Incident Report

Subject:                   OSHA – Fire-fighting Precautions at Facilities with Combustible Dusts

Date of Email report:   Tue 09/04/2013

Report Detail:

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced the completion of a new resource that you might want to add to your combustible dust reference library.  In addition to the NFPA combustible dust standards and the  NFPA Guide to Combustible Dusts, OSHA has just published Fire-fighting Precautions at Facilities with Combustible Dust. 

This OSHA publication provides guidance for response to fires involving combustible dusts.

Additional Documentation:

Combustible Dust in Industry: Preventing and Mitigating the Effects of Fire and Explosions