BATAVIA, N.Y. — One man is dead after a workplace accident Tuesday afternoon in Batavia. Police said an employee at Western New York Concrete fell into a stone dust hopper and got trapped. Despite ...

Effective dust collection system performance relies on the correct design of both the filtration and evacuation equipment. When a multi-compartment dust collector isolates a compartment for offline ...

"I've worked here for 30 years and we've never had a problem" is a frequently heard refrain. This mindset stems in part from a common misconception that the dust is not explosive because the facility ...

The most basic function of any dust collector is to keep workers and workplaces safer, but not all collectors are created equal from a safety standpoint. Following are 10 tips to help ensure that your ...

Dust collection systems capture fugitive coal dust that would otherwise escape from the perimeter of equipment areas. Collected fugitive dust is fuel that should be delivered to the furnace and burned ...

Plants can no longer sweep coal dust under the rug and ignore the health and safety hazard it presents, because a single spark can cause a dust explosion that could put a plant out of service, perhaps ...

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New entrants to the sweeping business might think sweeping material off the pavement is such a basic task that there's little difference among equipment. But veteran contract sweepers and sweeper ...