Dust collection is the primary means of controlling combustible dusts, but when setting up a new system or installing additional elements to comply with OSHA or NFPA standards, it is important to choose the right dust collection solution for the location. While there is a great deal of variables to choosing the right dust collection system, choosing between wet and dry dust collection is one of the first steps to choosing your system. The two technologies offer the same services with some very specific differences in application, which makes them suitable for different types of dust and collection. 

Combustible metal dusts present extra risks and hazards to workplaces, and setting up standards to mitigate those risks is crucial to ensuring the safety of a location. In addition to dust collection, metal working and processing industries must take care that collection standards are met to ensure safety, because metal dusts can conflagrate inside of a collection bin. Finally, because combustible metal dusts are conductive, they often require special consideration to prevent explosions. 

Wood dust is a combustible and respiratory hazard, meaning that dust collection is essential for the safety of workers. While many assume that OSHA standards primarily apply to large workshops, dust collection is required in wood shops ranging from large professional factories to small hobby shops. Ventilation, wood dust collection, and explosion prevention must be considered in any work area involving fine particulate wood dusts to meet standards and ensure the safety of the location, equipment, and workers.  

Combustible dust hazards are a fact of life for many production and processing industries and dust collection is one of the easiest ways to prevent hazardous dusts from exploding or igniting. Unfortunately, dust collection systems do require updates as standards and technologies change, and as the output or requirements inside of the facility change. Dust collection is essential to managing combustible dust levels to prevent explosions, and in this article, you will learn how to use your DHA to ensure that your dust system is up to date and capable of protecting your system. 

Combustible dusts are strictly regulated by OSHA and the NFPA as a major hazard in many workplaces. Industries including food production, agriculture, metalworking, woodworking, plastics, and more all produce explosive dusts, and any workplace that falls into those or other dust producing niches is required to complete a dust hazard analysis in order to maintain OSHA and NFPA compliance.