Mar 17, 2022 A Pennsylvania plastic recycler is in hot water following two inspections that found the facility was exposing employees to combustible dust hazards.

Since 1995, fugitive dust has caused at least nine explosions across North America, which have destroyed facilities and injured or killed employees. The dangers of combustible dust came to center ...

Since 1980, more than 130 workers have been killed and more than 780 injured in combustible dust explosions. The publication describes how combustible dust explosions occur and uses previous ...

Whether it’s combustible wood dust at a sawmill, disease-inducing beryllium at an aluminum smelter, or lung-wrecking silica at an iron foundry, OSHA standards allow some conditions that even the ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced in a January 27th news release revisions to its Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program (“Dust Program”). See ...

Permitting dangerous amounts of combustible dust to build up on surfaces that could possibly ignite due to open electrical equipment in the area OSHA proposes penalties of $88,423.

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A Pennsylvania plastic recycler is in hot water following two inspections that found the facility was exposing employees to combustible dust hazards. According to an OSHA news brief, PGA Inc. in ...