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Preventing Combustible Dust Explosions in the Food and Consumer Products Industries

Tuesday, April 28, 2009: 1:31 PM
Room 24/25 (Tampa Convention Center)
John Bresland, United States Chemical Safety Board, Washington, DC
Recorded presentation

The presentation will discuss the following:

The CSB's work on the prevention of combustible dust explosions, leading to the publication of its combustible dust report and recommendations in November, 2006.

The CSB's investigation of industrial dust explosions in the pharmaceutical and food industries, notably West Pharmaceutical in January, 2003 and Imperial Sugar in February, 2008.

The current status of CSB's recommendations made to industry and government on the prevention of dust explosions

Current legislative and regulatory action on the prevention of dust explosions


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