OSHA has published a proposed rule to regulate one of the greatest threats to mankind: combustible dust.
It is defined as “all combustible particulate solids of any size, shape, or chemical composition that could present a fire or deflagration hazard when suspended in air or other oxidizing medium.”
Maybe it speaks well of workplace safety if OSHA has made combustible dust one of its highest priorities.
A pessimist might counter that OSHA, having regulated everything else, has been reduced to regulating obscurities in its never-ending search for something to do, and for someone to command.
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There are regulations already for combustible dust, which is a hazard in grain elevators, flour mills, coal mines and similar operations. Especially grain elevators. One blows up every so often from combustible dust. It isn’t as silly as you make out.