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Excellent example of one of dozens combustible dust related fired that occur annually throughout the manufacturing sector. Important mention is made of the repeat response by the local fire departments for combustible dust related fires.

Excellent example of one of dozens combustible dust related fired that occur annually throughout the manufacturing sector. Important mention is made of the repeat response by the local fire departments for combustible dust related fires.

Great idea with fire department in Germany conducting drills working closely with manufacturing sector management preparing for a combustible dust related fire or explosion occurrence. When was the last time your facility had a fire drill working closely with the local fire department? "Know Before You Go"

Great idea with fire department in Germany conducting drills working closely with manufacturing sector management preparing for a combustible dust related fire or explosion occurrence. When was the last time your facility had a fire drill working closely with the local fire department? "Know Before You Go"

Great idea with fire department in Germany conducting drills working closely with manufacturing sector management preparing for a combustible dust related fire or explosion occurrence. When was the last time your facility had a fire drill working closely with the local fire department?

Great idea with fire department in Germany conducting drills working closely with manufacturing sector management preparing for a combustible dust related fire or explosion occurrence. When was the last time your facility had a fire drill working closely with the local fire department? "Know Before You Go"

The National Fire Protection Association reports that a fire department somewhere in America responds to a fire every 16 seconds.

Does your facility have an emergency response plan for a combustible dust explosio?

flash fire occurred at a chemical unloading area at the plant and lasted just a few seconds. Collier was operating a piece of machinery near an area where chemicals are unloaded and according to family members, a spark may have caused a flash fire. Evadale mill produces bleached paperboard, which is used for consumer packaging and serves customers in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, media and entertainment, food, beverage and tobacco companies.

Example of one of the dozens of combustible dust related fires that occur every year yet are unaccounted for by OSHA. Additionally the facility is not a national industry (NAICS)in the OSHA Dust NEP recognized as having a potential for Combustible Dust Explosions/Fires

Example of one of the dozens of combustible dust related fires that occur ever year yet are unaccounted for by OSHA. Additionally the facility is not a national industry (NAICS)in the OSHA Dust NEP recognized as having a potential for Combustible Dust Explosions/Fires

Global Combustible Dust Hazards in breakfast cereal manufacturing.

Just last year there was dust explosion at Quaker Oats in Cedar Rapids, Iowa where a spark got into the dust collector and ignited the cereal dust causing an explosion, no injuries, according to media reports. Prior to that the Chemical Safety Board reported on three other instances at Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing facilities from 1991-2005 where combustible dust related fires/explosions occured. Mostly it's dust collector related and even the hammermill where ignition sources completed the fire triangle or explosion pentagon. Globally last year there was Grampian Oat Products where a piece of metal getting into the pelleter, causing sparks in Banff, Banffshire, United Kingdom. Grampian Oat Products are Oat millers & packers, Scottish produce in both retail and industrial park sizes of oatflakes, jumbo oatflakes, oatmeals, oatbran and oatflour.

The fire resulted in the ignition of dust in the pipes leading to the dust control bag house. Automatic suppression equipment activated, but the fire ignited dust in the dust collector resulting in an audible explosion

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Excellent article that I highly recommend for all to read! The importance of addressing combustible dust related fires is highlighted here. Do you have spark detection and flame suppression as part of your dry dust collector system?

Excellent article published in Pulp & Paper Oct 2000 by Mark Williamson. The importance of addressing combustible dust related fires is highlighted here. Do you have spark detection and flame suppression as part of your dry dust collector system?

Dust Collector fire hazards

A dust-collecting machine caught fire outside American Cabinetry

Since 1980, there have been at least 350 such explosions in the U.S.,

Inaccurate reporting stating that since 1980 there have been at least 350 such explosions in the U.S., Instead the reporting should state fires and explosions and not solely explosions. Fires at facilities are the precursors of explosions and very important to acknowledge as a hazard.

Fails to acknowledge fires and solely states explosions since1980. Fires are the precursors to explosions at facilities

more info on Kobe fire

Source for sparck detection and flame suppression

Spark detection systems are primarily used as a fire prevention method in dust collectors and pneumatic conveying systems by detecting and extinguishing sparks and embers.

Maybe another another tool for seeking the probability of occurence and severity of the next combustible dust related fire/explosion during the process hazard analysis?

Additional safety hazards include the lack of spark detectors or suppression systems to minimize fire and explosion hazards in ventilation systems that collect combustible wood and metal dust; allowing combustible dust to accumulate

Is your facility using best engineering practices as outlined in the NFPA combustuble dust standards such as spark detection and flame suppression?

OSHA does not recognize paper dust in the Dust NEP. Why are some national industries listed in the Dust NEP, yet others not?

Preliminary findings, the uncontrolled spread of the fire which resulted in 13 fatalities, "has been linked to a build-up of highly combustible dust in the roof of the plant".

Reading this GAO report the reader can now understand why the CSB Dust Hazard Study is incomplete and does not fully address trends where combustible dust related fires and explosions are occurring throughout industry. Incomplete data should not have been used as the basis of the OSHA Dust NEP and now the OSHA rulemaking process.

Just as in the Netherlands, combustible dust hazards exist in schools here in the USA that have vocational training in their metal, wood, and auto workshops

I'd like to thank Roger Bours Sales manager at Fike Europe in Antwerp Area, Belgium for sharing this news story with me so I can share with others in the ComDust network. It's extremely important in conducting risk analysis concerning ComDust hazards that an understanding of probability of occurrence throughout all industries is vital. Here is just one example where a situational proactive awareness will be helpful to all. To translate the entire article, I highly recommend the Google Toolbar, which has the translate function. In Dutch a dust explosion is referred to as a stofexplosie. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FStofexplosie