All of your usual safety regulations will apply. Normal stuff - like transport deliveries/collections, contractors, machinery safety, occupational health, management systems etc etc Probably 2 particulars - occupational aspects of portential flour dust exposure DSEAR - risk of dust explosions, so think about control and mitigation of that risk. Technical aspects - electical ATEX rating and zone ratings etc

Hi Silverbunkey; being in a similar industry, ITER has got it about right, however one of my bugbears is housekeeping in controlling the amount of dust present (minimising dust - thus reducing risk); cleaning is the best way to minimise explosion risks - bucket elevators, conveyors etc etc. Also there is some evidence of skin problems, in my industry the main OH risks are COPD and asthma with exposure to grain dusts. Also don't forget STF as dust on a smooth surface can be very slippery. I did my dissertation on exposure to grain dust etc etc - I seem to remember finding some research papers on OH risks and flour etc - which weren't what I was looking for: but I may be able to dig them out if you think they may be of use to you, I also have some papers on the explosion risks etc. - pm me with an email addy if you think that they may be of some use to you. Good luck

Peter , you are showing you age! I think you will find it was British Sugar

Not wanting to start a fight ;-) on someone else's post all I can say is there must be lots of sugar factory explosions then. I have in front of me ( I use it for training) page 12 from SHP july 2005. BRITISH Sugar were fined £250k as the result of a fatal accident in July 2003

Why cannot we edit posts?- apologies it was in 2008

And if you google 'grain explosions' you will find plenty of examples that are even more relevant. I did once calculate how much flour I would have to render airborne in my kitchen to make an explosive atmosphere - it was over a kilogram. Therefore it does not seem likely in the home!

Yes Jane - but what about if you dropped some on the floor at home and then used one of these new fangled vacuum cyclone thingys to suck up the spillage - bet they don't have the appropriate rating on them! :-) - smaller amount of flour in an enclosed space with electrics etc etc - shall we ban vacuuming flour just in case:-)

Silverbunkey, good luck with your final interview and you get the job, working in a flour mill you should earn loads of DOUGH!