Perform a risk analysis

This is the starting point for managing the safety of your installations. It is about determining all of the parameters of your situation: regulatory compliance, risks of smouldering fires, fires and explosions. With this analysis you will have all the cards in hand for adopting best practices and taking good decisions.

Secure and optimize your procedures

Having total control over your procedures helps to prevent risks and detect possible dysfunctions. If there is a problem you will have more time to deal with it. You can avoid having a risk escalate into a real danger.

Perform plant housekeeping operations

This practice is essential to protect your employees from the risks of fires and explosions. Dust clouds can catch fire, setting off an explosion capable of injuring your teams and damaging your equipment. Poor plant cleaning is generally the cause of multiple explosions and the most devastating accidents.

Train and inform your employees and supervisors responsible for cleaning

These people are the front line. They are in direct contact with the combustible residues that they must clean. To ensure their safety, training on the risks associated with combustible dust is strongly recommended.

Upgrade your industrial ventilation or dust control system

Processes evolve, production increases, the process adjusts, but generally the industrial ventilation/dust control systems do not follow. There comes a time when the performance of the system becomes so mediocre that it no longer complies with regulatory requirements. Something needs to be done! Often, the equipment is not obsolete (ventilators, purifiers, etc.). It is the duct network that is often out of date. As more and more collection points are added, the initial capacity of the system becomes far too diluted to function adequately. At that point the whole system must be reviewed and updated.