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Tennessee Plant Owners Failed to Protect Against Explosive: Panel

A federal panel says a company knew of the explosive danger of dust throughout its Tennessee plant but didn’t do enough to prevent three separate blasts that killed five people last year. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board released a final …

Factory Dust Explosions Killing Workers While Safety Rules Lag

Each year, people are killed and maimed by explosions of finely powdered wood, metal or chemicals at factories around the country. Safety experts have studied the threat posed by dust at industrial sites for nearly a decade, yet tighter regulations …