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 ...

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 ...

According to a 2012 report by the NFPA, there were an estimated 8,600 structural fires reported to U.S. fire departments each year at industrial or manufacturing properties between 2006 and 2010. Dust ...

Combustible dust, it is not the most glamorous of topics but it is an important one. Why is it important? It is important because between 1980 and 2005, combustible dust incidents claimed the lives of ...

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 ...

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 ...