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Public Meeting – November 16, 2011
Hoeganaes CorporationIron Dust Flash Fires and
Hydrogen Explosion
Gallatin, TennesseeJanuary 31, 2011
March 29, 2011
May 27, 2011
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Investigation Team
• Johnnie Banks
Investigations Team Lead
• David Chicca
• Maria Mazzocchi
• Marc Sáenz
• Lucy Tyler
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Meeting Agenda
• Investigation Team Presentation
• Board Questions
• Panel Discussion
• Questions for Panelists
• Public Comment
• Other CSB Business
• Closing
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Meeting Purpose
• Agency’s interest in dust incidents
• Three incidents at the Gallatin
facility
• Provide feedback and technical
information to the community
• Present findings to the board
• Introduce recommendations
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• Company Overview
• Facility and Process overview
• Incident Animations
• Investigation Findings
• Staff Proposed Recommendations
Investigation Team Presentation
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Company Overview
• Worldwide producer of atomized
steel and iron powders
– Facilities in the US, Germany, China
and Romania
• Headquartered in Cinnaminson, NJ
• Subsidiary of GKN
– British multinational engineering
company
– GKN acquired Hoeganaes in 1999
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Hoeganaes Gallatin, TN Facility
• 30 miles northeast
of Nashville, TN
• ~180 workers
• Became operational
in the 1980s
• Significant
production
increases
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Powdered Metal Process
• Hoeganaes receives and melts
scrap steel to meet customer
specifications
• The molten iron is sprayed and
cooled into a coarse powder
• Processed in annealing furnaces
with hydrogen
• Crushed and milled into fine
powdered metal product
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Incident Illustration
Bucket Elevator Flash Fire
January 31, 2011
2 Fatalities
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Bucket Elevator Flash Fire
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• Significant accumulations of iron
powder on flat surfaces
• Bucket elevator dust collection
system was out of service
• Elevator motor had exposed wiring
and was not properly grounded
Bucket Elevator Flash Fire
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Incident Illustration
Band Furnace Flash Fire
March 29, 2011
1 injury
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Hydrogen Explosion &
Secondary Dust Flash Fires
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Band Furnace Flash Fire
• Significant accumulations of iron
powder on above surfaces lofted
during maintenance activity
• Several ignition sources nearby
• Dust cloud formed next to a open-
flamed furnace
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Incident Illustration
Hydrogen Explosion and
Secondary Iron Dust
Flash Fires
May 27, 2011
3 fatalities, 2 injuries
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Hydrogen Explosion &
Secondary Dust Flash Fires
• The presence of hydrogen in the
band furnace removes oxygen
from the iron
• Delivered to the furnaces via pipes
in an underground trench
• Hydrogen is supplied to
Hoeganaes by an adjacent
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Hydrogen Explosion &
Secondary Dust Flash Fires
• Hydrogen leak caused by corroded
hydrogen piping
• No system in place to ensure
hydrogen piping is inspected and
maintained
• Flammable gas testing was not
performed prior to opening the
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Hydrogen Explosion &
Secondary Dust Flash Fires
• No company procedures to
respond to and mitigate suspected
gas leaks
• Process area near band furnaces
did not have appropriately rated
electrical equipment for use near
flammable gases
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Hydrogen Explosion &
Secondary Dust Flash Fires
• The hydrogen explosion
overpressure lofted and ignited
accumulations of iron powder
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Combustible Dust Testing
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Combustible Dust Testing
• Iron powder was the fuel source
for the January and March 2011
incidents
• The May 2011 hydrogen explosion
lofted and ignited accumulated
iron powder on elevated surfaces
• The CSB collected samples of iron
powder at the Hoeganaes facility
for laboratory testing
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Iron Dust Combustibility
Demonstration
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Combustible Dust Testing
• CSB commissioned laboratory
testing to determine Hoeganaes
dust explosibility
– 20 Liter (20L)Test Method, as
specified by NFPA 484
– 1 meter cubed (1m3) Test Method
• Laboratory tests can predict how
dusts can behave when dispersed
near an ignition source
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Combustible Dust Testing
Property Definition Application
KstDust deflagration
index
(bar m/s)
Measures the relative
explosion severity
compared to other
dusts
PmaxMaximum explosion
overpressure
generated in a test
chamber (bar)
Used to design
enclosures and
predict severity of the
consequence
Explosion Severity
(ES)
Calculated value
normalized to
Pittsburgh coal dust;
Class II test
Determines if Class II
electrical equipment
is needed
Pressure Ratio
(PR)
Calculated value;
explosibility screening
test
Determines if a dust
is explosible
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Iron Powder Test Results
