JEFFERSONTOWN, KY -- A dust explosion and fire at Universal Products, a supplier of UV/EB-cured wood panel products, injured two company employees at approximately 3:50 p.m. on June 23.

WASHINGTON -- The Inter-Industry Wood Dust Coordinating Committee (IWDCC) is urging the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) to restore wood dust to its Under Study List.

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today released test results confirming preliminary conclusions that two flash fires which occurred at the Hoeganaes Corporation plant in Gallatin, Tennessee—one fatal—involved the combustion of iron powder which had accumulated throughout the facility and became airborne in combustible concentrations.

NASHVILLE, TN -- Two flash fires at Hoeganaes Corporation plant in Gallatin, TN, including one which killed an employee, were fueled by combustible metal dust, according to test results released by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB).

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Huntsville American Cabinets Inc. in Huntsville for 21 safety and health violations, including the accumulation of combustible dust.

WASHINGTON -- Combustible dust will be the topic of a full-day program scheduled May 13 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

WASHINGTON – Since 1980, nearly 150 workers have been killed and more than 850 injured in combustible dust explosions.

WASHINGTON -- Woodworkers and others whose jobs expose them to respiratory hazards, are being urged by federal safety agencies to regularly undergo spirometry testing.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) developed two guidance documents, one for workers and one for employers, which describe the use of spirometry testing to help reduce and prevent worker exposure to respiratory hazards.

SAVANNAH, GA -- U.S. Rep. John Barrow (D-GA), who was reelected to a two-year term on Nov. 2, said he plans to reintroduce legislation to regulate combustible dust.