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OSHA recently released new standards for combustible dust safety.  The standards can be found at www.osha.gove/dsg/combustibledust/index.heml.

“Fires and explosions resulting from combustible dust can pose a significant danger in the workplace,” according to Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Edwin G. Foulke Jr. “This new safety and health topics page is part of a long-term, ongoing program in OSHA to address these hazards and assure safe and healthful working conditions.

The standards are partly in response to a deadly explosion at a Georgia sugar refinery. Four people died in the blast near Savannah in February.

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