Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry Combustible Dust

AGENDA includes:

• History of Combustible Dusts Incidents - Facilities and numbers of fatalities, Chemical Safety Board investigations, What dusts are combustible?  What industries have potential combustible dust hazards?
• Definitions and terminology, NFPA standards that apply, Classification of dusts, Deflagration vs. Explosion, Typical explosion event, Criteria for explosions
• Dust Handling Equipment, Types of equipment, How explosions occur in the equipment
• Hazard Mitigation Techniques, Dust control, Ignition source control, Damage control
• Overview of Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program and TOSHA Inspections, Purpose, Inspection program, Applicable TOSHA standards, Resources