Dust Hazard Analysis: The Stepping Stone to Effective Combustible Powder Risk Control

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Dust Hazard Analysis: The Stepping Stone to Effective Combustible Powder Risk Control

The paper proposes the idea that an appropriate and effective DHA can provide an organization with the required inputs to help build a strong and sustainable combustible dust hazard management program. This paper discusses three different methodologies for conducting a Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA) with increasing levels of complexity. and presents three case-studies highlighting the differences between the methodologies and their outcomes. The paper also broadly classifies the organizations within three maturity levels based on their dust hazard management programs and proposes interventions for an effective way forward in the journey to build strong, sustainable, and continuously improving combustible dust hazard management programs.
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AcuTech-Dust-Explosions-Paper-Safetember-2023.pdf
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Author:
Nawayd Shaikh, Process Safety Consultant, Middle East Operations