Bag house #4 sample (as received)
Result
Explosible ?(Pressure Ratio Calculation)
Yes
Ignitable? Yes
Kst (bar m/s) 19
Pmax (bar) 3.5
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*The CSB also conducted 1m3 testing from a different
sample with a larger particle size; this did not ignite in
the 1m3 chamber
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Combustible Dust Testing
• Dust testing results concluded that
the iron powder at Hoeganaes is
combustible and presents a
serious flash fire hazard
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Hoeganaes Combustible Dust
Testing
• Prior testing in 2009 and 2010
performed by Hoeganaes as a
result of an insurance audit
recommendation
• Testing results concluded that
dust was explosible
• Hoeganaes testing results similar
to CSB commissioned test results
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Industry Dust Hazard Recognition
• Metal dust hazards have been
known and discussed throughout
industry since the 1940s
• In addition to Hoeganaes, the CSB
investigated 5 combustible dust
incidents
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Other CSB Dust Investigations
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Investigation Year Material # of
fatalities
West Pharmaceutical
Services2003 Polyethylene
powder
6
CTA Acoustics 2003 Phenolic resin 7
Hayes Lemmerz
International2003 Aluminum
dust
1
Imperial Sugar 2008 Sugar dust 14
AL Solutions 2010 Titanium
powder
3
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CSB Dust Study Data
• The CSB issued a Combustible
Dust Hazard Study in 2006
• Identified 281 dust fires and
explosions between 1980 and 2005
– 119 fatalities
– 718 injuries
• 20% of dust fires and explosions
were fueled by metal dusts
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Hoeganaes Past Incidents
• Previous explosion and fire
incident occurred at the
Hoeganaes Riverton, NJ facility in
1992
– One worker severely burned; died 2
years later
• In 1996, an iron dust fire in a dust
collector at the Gallatin facility
– One worker injured35
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Hoeganaes Past Incidents
• Workers told CSB investigators
there were multiple small dust
flash fires at the Gallatin facility
that did not result in any injuries
– Hoeganaes did not mitigate the
hazard
– Operators were forced to tolerate
conditions at the facility
– No training to understand the
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Hierarchy of Controls
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Hierarchy of Controls
• Concept recognized by health and
safety professionals to control
workplace hazards
– Developed by the National Safety
Council in the 1940s
– Adopted into OSH Act of 1970
• Hierarchical order of control
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Hierarchy of Controls
Inherently Safer Technologies (IST)
Engineering Controls
Administrative Controls
PPE
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Hierarchy of Controls
Inherently Safer Technologies (IST)
Engineering Controls
Administrative Controls
PPE
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Avoids hazards
instead of
controlling
hazards
• Eliminate the
hazard during
design
• Substitution
of less
hazardous
materials or
equipment
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Hierarchy of Controls
Engineering Controls
Administrative Controls
PPE
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Design options
that
automatically
reduce risk
• Well-sealed
powder conveyance
systems
• Appropriately
sized dust
collection
• Elimination of
ignition sources
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Hierarchy of Controls
Engineering Controls
Administrative Controls
PPE
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Procedures,
training, or
work practices
to manage the
hazard
• Housekeeping
• Flammable gas
monitoring
• Preventive
maintenance
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Engineering Controls
Administrative Controls
PPE
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Equipment
worn to shield
worker from
the hazard or
exposure
• Flame resistant
clothing (FRC)
•Hard hat
•Safety shoes
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Hierarchy of Controls
• Engineering controls are
recognized throughout industry as
the preferred method of dust
explosion prevention above
housekeeping and personal
protective equipment (PPE)
• Hoeganaes lacked effective and
appropriately maintained
engineering controls to prevent
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Board Questions
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Industry Codes and
Standards
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Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA)
• Issues and enforces standards and
programs for workplace safety and
health
• OSHA Grain Dust Standard (1987)
– Grain dust incident fatalities
decreased by 60%
• No combustible dust regulation for
general industry
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CSB Combustible Dust Study
• The CSB recommended OSHA
promulgate a General Industry
Combustible Dust Regulation after
its 2006 Combustible Dust Study
• OSHA issued advanced notice of
rulemaking in 2009
– Held various stakeholder meetings
– Next meeting in December 2011
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CSB Combustible Dust Study
• The CSB also recommended
OSHA develop a national
emphasis program (NEP) to
address dust while the regulation
was being developed
• OSHA issued a Combustible Dust
NEP in October 2007.
