Explosion Prevention

Fight Back! Combustible Dust

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Safety signs and label provide important messages about the dangers of confined spaces found at some feed and grain facilities."
Safety signs and label provide important messages about the dangers of confined spaces found at some feed and grain facilities."

Imagine getting caught in a swirling, spinning, spreading spray of dust so fine that your eye lashes can’t even filter it? Next, add the frightening risk of dust particles that are both blinding and flammable and you have an idea of what it’s like to be caught in a combustible dust explosion. A recent explosion at Bartlett Grain Company’s North Carolina flour mill underlines grain dust dangers. According to newspaper reports, one man turned the power on, which apparently initiated an...
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Fight Back! Combustible Dust

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