You might not think of sugar, corn, or metal as materials that can cause a catastrophic explosion in a factory, but when they're ground into dust-and suspended in the air-all it takes is a small spark ...

"I've worked here for 30 years and we've never had a problem" is a frequently heard refrain. This mindset stems in part from a common misconception that the dust is not explosive because the facility ...

The recent explosion of Apple's iPad 2 factory operated by Pegatron in Shanghai, China is now being linked to a build up of fine aluminum dust. This is the same culprit in the Foxconn factory ...

"The level of disregard for workers' safety demonstrated by this employer is irresponsible. Although the employer knows the fire and explosion hazards associated with the accumulation of combustible ...

Apple today confirmed that explosions last year at Chinese plants of two of its parts suppliers were caused by excessive aluminum dust. In its annual report on its suppliers’ efforts in worker safety, ...

Wu Chunping, senior engineer at Beijing General Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, said a dust explosion is the combustion of particles suspended in air in an enclosed space. There are seven ...

Local government authorities are investigating last weekend’s explosion that injured 61 people at the Shanghai factory of an Apple iPad 2 back-panel supplier after much outcry from China Labor Watch.

The recent explosion at one of Pegatron's Shanghai subsidiaries was reportedly caused by the ignition of aluminum dust, and occurred under similar conditions as another deadly blast at a Foxconn plant ...

Investigators have determined the explosion and fires at the Dicastal Inc. facility on March 17 in Greenville, Michigan, were caused by sparks from a hand grinder that ignited aluminum dust, according ...

THE MASSIVE LETHAL explosion in a dusty sugar plant in Georgia earlier this month has reopened debates on how to reduce the likelihood of explosions due to combustible dust, hundreds of which have ...