The development of better safety protocols, including attention to dust control standards, has become a primary concern for many companies in the industrial world. Consideration for industrial dust control has played a crucial role in determining the safety of many industries, particularly mining, and has been a source of concern for federal agencies such as OSHA and MSHA over the …
Guaranteed Results for Facility Dust Control Programs
The Money Question: Cost Per Gallon Versus Cost Per Square Foot Most operators and managers responsible for a dust control program focus on the price per gallon when pricing their facility dust control solutions. But this logic can result in paying more for a dust control program. If a $20/gallon product only needs to be applied once a week to …
Another Competitor Bites the Dust: Penn State Researchers Find Brine for Dust Control is Toxic and Ineffective
Dust control has always been a major issue for industrial sites and in response, myriad techniques have been attempted to eradicate it. For example, one of these old-fashioned approaches, watering, works like a band-aid, potentially lasting for just mere minutes, racking up costs with multiple application sessions to reapply the suppressant. Even chlorides, concocted of sodium, magnesium, and magnesium chlorides, …
A Scientific Approach to Industrial Dust Control Programs
For industrial sites like steel mills, precast operations, mines and quarries who are required to operate with strict air quality permits (Title V Air Quality Permits or OSHA’s Silica Rule), managing respirable, fugitive dust from unpaved areas is a necessary battle. The cost of not implementing a successful industrial dust control program is more than just regulatory fines, though: it includes …
Case Study: Dust Mitigation Begins and Ends with Science
For those who know Midwest, it’s no mystery that we believe dust mitigation can be managed — scientifically — to achieve predictable results. Predictable results equal predictable budgeting, reliable safety and compliance, and achievable metrics. That happens because we focus on the program as much as the product. The product is a part of the whole effort to control dust …