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.

Join us for the PSCI Annual India Pharma Industry Conference & Exhibition:

We are excited to invite you to join us from 24-26 September in Chandigarh for an PSCI Annual India Conference & Exhibition. This event offers a platform to delve into best practices and emerging trends related to the PSCI Principles. Additionally, it provides excellent opportunities for networking with industry peers.

We are delighted to unveil the theme of this year's conference and exhibitions:

Building Resilient Value Chains through Collaborative Leadership in India

• Date: 24-26 September 2025
• Time: 09:30 - 17:00
• Language: English

Location:

• Address: Hyatt Regency Chandigarh, 178, 1, Industrial Area Phase I, Chandigarh, 160002
• Phone: 0172 440 1234
• Hyatt Regency Chandigarh - Google Maps

Exhibition: The conference will also feature an exhibition highlighting pharmaceutical best practices and success stories aligned with the PSCI Principles. These exhibitions aim to extend discussions beyond the conference room, fostering impactful collaborations and practical approaches to addressing common industry challenges.

Workshop: This year, we are thrilled to announce a workshop centred around the conference theme. This workshop is designed to delve deeper into the topics and themes of our annual conference, providing an in-depth exploration and fostering meaningful discussions.

Contact Information: For any queries or doubts, please reach out to:

• Subhash Babu, ISS (+91 9327547484) - First point of contact & event organizer
• Aditya Shirodkar, Abbott (+91 7030129399) - Secondary contact & PSCI India Team Lead

Additional Information: We request that each organization appoints a maximum of 2 participants (in exceptional cases, 3 participants).

The conference agenda will be shared in due course. We look forward to your participation and to making this event a great success together!

Glimpse of the 2024 conference & exhibition: video link

Register now to attend the PSCI summit on the critical topic of decarbonization

"PSCI has 85 Member companies across the Pharma, Biotech and Med-Tech sector, representing around $1.2 trillion USD or 70% of global sector revenues. We act as one voice for the industry and have come together to give you – our suppliers – a clear unified message on how we will together accelerate action on decarbonization.

"Join us for the PSCI Decarbonization Summit on October 22nd and 23rd 2025, to hear the message from our Members, understand how to build your capability no matter your maturity and set an achievable roadmap to turn decarbonization plans into action by 2030."

Robert Williams, AstraZeneca, PSCI Chair

A sneak peak of what to expect:

• A tailored agenda for your maturity: From getting to grips with the basics of calculating greenhouse gas baseline emissions, to embedding climate standards across your value chain and developing a robust Net Zero Roadmap That Meets SBTi Criteria, the PSCI Decarbonization Summit has something for everyone.
• Peer-to-peer learning: Have an innovative solution to accelerate decarbonization? Day 2 of the Summit gives you the opportunity to share existing solutions with PSCI Members to share best practice and drive decarbonization.

The full agenda will be available soon and this summit will take place virtually.

Please contact us with any questions.

Please note the updated topic focus for this workshop is now Process Safety and Industrial Hygiene.

If you have registered for the workshop and are no longer interested or able to attend, please contact us to cancel your registration.

The workshop will focus on the topics of Process Safety and Industrial Hygiene, which have been selected considering the needs of the regional pharma industry in India.

The session is aimed at EHS, Safety and Engineering professionals from Pharma manufacturing industries. There is no registration fee for participating in this event.

Please note that registration for this workshop is limited to 50 participants and the event will take place in-person. No virtual option is available.

We are pleased to be joined by speakers from M/S GVS Cibatech and M/S RECOH EHS who will deliver these sessions.

Agenda

• 09:00-09:30: Registration & Breakfast
• 09:30-10:15: Opening including PSCI Introduction
• 10:15-11:30: Technical Session – 1 (Chemical Reaction hazards – M/s GVS Cibatech)
• 11:30-11:45: 1st Tea / Coffee break
• 11:45-13:15: Technical Session – 2 (Chemical Reaction Risk Assessment & Controls – M/S GVS Cibatech)
• 13:15-14:15: Lunch
• 14:15-15:30: Technical Session – 3 (Industrial Hygiene Risk Assessment – M/S RECOH EHS)
• 15:30-15:45: 2nd Tea / Coffee break (Hi-Tea)
• 15:45-17:30: Technical Session – 4 (Industrial Hygiene Risk Assessment & Controls– M/s RECOH EHS)
• 17:30-18:00: Vote of thanks