CSB Renews Push for OSHA Combustible Dust Standard After Fatal Mill Explosion
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CSB Renews Push for OSHA Combustible Dust Standard After Fatal Mill Explosion
What Happened
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has renewed its longstanding recommendation that OSHA develop a comprehensive standard specifically addressing combustible dust hazards. The agency released a new safety video revisiting the May 2017 explosion and fire at Didion Milling, a dry corn milling facility in Cambria, Wisconsin, that killed five workers and injured 15 others.
