Jon A. Barrett is an SEO Analyst, SEO Technical Writer, and Social Media Strategist at Dust Safety Science, https://dustsafetyscience.com/ Barrett is also a Professional Member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, a Professional Technical Writer https://www.asja.org/member/jon-barrett/ and a Certified Mold Remediator, (CMR), with several other previous industry certifications, for asbestos remediation supervisor status, biohazard remediation, and combustible dust remediation, and over 30 years of remediation and restoration cleaning experience in the government, industrial, manufacturing, commercial, residential, and insurance industries sectors, and over 30 years of remediation and restoration cleaning experience in the government, industrial, manufacturing, commercial, residential, and insurance industries sector.
This article describes potential sources of combustible dust and outlines best inspection practices for OSH professionals, certified industrial hygienists and certified remediators to perform the suspect combustible dust inspection.
Combustible dust is fine particulate dust generated from organic products such as wood, metals, grains, agricultural, chemicals, plastics, paper and carbonaceous products.
