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0 Middle management.
0 Top management.
0 Suppliers of equipment.
0 Dust explosion experts and consultants.
Adequate prevention and mitigation of dust explosions cannot be realized unless there
is meaningful communication among the various categories of personnel involved. If such
communication is lacking, the result can easily become both unsatisfactory and confus-
ing, as illustrated in Figure 1.137.
System for dust
explosion prevention
and mitigation when
the “’luman factors”
are neglected.
jystem originally conceived Version specifiediordered
~y the expert. by the safety/planning/
purchasing department.
Version first delivered Mounting instructions tor -low the system was actuall)
for being installed in plant. second, adiusted delivery. nstalled and implemented
System ready for start-up. Third party’s conception The management’s
of .the system. wesentation of the system.
Figure 1 .I 37 implementation ofsystem for dust explosion prevention and mitigation when “human
factors” are neglected (Adapted version of original by Klapp, 1977).
