Volatile dust was blamed Friday in an explosion that destroyed a sugar refinery, and crews pulled four bodies from tunnels beneath the mangled mass of metal and beams left by the blast. At least four ...

THE MASSIVE LETHAL explosion in a dusty sugar plant in Georgia earlier this month has reopened debates on how to reduce the likelihood of explosions due to combustible dust, hundreds of which have ...

A Dutch Harbor seafood processing plant was severely damaged by an explosion Monday evening a public safety official said was likely caused by the ignition of fine fish-meal dust, though the incident ...

Micrometer-size particles of combustible sugar dust are the likely cause of a deadly explosion and fire at a Georgia sugar refinery on Feb. 7, say federal investigators on the scene. The accident ...

Preliminary Findings Confirm Blast at West Pharmaceutical Services in Kinston, NC, Was a Dust Explosion Fueled by Plastic Powder Used in Manufacturing (Kinston, NC - June 18, 2003) Investigators from ...

Nineteen people are dead and 49 injured after an explosion in a starch factory in Qinhuangdao, Hebei province, on Wednesday, the local government said yesterday. Firefighters extinguish the flames ...

A critical element of a good blasting cabinet setup is a vacuum system that can suck out the dust, blasting media, and bits of removed material faster than it collects inside the chamber. A cyclone ...

Faulty Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and inadequate safety management appear to be root causes of the phenolic resin dust explosion that killed seven workers, injured 37 others and destroyed CTA ...

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