Combustible Dust Stakeholder Meeting

U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration

February 17, 2009

Atlanta, GA

AGENDA
Opening Remarks

Administration of the Meeting

Introduction of OSHA Staff and Registered Participants

Suggested Points of Group Discussion

1. NFPA Standards – Do you use NFPA standards to mitigate

the hazards of combustible dust? If so, what benefits or
challenges have you encountered? What benefits or
challenges do you foresee if OSHA uses NFPA standards as
sanctioned compliance alternatives?
2. Scope – Are there facilities that handle combustible dust
that should not be covered, or are there certain combustible
dust materials that should not be covered? If so, on what
technical basis?
3. Economic Impact - What kinds of costs and benefits do you
foresee from a proposed rule? What regulatory approaches
do you think would be most effective in minimizing costs
while assuring the safety of employees?
4. Hazard Mitigation - How do you determine where
engineering or administrative controls engineering and
administrative controls are applied? Do you use a hazard
analysis or other methods to make this determination?
5. Additional topics (time permitting) - Your questions,
comments, topics

Closing Remarks