Parmalat Canada Inc. was fined $100,000 under Canada’s Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker received first and second degree burns while checking a pipe system.

Tyson Foods disputes the findings, saying the employee was misidentified.

Twin flexible screw conveyors do the heavy lifting of ingredients to the top of mixing tanks.

Processors must understand not only what materials are being moved through their plumbing systems, but how these lines are designed and laid out.

While understanding the physics of dust explosions can require college math, using the old eyeballs and some simple cleaning tools can go a long way in preventing a catastrophe.

Plant explosions often grab the news headlines, but dust explosions in grain handling facilities and other plant mishaps don’t always make the national news.

Eliminating the potential for falls and other accidents associated with mezzanine loading areas, the Benko Protect-O-Gate pivot gate has a 2-part or reciprocating design.

Self-heating of particulate solids in drying operations is a disaster waiting to happen.

Fortress mGard trapped key interlocks mechanically safeguard dangerous machines and hazardous processes, and provide access control without the need for wiring.