The Washington Post, December 31st, 1987
Ten years after 54 workers were killed in twin Christmas week grain elevator explosions, the government yesterday adopted safety standards aimed at preventing explosive grain dust from claiming more lives. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said its new regulations, intended to prevent accumulations of grain dust, could save as many as 18 lives and prevent nearly 400 injuries annually among the nation's 155,000 grain handlers. In the decade it took to develop the regulations after grain elevators near New Orleans and Galveston, Tex., burst into flames, 59 additional workers were...
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