Dust Safety Science: Improving Combustible Dust Safety in the Workplace

Steve Hunt, Director of United Steelworkers District 3, returns to talk about open challenges raised by the Babine Sawmill and Lakeland Mills explosion.

Steve Hunt, Director of United Steelworkers District 3, talks about the history of the organization in Canada.

Keith Plumb from Integral Pharma Services in Cheshire, UK, reviews best practices for adding combustible dust information to material safety data sheets.

We review and discuss a Manufacturing Safety Alert put out by the BC Forest Safety Council and the Manufacturing Advisory Group based in BC 

Keith Plumb, process safety consultant and owner at Integral Pharma Services in Cheshire, UK, explains challenges in applying IEC 60079-10-2.

When designing a combustible dust safety program, certain leading indicators need to be taken into account. This episode identifies and explains each one.

Can blood fuel cause combustible dust fires or explosions? Dr. Chris Cloney responds to a question submitted through the Dust Safety Help Desk.

Dr. Chris Cloney and Jordan Newton from SonicAire Systems discuss three things that facility owners should do now to avoid a combustible dust event.

This episode reviews the challenges of using the rule of thumb method for explosion venting requirements. It comes from a Dust Safety Help Desk question.

During this episode, we address a question that came in to our Dust Safety Help Desk: can the fan be used as an explosion isolation device?