Additional Resources

Related Safety and Health Topics Pages

• Confined Spaces
• Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Industry
• Electrical
• Fire Safety
• Grain Handling Facilities
• Hazard Communication
• Ventilation

U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

• CSB Combustible Dust hazard Investigation
• Hoeganaes Corporation Fatal Flash Fires
• Imperial Sugar Company Dust Explosion and Fire
• Hayes Lemmerz Dust Explosions and Fire
• CTA Acoustics Dust Explosion and Fire
• West Pharmaceutical Services Dust Explosion and Fire

Other Federal Resources

• Overview of Dust Explosibility Characteristics. NIOSH, Cashdollar-KL, NIOSHTIC-2 No. 20020625, (May 2000) . Appeared in the J Loss Prev Process Ind 2000 May 13(3-5); :183-199.
• Worker Killed in Wood-dust Fire Sparked by Faulty Fuse. NIOSH FACE Oregon Case Report: 03OR021, (February 9, 2006).

State Resources

• Combustible Dust. Oregon Hazard Alert, OR-OSHA 2993, (June 2008).
• Combustible Dust Explosion Hazards. Kentucky Department of Labor Hazard Alert.
• Combustible Dust Poses a Dangerous, Explosive Threat in the Workplace. NCDOL Industry Alert.

Books

• Development and Control of Dust Explosions (Occupational Safety and Health). John Nagy, Marcel Dekker Inc., ISBN 0-8247-7004-8.
• Dust Explosions in the Process Industries. Eckhoff, Rolf K., Elsevier Science, ISBN 0-7506-7602-7.
• Dust Explosion Prevention and Protection: A Practical Guide. Katherine Barton, Gulf Publishing Company, ISBN 0-7506-7519-3.