Bill to Prevent Industrial Dust Explosions Reintroduced in the House

The bill is called the Worker Protection Against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act.

It would require OSHA to issue interim protections to prevent combustible dusts like coal, sugar or metals dust from building up in industrial facilities to hazardous levels.

The bill was introduced by U.S. Rep. George Miller, Rep. John Barrow and Rep. Lynn Woolsey.

According to a press release sent out by the Workforce Protections Subcommittee, in the three years since the Imperial Sugar explosion there have been 24 combustible dust explosions or fires, causing four deaths and 65 injuries.

Source: http://www2.wsav.com/news/2011/feb/08/bill-prevent-industrial-dust-explosions-reintroduc-ar-1439181/