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Chapter 5: Constraints
Pages 39-42

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... The cost of a dust control system generally will be much less if it is incorporated into the design for a new elevator than if it has to be added to an existing facility; however, the cost for existing facilities will vary greatly (e.g., some equipped with dust control systems may require only a few modifications in equipment and practices whereas others, in which little attention was given during design to the hazard of dust explosions, may require a considerable amount of new equipment and additional labor}. The cost of a dust control system also will depend partially on the size of the facility, whether new or existing.
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From page 40...
... This is especially true with respect to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Federal Grain Inspection Service, and Enviro Dental Protection Agency. The reluctance of elevator management to Cooperate with the panel was evident during its investigation of one explosion \because of an imagined association between the work of the panel and a regulatory agency investigation.
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From page 41...
... LEGAL ENVIRONMENT The current litigious environment significantly affects the prevention of grain duct explosion accidents in that owners, operators, workers, designers, suppliers, witnesses, and investigators may either be held' responsible for an accident with attendant civil and criminal penalties, or be harassed outside and inside the court room. An insurance firm may indicate to an insured that dangerous conditions exist within a facility and that such conditions should be corrected.
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... REE13RENCES National Materials Advisory Board, Panel on Causes and Prevention of Grain Elevator Explosions, she Investigation of Grain Elevator Explosions, Report OMAN 367-1, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., 1980.
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