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Combustible Dust NEP
• Not a regulation
• Inspection tool for compliance
officers to apply existing
standards to facilities that handle
dust
• Can be applied to all dust
processing operations but
specifically targets certain
industries by industrial
classification codes (NAICS) 50
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Combustible Dust NEP
• The NAICS code for Hoeganaes
was not listed in the NEP as a
targeted industry with dust-
producing operations
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Tennessee OSHA (TOSHA)
• Tennessee operates under a State
worker safety plan
• States can develop individual
worker safety and health programs
– “At least as effective as” comparable
Federal OSHA standards
– Plans approved and monitored by
Federal OSHA
– States can also adopt federal
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TOSHA
• Tennessee OSHA adopted the
Combustible Dust NEP in 2008
• State OSHA plans have the
authority to add industry codes to
the state-adopted NEP
• TOSHA did not add the industry
code for Hoeganaes to the
program
• Hoeganaes was not inspected for
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National Fire Protection
Association (NFPA)
• Industry consensus organization
that develops and maintains
standards and codes related to fire
prevention and response
• Adopted by federal, state, and
local entities into regulations and
ordinances
• Voluntarily adopted by private
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NFPA 484
• NFPA 484, Standard for
Combustible Metals contains
provisions for protecting people
and facilities from metal fires and
explosions
• Addresses facilities that produce,
handle or store combustible
metals and alloys
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NFPA 484
• The authority having jurisdiction
was not required to enforce NFPA
484
– City of Gallatin or Fire Department
• Hoeganaes did not voluntarily
adopt NFPA 484
• Had Hoeganaes applied provisions
of NFPA 484, the conditions that
led to these incidents could have
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NFPA 484
• Specifies test methods for
combustible dusts
• Addresses various elements of
hierarchy of controls
– Design and engineering controls to
prevent dust accumulation
– Guidelines for housekeeping
programs
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International Code Council (ICC)
• Member-focused association that
develops codes for public and
industrial safety
– Building safety and fire prevention
codes
– No regional limitations
– ICC Codes are adopted state-wide or
in local jurisdictions in all 50 states
– Offers code assistance, certification
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International Fire Code (IFC)
• The ICC develops and maintains
the IFC
• The IFC establishes minimum
requirements for residential and
industrial fire prevention
• Can be adopted and enforced by
local or state jurisdictions
• The IFC is adopted by the State of
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IFC Chapter 22 – Combustible
Dust-Producing Operations
• Briefly lists general requirements
for preventing dust explosions
• Housekeeping
– Minimizing combustible dust
accumulations
• Sources of ignition
– Prohibits activities involving an open
flame where dust is generated,
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IFC Chapter 22 – Combustible
Dust-Producing Operations
• IFC cites NFPA 484 and other
NFPA dust standards
• IFC wording can be interpreted as
voluntary
• 2204.1 Standards:
– “The fire code official is authorized
to enforce applicable provisions” of
NFPA 484 and other NFPA dust
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IFC Chapter 22 – Combustible
Dust-Producing Operations
• State of TN specifically excludes
optional or voluntary provisions of
adopted fire codes.
– IFC 2006 is adopted by reference
– Which “shall not be construed as
adopting any provision of the cited
publications which establishes an
optional or recommended, rather
than mandatory, standard or
practice…” 63
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IFC Chapter 22 – Combustible
Dust-Producing Operations
• The City of Gallatin and the
Gallatin Fire Department (GFD) are
responsible for enforcing the
requirements of the IFC that
address combustible dust
• The GFD did not enforce the
general requirements of the fire
code for combustible dust
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IFC Chapter 22 – Combustible
Dust-Producing Operations
• GFD inspected the facility 2 weeks
prior to the 3rd incident in May
2011
– Did not recognize iron dust
accumulations as a fire hazard
– Did not inspect the facility against
the general requirements of IFC for
combustible dust
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Key Findings
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Key Findings
1. Significant accumulations of iron
powder fueled flash fire incidents
2. Hoeganaes management
personnel were aware of metal
powder combustibility hazards but
did not mitigate the hazard
through engineering controls and
housekeeping
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Key Findings
3. Hoeganaes lacked employee
training and procedures for
flammable gas leaks
4. OSHA did not include the Iron and
Steel Mills Industry Classification
Code for Hoeganaes as a targeted
industry for the Combustible Dust
National Emphasis Program (NEP)
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Key Findings
5. The 2006 International Fire Code
(IFC), which was adopted by the
City of Gallatin, does not require
jurisdictions to enforce NFPA
standards for the prevention of
dust fires and explosions
6. The State of Tennessee and the
City of Gallatin do not enforce
“optional or recommended”
standards or practices of the IFC 69
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Key Findings
7. The Gallatin Fire Department
inspected the Hoeganaes facility
after the first two iron powder flash
fires and did not address
combustible dust hazards present
at the facility just weeks before the
third fatal hydrogen explosion and
dust flash fire.
