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analysis (DHA) is emphasized in NFPA 652 and the DHA needs to be reviewed and updated every fifive years. ThTherefore, trainees are required to identify potential risks, perform a DHA and then implement the recommendations put forth in the DHA during the training.
The three-part NFPA 652 Combustible Dust (2019) Online Training Series11 entails Combustible Dust Safety Awareness, Combustible Dust Hazard Evaluation and Combustible Dust Controls and Safeguards modules that feature engaging videos, interactive simulations, informative case studies and other educational enhancements. The training trio benefits manufacturing personnel as well as engineers, designers, health and safety leaders, loss control/ facility risk/safety specialists, facilities managers, insurers, inspectors and code enforcers.
And finally, if you are not familiar with all the great research that NFPA generates to inform audiences about persistent
threats and emerging hazards, it is time
to visit the Applied Research
12 section
on our website and the microsite for the Fire Protection Research Foundation,13 theresearchaffiffiliateofNFPA.ThThe Foundation issued a report last December on the Variables Impacting the Probability and Severity of Dust explosions in Dust Collectors14 because, as the NFPA Fire & Life Safety Ecosystem15 outlines, one of the best ways that organizations, including NFPA, can invest in safety is by prioritizing research.
REFERENCES
1. https://www.nfpa.org/journal
2. shorturl.at/eiqJ7
3. https://youtu.be/Za1yhKc0Xr8
4. https://dustsafetyscience.com/2021-report- summary/
5. https://tinyurl.com/bdf39fn9 6. https://tinyurl.com/4hhm9a4j 7. https://tinyurl.com/msphxhtr
Combustible dust can wreak havoc on facilities, if prescriptive and proactive steps are not being taken by key personnel. ThThat is why NFPA standards, training, content and research exist. Are you taking full advantage of the insights and information found in these resources? If not, make steps today to begin your journey with training and education.
CathyLongleyisanNFPAcommunications manager covering a variety of fire, building and life safety topics.
8. https://tinyurl.com/2p97eknf
9. https://tinyurl.com/yckm4t77
10. https://tinyurl.com/yckt4b5h
11. https://www.nfpa.org/IH-track
12. https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/ Data-research-and-tools
13. https://tinyurl.com/4e4cbxku 14. https://tinyurl.com/yckwzduf 15. https://www.nfpa.org/ecosystem
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