“Repeat” and possibly even “willful” violations potentially are in store for Bartlett Milling Co., following an explosion at its Statesville, N.C. facility. While no one was killed in the explosion, one worker seriously was injured and, unfortunately, the company was cited in the past by OSHA for health and safety violations related to the build up of combustible grain dust. (read full story)
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Congress to consider combustible dust proposal
House Democrats have introduced legislation to prevent workplace explosions caused by combustible industrial dusts. (read full story)
Major producers to set sawmill dust safety standard
Major forest companies are creating a third party-certified dust audit to increase safety at their sawmills in British Columbia after two fatal explosions earlier this year. (read full story)