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Posted: 4:08 PM Feb 4, 2009
Rep. Barrow reintroduces bill on combustible dust
A Georgia congressman is asking lawmakers for a second time to mandate new safety regulations against industrial dust explosions such as the one that killed 14 workers at a sugar refinery near Savannah a year ago.
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February 4, 2009
ATLANTA -- A Georgia congressman is asking lawmakers for a second time to mandate new safety regulations against industrial dust explosions such as the one that killed 14 workers at a sugar refinery near Savannah a year ago.
Rep. John Barrow, a Democrat from Savannah, reintroduced a bill Wednesday requiring the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration to impose new rules keeping workplaces free of dust that can fuel fires and explosions.
Barrow announced the bill days before the anniversary of the Feb. 7, 2008, explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery.
The House passed a similar bill last April, but it stalled in the Senate with President Bush threatening a veto.
OSHA officials opposed the bill, saying existing regulations that govern houskeeping and maintenance already apply to industrial dust.
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