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What is OSHA’s Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program?

CPL 03-00-008 is OSHA’s revised National Emphasis Program directive for workplaces that generate or handle combustible dust. It provides inspection policies and procedures addressing fire, flash-fire, deflagration, and explosion hazards; it is not itself a complete design standard or facility-specific citation.

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What is OSHA’s Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program?

CPL 03-00-008 is OSHA’s revised National Emphasis Program directive for workplaces that generate or handle combustible dust. It provides inspection policies and procedures addressing fire, flash-fire, deflagration, and explosion hazards; it is not itself a complete design standard or facility-specific citation.

CPL 03-00-008 January 30, 2023 Uniform combustible-dust inspection policies and procedures

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