eHandbook: Hamper Hazardous Dust

Combustible dust remains one of the most underestimated threats in chemical processing facilities. As standards evolve and industrial incidents reveal persistent weaknesses, chemical engineers and operators must strengthen their approach to hazard assessment, dust control and explosion protection.
Dec. 12, 2025

To support safer, more resilient operations, Chemical Processing has assembled this eHandbook, which includes insight on:

  • NFPA 660’s shift to a unified combustible dust standard, including new hazard assessment expectations and what the elimination of the four-inch rule means for modern dust management practices.
  • The 10 most common process hazard analysis oversights, drawn from decades of field experience, that continue to expose facilities to preventable risks and undermine PSM compliance.
  • How dust hazards analysis (DHA) strengthens explosion risk mitigation, including why dust testing is foundational to correctly categorizing hazards and documenting due diligence for plant safety.

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