FREMONT, Neb. (WOWT) - Following the dust explosion in Fremont that left one man and two children dead, First Alert 6 spoke with a fire safety expert to explain how that can happen. Fire Safety Expert ...

Any activity that creates dust should be investigated to see whether there is a risk of that dust being combustible. We've been blogging and writing a lot recently on the basics of combustible dust.

Dust explosions represent a persistent hazard in various industrial settings, occurring when suspended particulates, such as metallic, coal, or organic dust, rapidly combust in a confined environment.

Industrial vacuum cleaners or wet/dry vacuums can help to prevent the development of dust clouds or electrical sparks that can be generated by compressed air systems. In recent years, OSHA has ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - There were seven reported grain dust explosions at U.S. food and agricultural facilities in 2017, two more than in 2016 but still below the 10-year average of 9.3 explosions per ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Illustration by Lauren Cross/Investigate Midwest) Around 6:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve in 2022, flames ripped through the bowels of ...

STARTS WITH BREAKING NEWS. THAT BREAKING NEWS. THE NEBRASKA STATE FIRE MARSHAL BELIEVES A DUST FIRE MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FREMONT PLANT EXPLOSION. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M JULIE CORNELL, AND I’M ROB ...

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said a flash fire that enveloped seven workers in flames was the result of an accumulation of combustible dust inside this poorly designed dust collection system that ...

An increase in grain dust explosions were reported nationally at grain handling, feed manufacturing and biofuel facilities in 2018; however, resulting injuries and fatalities were down from the ...