Georgia Tech is offering free one-day training courses to industry on the issue of combustible dust through an OSHA Susan Harwood Program grant. By collaborating with safety professionals and fire engineers, Georgia Tech will provide a comprehensive overview of the standards and issues relating to combustible dust mitigation and control.

The course is tailored to reach safety and health professionals, plant managers, and maintenance and production supervisors from affected industries.

Topics include:

• OSHA's National Emphasis Program
• How to recognize a combustible dust hazard
• Combustible dust hazard evaluation
• A typical deflagration event
• Igniters and ignition
• Prevention and suppression of a deflagration
• Incident management

Courses are currently scheduled for the following dates and locations:

• March 25: Gulfport, MS (Registration form | Course summary)
• April 10: Savannah, GA (Registration form | Course summary)

Additional offerings are being added often, so please check back at this site periodically.

Each attendee receives a course notebook with all of the course materials. Georgia Tech's goal is to conduct multiple training courses throughout the southeast. Atlanta,Georgia, has already been host to a training course and the feedback received from attendees was very positive. Where the right opportunity presents itself, Georgia Tech may be able to conduct training courses at your location.

For further information, contact Kristen Butler at kristen.butler@gtri.gatech.edu or 404-407-6643.

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