We’ve written a lot about OSHA’s new silica dust rule. For the most part, we’ve focused on how you can prepare for the inevitable time when…
Hazardous Dust Health and SafetyLocal Farmers Assist Fire Crews During Fire at Agassiz Dairy Farm Firefighters Attend Baghouse Fire at Metal Refinery in Whiting, Indiana…
Combustible Dust Nilfisk News and UpdatesExecutive summary Daylight Donuts is a small processing facility with big cleaning challenges. Their Oklahoma-based food plant manufactures…
Customer Testimonials Food ProcessingMany pharma companies are moving from batch to continuous processing as a way to decrease costs while also boosting quality, safety, and eff…
Pharmaceutical / CleanroomsThe silica dust compliance deadline for general industry is coming up fast. To help companies meet this deadline, we recently hosted a webin…
Hazardous Dust Health and SafetyEnforcement for OSHA’s new silica dust rule for general industry and maritime begins on June 23, 2018. Here’s a brief overview of the standa…
Hazardous Dust Health and SafetyUpdated following OSHA issuing a new Direct Final Rule (DFR) on May 4. As we head toward the enforcement date for OSHA’s new beryllium ru…
Hazardous Dust Health and SafetyOn May 11, OSHA’s new beryllium standard for general industry comes into enforcement, as do parts of the beryllium standards for constructio…
Hazardous Dust Health and SafetyDust containment systems for pharmaceutical manufacturing are fairly new. When we launched our newest dust containment system in 2016, it wa…
Hazardous Dust Pharmaceutical / CleanroomsAs the potency and toxicity of APIs increases, so do the requirements for the equipment used in pharmaceutical manufacturing. In particular,…
Hazardous Dust Pharmaceutical / CleanroomsCombustible dust is one of the most under-recognized hazards in industrial facilities. This is because many people, even safety professional…
Combustible DustThe 2008 explosion and fire at the Imperial Sugar Company in Port Wentworth, Georgia, is the best-known example of a combustible dust incide…
Food ProcessingAs part of our effort to identify knowledge gaps surrounding combustible dust, we asked several experts what they see as the biggest misconc…
Combustible DustLast month, we interviewed several experts about OSHA and combustible dust regulations. We also asked them about some of the most common mis…
Combustible DustIn July, OSHA removed the combustible dust standard from its regulatory agenda. What does that mean for facilities where combustible dust is…
Combustible Dust Health and SafetyThe 2018 version of the International Fire Code is out! And it requires compliance with NFPA 652: Standard on the Fundamentals of Combustibl…
Combustible DustAfter several delays, OSHA’s new silica dust standard became enforceable on September 23. But, there’s a caveat, at least for the constructi…
Hazardous Dust Health and SafetyIf you’re up on the latest workplace health and safety news (or if you’re a regular reader of this blog), you know that last month OSHA remo…
Combustible DustWe often talk about OSHA as if it’s just one organization with one set of regulations. But, that’s not true. In addition to the federal OSHA…
Health and SafetyOne of the most common questions we get about combustible dust is whether an industrial vacuum is really necessary. Won’t a shop-style vacuu…
Combustible DustOSHA’s spring regulatory agenda, released late last week, does not include the combustible dust standard that the agency has been working on…
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