OSHA has been piece-mealing its own standards along with NFPA standards to formulate a Combustible Dusts National Emphasis Program (NEP) since the 2008 Port Wentworth, GeorgiaSugar Refinery explosion. There is always some confusion about OSHA using consensus standards outside of their own safety standards and when it comes to Com Dust enforcement, they rely heavily on the NFPA standards. Here we discuss which of those NFPA standards apply and OSHA also tells us when those NFPA standards would NOT apply.
And of course, OSHA will also use the FREE FM Global Data Sheets as well!