Understanding dust hazard, assessment and control measures to enhance people and plant safety. In pharmaceutical manufacturing, dust is not just a housekeeping issue — it is a serious safety concern. Many active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and excipients are combustible when finely powdered. If these dusts accumulate or are dispersed in the air, they can pose a significant explosion hazard with serious risk to life and property. Based on of review of the health & safety findings from 180 PSCI audits in 2023, 22% findings were related to Process safety, including explosion risk.

Dust Hazard Assessment, or DHA, is a systematic approach to identifying and mitigating these risks. This webinar will help you gain a better understanding of dust hazard, assessment, and control measures to protect your people and facility from potentially catastrophic explosions and to meeting regulatory and industry safety standards. The following topics will be covered during the webinar:

• Key definitions
• Conditions for fire / explosion
• Chemical flammability properties
• Typical Ignition Sources
• Control of flammable atmospheres
• Dust Hazard Assessment (DHA)
• Key safety measures to mitigate dust hazard

Suggested Audience: PSCI Suppliers and PSCI members. HSE, Process Safety, Quality and Operations personnel will benefit from attending this webinar

Speaker: Mr. Jitendra Kumar - CEO, FET Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Jitendra is a B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from IIT Delhi. He has been working in the field of Process Safety for more than 3 decades. He has provided extensive PSM support to numerous sectors such as Pharmaceuticals, Bulk & Fine Chemicals, Agrochemicals, Oil & Gas (onshore and offshore), Petrochemicals, Fertilizers, Food, Engineering, Metallurgy, Cosmetics and more.

He is an expert in conducting HAZID, HAZOP, QRA, FERA, Radiation & Dispersion, MCA, SIL, LOPA, Vent sizing, Chemical Reaction Hazards, Dust Hazards, Electrostatics, Hazardous Area Classification, F&G mapping, Fire fighting system adequacy and design, RAM and Accident Investigation amongst others.