OSHA also uses an assortment of existing standards and a National Emphasis Program (NEP), CPL 03-00-008 (October 1, 2015), to cite employers for unabated combustible dust hazards.

RE “Sound and Fury in the Garden” [Aug. 18]: The article was excellent and long overdue! I agree with your observations and remembrances of the time before those leaf blowers and other ...

Implementing H.R. 5522, or the Worker Protection against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act, would cost OSHA $1 million in FY 2009 and $41 million over the 2009-2013 period, CBO said. The $1 ...

We and the City Council have gotten innumerable complaints about gas leaf blowers,” said Lee Cassin, environmental health director.Noise is the big issue, but fugitive dust is another.The city banned ...