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From Camfil Air Polution Control: Mitigating Dust Disasters in Grain, Seed and Feed Handling Home / Blog / Combustible Dust / Mitigating Dust Disasters in Grain, Seed and Feed Handling Nov 17, 2020 Combustible Dust Dust Safety Handling and milling grain, seed and feed are occupational hazards that expose workers to many serious and life-threate...

From our friends at Canadian Biomass Magazine: https://www.canadianbiomassmagazine.ca/defining-combustible-dusts-does-particle-size-matter/  Defining combustible dusts: does particle size matter? January 18, 2021 By Eric Brideau In a processing or manufacturing facility that handles wood or agricultural materials, there can be solid particulates and dusts with varying particle size distributions that exist throughout the process, some of which may be combustible dusts that are explosible in dust cloud form. But what exactly is a combustible dust, and how can you determine if combustible dust hazards exist in your facility? Conditions for explosions First, it’s critical to understand the conditions that can cause combustible dust explosions. Many wood and agricultural materials are not easily burned in their raw form but may be explosible in dry particulate or dust form....

*A good article on combustible dust from PalletEnterprise.com , and Jary Winstead* Safety Check: Wood Dust Rules Need to Be on Your Radar Screen Wood Dust: Safety expert, Jary Winstead explores specific policies and considerations for pallet lumber and pallet facilities related to wood dust. From respiratory hazards to combustible dust issues, these insights can help you ensure safety and compliance. By Jary Winstead Date Posted: 6/5/2019 Wood Dust Safety expert explores specific policies and considerations for pallet lumber and pallet facilities related to wood dust. These insights can help you ensure safety and compliance. The hazards of dust accumulation in the workplace have been a safety and health concern for many years. There have been many production facility explosions and fires that were directly related to dust accumulation, causing serious injuries and loss of life, not to mention property losses. With recent citations from the Occupational Safety and Hea...

Another great article by Chris Giusto with Hallam-ICS I’ve Completed My DHA–Now What? April 9, 2019 Once your DHA is complete, you will have a list of hazards that require implementing additional protective measures.  As discussed in my last blog, 7 Steps to Complete a Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA) ,  important steps must be taken after this list is generated, or the DHA will be for naught. I touched on these as steps 5 through 7 in that article, and here I will explore them in more detail. 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? Prioritize Hazards With your processes and facility evaluated, you can then prioritize the ha...

A great article by Chris Giusto at Hallam-ICS 7 Steps to Complete a Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA) April 9, 2019 This blog outlines the process of completing a Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA) as required by NFPA 652.  The term DHA is often used interchangeably with the “analysis” portion of the processes (Step 4 below), but a complete DHA process involves additional steps before and after the analysis. 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? It is critical to recognize that just completing the analysis does not make your facility any safer without appropriate follow up actions (Steps 5 through 7 below).  My next blog, “I’ve Completed My ...

A great article by Chris Giusto at Hallam-ICS A Practical Guide to 5 Important Properties of Combustible Dusts April 9, 2019 In a previous blog, Combustible Dust Fundamentals and NFPA 652 , I mentioned having your dust tested to determine important properties that are critical for protecting your personnel and facility. 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? These properties are used in calculations for designing and sizing protective devices like vent panels and isolation valves.  They are also important to understand during your Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA) to properly identify hazards.  (You can learn more about DHAs in my pre...

A great article by Chris Giusto at Hallam-ICS What is a Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA)? April 9, 2019 In my last blog I discussed Combustible Dust Fundamentals and NFPA 652 and explained some of the background as to why NFPA 652 requires a Dust Hazard Analysis. 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? This blog will explain what a DHA is, and answer some other common questions about them. What is a DHA? A Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA) is a systematic review of the processes and areas of your facility where combustible particulate solids are present.  (Figure B.4.5 below from NFPA 652 shows how an example process is broken down into individ...