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Pearson20490  
#1 Posted : 06 January 2014 17:00:57(UTC)
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Pearson20490

Just wondering if any one has any information on the above , i have the information of the HSE'S web site but if any one can help with risk assessments it would be appriciated
peter gotch  
#2 Posted : 06 January 2014 17:41:53(UTC)
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peter gotch

Hi Pearson

It would help if you would indicate whether small bakery or large "plant" bakery. Different packages of risks.
malcarleton  
#3 Posted : 07 January 2014 16:54:19(UTC)
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malcarleton

This is way out of my area of knowledge but I recently read the investigation report into a bakery fatal incident which occurred 15 years ago and it makes horrific reading, read it and maybe it will put your mind to work

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1443939.stm
malcarleton  
#4 Posted : 07 January 2014 17:15:48(UTC)
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malcarleton

I meant to add before I closed the post above that ATEX is a consideration, even probably in relatively small bakery's where you have the potential for a combination of suspended or disturbed dust and heat and ignition sources, I worked for a large bakery when I was a teenager (Not in the bakery, but on the delivery side, ok a "Van Boy") there was an oven explosion one morning while I was loading a van but the thing that did the most damage was the secondary explosion that happened when flour from high level surfaces was disturbed by the initial pressure wave and ignited, at that point several bakery workers ran out of the bakery into the loading bay one of them stark naked because the blast wave took his overalls and dust coat off, fortunately there were no serious injuries.
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