Presenter: Guy Colonna

The U.S. CSB and OSHA investigations of combustible dust fire and explosion incidents completed during the past decade have shown that basic hazard awareness remains a common factor contributing to those incidents. For that reason, many of the NFPA combustible dust standards contain requirements for performing hazard analyses of processes where combustible dusts might exist. In this session, the basic elements of a hazard analysis will be demonstrated and applied against a typical industrial process where combustible dusts could be formed.