Dust Explosion Incidents in Malaysia for Powder Manufacturing Industries

Abstract

The trends of process safety incident have been put in the statistical research and development in order to prevent and mitigate the phenomenon. One of the incident are known as dust explosion that represent a constant hazard to industries including any manufacturing using and handling of combustible dust materials. Lack of sharing and know how on best practices in managing the workplace to avoid this phenomenon happening throughout the industries. The severity and the consequences of not practicing it before it happen were not been fore seen by the process team until it too late. This present paper discusses the best practices in managing the hazards from the catastrophes to be happening again. In addition, the mitigation response was also be explored thoroughly by database of best practices.

Authors and Affiliations

Mohd Azimie Ahmad, Norazura Ismail, Mohamad Rizza Othman

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  • EP ID EP605906
  • DOI 10.6007/IJARBSS/v7-i3/2956
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Mohd Azimie Ahmad, Norazura Ismail, Mohamad Rizza Othman (2017). Dust Explosion Incidents in Malaysia for Powder Manufacturing Industries. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 7(3), 884-889. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-605906