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| DOL/OSHA | RIN: 1218-AC41 | Publication ID: Spring 2009 |
| Title: ¤Combustible Dust | |
| Abstract: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is considering rulemaking to develop a combustible dust standard for general industry. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) completed a study of combustible dust hazards in late 2006, which identified 281 combustible dust incidents between 1980 and 2005 that killed 119 workers and injured 718. The CSB also recommended the Agency pursue rulemaking on this issue. While a number of OSHA standards address aspects of this risk among these are: 1910.22 Housekeeping, 1910.38 Emergency Action Plans, 1910.94 Ventilation, 1910.107 Spray Finishing, 1910.146 Permit Required Confined Spaces, 1910.269 Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution (coal handling), 1910.272 Grain Handling Facilities, 1910.307 Hazard Communication), the Agency does not have a comprehensive standard that addresses combustible dust hazards. The Agency has published a Safety and Health Information Bulletin, Combustible Dust in Industry: Preventing and Mitigating the Effects of Fire and Explosions, and has implemented a Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program (NEP). OSHA will also use information gathered from the NEP as the agency considers future rulemaking. | |
| Agency: Department of Labor(DOL) | Priority: Other Significant |
| RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Prerule Stage |
| Major: Undetermined | Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined |
| CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910 Subpart H (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.) | |
| Legal Authority: 29 USC 6559(b); 29 USC 657 | |
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| Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined | Government Levels Affected: Undetermined |
| Federalism: Undetermined | |
| Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
| RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
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Agency Contact: Dorothy Dougherty Director, Directorate of Standards and Guidance Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Room N-3718, Washington, DC 20210 Phone:202 693-1950 Fax:202 693-1678 Email: dougherty.dorothy@dol.gov |
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