Manufacturing locations can be dirty, dusty environments by nature, depending on what is produced in a given location. As a result, many manufacturers are no stranger to airborne dust and the health hazards it can pose to workers regularly exposed to it.
While inhalation-related respiratory risks are often accounted for with personal protection equipment, a more immediate danger can sometimes be overlooked: the possibility of dust-derived explosions. At-risk facilities include not only manufacturing locations processing obviously combustible materials, such as coal dust, but any workplace that generates dust.