Rep. George Miller on Combustible Dust Worker Protection

The House has just passed the Worker Protection Against Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Act, H.R. 5522 by a vote of 247-165. This bill would require the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue rules regulating combustible industrial dusts, like sugar dust, that can build up to hazardous levels and explode. In early February the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Georgia, exploded, killing 13 workers and severely injuring many more. OSHA and the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, which have launched a major investigation into the Imperial Sugar explosion, have concluded that the explosion was caused by combustible sugar dust. In 2006, following a series of fatal combustible dust explosions, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board conducted a major study of combustible dust hazards. It identified 281 combustible dust incidents between 1980 and 2005 that killed 119 workers, injured 718 others, and extensively damaged industrial facilities. Education and Labor Chairman George Miller denounces a Republican attempt to gut the legislation.

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• Combustible
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[yamagoof]

Thanks Miller for fucking the farmers of California. Piece of shit.

[WorkersMemorialDay]

Say what you will meat man but he got the job done and he was companionate in doing so. I am proud to have him on my side and representing my brother who no longer can do so. Thank you Congressmen Miller!

[SergioMomarsh]

Thank you for standing up and demanding action! From a hard working man who knows the value of safety and the importance of such strength in the face of the destruction of human life. Human life and worker safety are equally important.

[Meatpieandtatters]

What a blow hard!