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The example page I picked is the workplace safety page of the union responsible food processing, bakeries among other things. And it explicitly list flour explo
by Xylakant 6y ago
The example page I picked is the workplace safety page of the union responsible food processing, bakeries among other things. And it explicitly list flour explosions as the largest danger in bakeries: “In Bäckereien und Mühlen sind Mehlstauexplosionen die größten Gefahren.“ (translated: “In bakeries and mills, flour explosions are the biggest dangers.”). A flour explosion in a bakery is something every local fire department trains for - and they’re not doing that for fun.
- mlyle 6y agoThis is why you have fire regulations and inspections. As best as I can tell, we haven't had a fatality from a bakery explosion in the US in the last 70 years, despite a much lower level of regulation. There's been a couple of large factory explosions and a few grain elevators/mills that have killed people, but ordinary bakeries seem not to have managed to do so. There's also health risks from flour dust, but there's ample workplace safety regulations that help mitigate these.