Recent Health and Safety Incident Trends Related to the Storage of Woody Biomass: A Need for Improved Monitoring Strategies

Self-heating fires, dust explosions and off-gassing during biomass storage are serious hazards which can have devastating consequences, resulting in worker fatalities and health impacts, as well as bioenergy plant destruction and complete loss of production. A compilation of incident reports involvi...

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Main Authors: Sally Krigstin, Suzanne Wetzel, Nivatha Jayabala, Christopher Helmeste, Sebnem Madrali, Joy Agnew, Sylvain Volpe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-09-01
Series:Forests
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/9/9/538