Dust Safety Science: Improving Combustible Dust Safety in the Workplace

Evan Thompson, Applications Engineer at Nordfab Ducting, discusses common ducting challenges and their solutions.

Jack Osborn, combustible dust expert Airdusco, provides an update on how NFPA 660 is developing and its overall impact on industry.

Tristan Trupka, Vice President of Engineering at IAC, reviews the considerations involved in designing and installing dust collection systems for greenfield applications.

Kevin Cardwell, combustible dust consultant with Airdusco, explains how spark detection, arresting, aborting and extinguishing systems operate. 

Kevin Cardwell, combustible dust consultant with Airdusco, outlines common challenges in combustible dust incident investigation today.

Steve Hunt, Director of United Steelworkers District 3, returns to talk about open challenges raised by the Babine Sawmill and Lakeland Mills explosion.

Steve Hunt, Director of United Steelworkers District 3, talks about the history of the organization in Canada.

Keith Plumb from Integral Pharma Services in Cheshire, UK, reviews best practices for adding combustible dust information to material safety data sheets.

We review and discuss a Manufacturing Safety Alert put out by the BC Forest Safety Council and the Manufacturing Advisory Group based in BC 

Keith Plumb, process safety consultant and owner at Integral Pharma Services in Cheshire, UK, explains challenges in applying IEC 60079-10-2.

When designing a combustible dust safety program, certain leading indicators need to be taken into account. This episode identifies and explains each one.

Can blood fuel cause combustible dust fires or explosions? Dr. Chris Cloney responds to a question submitted through the Dust Safety Help Desk.

Dr. Chris Cloney and Jordan Newton from SonicAire Systems discuss three things that facility owners should do now to avoid a combustible dust event.

This episode reviews the challenges of using the rule of thumb method for explosion venting requirements. It comes from a Dust Safety Help Desk question.

During this episode, we address a question that came in to our Dust Safety Help Desk: can the fan be used as an explosion isolation device?

David Hakes, President and Owner of XP Products, joins the podcast to discuss operator safety when handling and cleaning away hazardous dusts.

David Hakes, President and owner of XP Products, comes on the podcast to answer questions about operator safety during handling and cleanup of hazardous dusts.

Dr. Chris Cloney and Donovan Karki from the Dusty Jobs podcast share knowledge in this crossover episode.

Process safety expert Shay Segev goes over the current status of dust explosion safety in Israel.

In this episode, we address four common challenges in the application of NFPA 652 across various industries.

In this episode, we answer two common questions about NFPA 652. This is part two of a three-part series about this new and critical combustible dust standard.

In this episode, we present and answer five common questions about NFPA 652. This is part one of a three-part series exploring this combustible dust standard.

In this episode, we review the research, opinions, and incidents that go over dust explosion loss history in Asia.

In this episode, we go over early combustible dust textbooks and regulations to understand the history of both explosion incidents and corrective measures.

In this episode, we go over early combustible dust textbooks and regulations to understand the history of both explosion incidents and corrective measures.