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British Sugar stirred by the challenges of ATEX/DSEAR

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Peter Wu

British Sugar plc operates four sugar beet processing plants in the UK producing more than one million tonnes of sugar a year — around half the UK's sugar demand. Reflecting the potential for sugar dust to create explosions, the company has long been proactive in the area of factory safety, operating in compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act and associated legislation to ensure a safe working environment.

Well before the arrival of ATEX/DSEAR legislation, each British Sugar site produced detailed, site-specific risk assessments of all product handling, screening and storage plant, including the buildings within which the equipment was stored. These covered general zone classification, plant identification, a Basis of Safety review for each plant item, the existing equipment explosion protection measures and devices. Likewise, arrangements for earth bonding, maintenance schedules and records and housekeeping procedures were continually monitored and developed.
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