel organized under the  "Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996". This panel will look at the impact on small businesses. After that a final proposed rule will be posted for public comments. The time for the issue of final rule could be a long time out. The WMMA Dust Task Force encourages you to get involved when the final proposed rule is issued and give comments to sections that may affect your business and the business of your customers. NFPA 664 Combustible Dusts Overview is now available!   The National Fire Protection Association - NFPA® has...

Our friend Jamison Scott, chairman of the Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America’s Combustible Dust Task Force, attended one of the two Monday, Dec. 14, Combustible Dust Stakeholder meetings hosted by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Scott, a corporate officer of Air Handling Systems , was joined by WMMA Legislative Council John Satagaj and Niels Pedersen of Dantherm Filtration , writes for the WMMA about the OSHA combustible dust stakeholder meetings held in Washington, D.C. last week. Manufacturers voice concerns at OSHA combustible dust meetings Fire protection standards, economics and reducing hazards of combustible dust were the hot topics at OSHA's Combustible Dust Stakeholder meetings, held Monday in Washington , D.C. Find out more about what was discussed in this exclusive report from Jamison Scott, chairman of the WMMA's Combustible Dust Task Force. Read the exclusive report