House Labor Committee to Vote on Bill to Help Prevent Deadly Industrial Explosions

[Omaha Steve]

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Apr 04, 2008 (Congressional Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- -- EDUCATION & LABOR COMMITTEE Congressman George Miller, Chairman

Advisory for Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Press Office, 202-226-0853

Advisory: House Labor Committee to Vote on Bill to Help Prevent Deadly Industrial Explosions

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Wednesday, April 9, the House Education and Labor Committee will vote on legislation to help prevent worksite explosions like the one at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Georgia, in early February that killed 13 workers and critically injured 10 others.

The Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act (H.R. 5522) would force the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue rules regulating combustible industrial dusts, like sugar dust, that can build up to hazardous levels and explode. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration already has the authority to issue such a rule without Congress passing new legislation, but the agency has failed to act despite the fact that the dangers of combustible dust have been well known for years.

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