If the warning signs were present, why didn’t someone catch them?
The ease at which a person works with his rescue equipment should be comparable to the ease with which a person operates his car.
OSHA will continue to take strong enforcement actions to address combustible dust hazards.
According to OSHA, there have been at least 350 combustible dust explosions in the United States since 1980, resulting in more than 130 fatalities and 800 injuries. In many of these incidents both the employers and the employees were unaware that a hazard even existed or that their workplace was considered a high-risk environment.
During an emergency, the effective use of equipment can mean the difference between injury and safety, or even between life and death.
This standard establishes the elements and activities for pre-project and pre-task safety and health planning in construction.
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