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Key Findings
8. Instead of utilizing engineering
and administrative controls such
as dust collection systems and
housekeeping programs,
Hoeganaes relied on FRC to
protect workers from iron dust
flash fires.
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Key Findings
9. GKN and Hoeganaes did not
provide corporate oversight to
ensure the Hoeganaes Gallatin
facility was adequately managing
combustible dusts prior to and
throughout the succession of
serious incidents at the Gallatin
facility.
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Staff Proposed
Recommendations
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Recommendations Overview
• Primary tool to improve industrial
safety programs and practices
– Federal and state regulatory
improvements
– Industry and company practices
– Trade association standards and
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Recommendations Overview
• Directly address incident findings and
causes
• Focus on management system
improvements to prevent recurrence
• Recommendations Dept. monitors
progress and updates status at
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Staff Proposed
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Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA)
1. Develop and publish a proposed
rule for a combustible dust
standard within one year of the
approval of this case study.
2. Ensure that the forthcoming
OSHA Combustible Dust
Standard includes coverage for
combustible metal dust including
iron and steel powders.77
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Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA)
3. Revise the Combustible Dust
emphasis program to include
facilities that produce, handle,
process, or generate iron and steel
powders or dusts.
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Tennessee OSHA (TOSHA)
4. Revise the combustible dust
emphasis program to include
facilities that produce, handle,
process, or generate iron and steel
powders or dusts.
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Hoeganaes Corporation
5. Conduct periodic independent
audits of the Hoeganaes Gallatin
facility for compliance with the
applicable NFPA codes and
standards for combustible dusts,
electrical classifications,
hydrogen, and flame resistant
clothing.
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Hoeganaes Corporation
6. Develop training materials that
address combustible dust and
plant-specific metal dust hazards
and train all employees and
contractors. Require periodic (e.g.,
annual) refresher training for all
employees and contractors.
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Hoeganaes Corporation
7. Implement a preventive
maintenance program, as well as
leak detection and mitigation
procedures for all flammable gas
piping and processing equipment.
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International Code Council (ICC)
8. Revise IFC Chapter 22,
Combustible Dust Producing
Operations to require mandatory
compliance and enforcement with
the detailed requirements of the
NFPA standards cited in the
chapter.
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Metal Powder Producers
Association (MPPA)
9. Communicate the findings of this
report to all your members, such
as through a safety article in an
upcoming monthly newsletter.
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City of Gallatin, TN
10. Require all facilities covered by
IFC Chapter 22 to conform to NFPA
standards for combustible dusts
including NFPA 484.
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Gallatin Fire Department
11. Ensure that all industrial facilities
in the City of Gallatin are inspected
at least annually for compliance
with the International Fire Code.
12. Implement a program to ensure
that fire inspectors and response
personnel are trained to recognize
and address combustible dust
hazards.
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Staff Proposed
Recommendations
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Board Questions
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Panel Discussion
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Panelists
• Dr. Paul Amyotte, P. Eng.,
– Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia
• Dr. Robert Zalosh
– President, Firexplo
– NFPA 484 Committee Member
• John M. Cholin, P.E., FSFPE,
M.E.E,
– President, J.M Cholin Consultants,
Inc.
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Panelists
• Guy Colonna
– Division Manager, NFPA
• Bruce E. Johnson
– Director of Fire Service Activities,
ICC
• Tammy Miser
– Founder, United Support and
Memorial for Workplace Fatalities
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Public Comment
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U.S. Chemical Safety Board
2175 K St. NW Suite 400
Washington, DC 20037
202-261-7600
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Hydrogen Explosion
Gallatin, TennesseeJanuary 31, 2011
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