Imperial Sugar Co. and managers of its Georgia refinery ignored known dangers of explosive dust for decades before a chain of dust-fueled fireballs erupted at the plant last year and killed 14 ...

The cause of the Imperial Sugar Co. refinery fire remained under investigation Friday, but an explosion of sugar dust is one working theory of the blast. "It's a viable option," said Capt. Matt Sta… ...

Complacency as happened at the Imperial Sugar plant merely invites disaster: if you can see the dust build-up on surfaces & dust in the air, you’re already at least at DEFCON 2.

The Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined Domino Sugar $4,000 for allowing sugar dust to accumulate in its refinery, which is believed to have caused an explosion last year ...

More than 300 dust explosions have killed more than 120 workers in grain silos, sugar refineries and food processing plants over the past three decades. Most are preventable by removing fine-grain ...

Sugar dust is thought to have ignited the blast, which claimed at least eight lives. What makes sugar explode? Surface area. Tiny sugar particles burn up almost instantly because of their high ...

PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (WSAV) — The investigation at this sugar refinery in the day, weeks, and months following that deadly night in 2008 found that management at this plant, at that time knew the ...

SAVANNAH, GA – In a final draft report released today, Chemical Safety Board investigators said the Feb. 7, 2008, deadly explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, GA, resulted ...