CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As the second anniversary of the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster approaches, attention remains focused on the ongoing criminal investigation and congressional inaction on mine safety reforms. (read full story)
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Dust Explosions In The Food Industry
The vast majority of powders in the food industry can form explosible dust clouds if the particle size is small and moisture content is low. Although explosible dust cloud concentrations are not normally expected to be present within processing buildings, explosible dust clouds are regularly formed inside material handling or processing equipment when bins are being filled, powders are being transferred or dust is being collected in a dust collector. (read full story)
Four employees burned in explosion at factory
An explosion at the Precision Fibers plant in Ronda left four employees with burns and resulted in two Ronda firefighters suffering heat exhaustion Tuesday afternoon. (read full story)