Fire is Conveyable
Excellent article from Tom Andel at Material Handling and Logistics on conveyor fires. Repeat After Me: "Fire is Conveyable" | Chain of Thought Poor housekeeping and shoddy conveyor maintenance can ignite the dust accumulating in your workplace. The safe, efficient flow of product through a facility demands that manufacturers separate conveyable from non-conveyable items. Unfortunately, some companies don’t realize that fire is very conveyable. New England Wood Pellet LLC learned that lesson recently after OSHA discovered that workers at two of the company’s plants were exposed to fire generated by the combination of combustible wood dust and a poorly conceived conveyor system. The fact that a similar fire occurred at one of the company’s other plants told OSHA inspectors this was a problem of poor management practices, consequently the company could be facing a fine as high as $50,000. Their mistake was failing to isolate the conveying systems to prevent ...