The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

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The U.S. occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)--www. OSHA.gov--has announced the reissuance of its Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program (NEP) Instruction; the NEP will increase enforcement activities and focus on specific industry groups that have experienced frequent combustible dust incidents.

The purpose of this NEP is to inspect facilities that create or handle combustible dusts that can cause intense burning or other fire hazards when suspended in air, and can lead to explosions. Combustible dusts are finely ground organic or metal particles, fibers, fines, chips, chunks, flakes or small mixtures of these materials.

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