COMBUSTIBLE DUST SAFETY
KEEPING YOUR FACILITY AND EMPLOYEES SAFE FROM THE HAZARDS OF COMBUSTIBLE DUST
If you have combustible dust in your facility, you need specialized technical knowledge to protect your employees and facility from the hazards of dust fires, flash fires, and explosions. From navigating the complex codes and standards, to interfacing with code authorities and insurers, our team of experts can support you every step of the way.
We aim to help you go BEYOND COMPLIANCE with actionable recommendations to reduce risk and improve safety beyond the minimum requirements of NFPA. At Hallam-ICS, our goal is to help you identify and mitigate combustible dust hazards in your facility so your personnel can go home safely today and have a facility to return to tomorrow.





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COMBUSTIBLE DUST SAFETY SERVICES
Hallam-ICS makes keeping your facility and employees safe from the hazards of combustible dust easy with the most comprehensive services in the industry. Our dedicated team of combustible dust safety experts are supported by our professionals who provide detailed engineering and design, process controls, and commissioning and validation services. We are your single source for all your combustible dust safety needs.
DUST HAZARD ANALYSIS
DUST HAZARD ANALYSIS
ENHANCED DHA
ENHANCED DHA
MITIGATION
MITIGATION
DUST COLLECTION SYSTEMS
DUST COLLECTION SYSTEMS
DUST HAZARD ANALYSIS (DHA)
The Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA) is the starting point in the Combustible Dust Safety Cycle and serves as the foundation for continuous hazard management. Our aim is to produce the most thorough and user-friendly DHA Report on the market. Our standards support our commitment to quality as an ISO 9001:2015 certified company, but our services are highly customized to the unique needs and circumstances of our clients.
Our Dust Hazard Analysis services include:
- Field Survey for Existing Facilities
- Desktop DHAs for New Facilities or Processes
- 5-year Updates
- Dust Testing
- Identification of Existing/Planned Mitigation
- Recommendations to Achieve Full Compliance
- Risk Analysis to Prioritize Recommendations
- Review of Housekeeping Plans
- Review of Combustible Dust Safety Programs
- DHA Peer Reviews by Licensed PEs

ENHANCED DHA SERVICES
Go BEYOND COMPLIANCE with our Enhanced DHA services. Adding these to a DHA can reduce the effort required by facility personnel to implement required mitigations, further reduce risk, and provide valuable guidance from experts who work with NFPA standards and Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs) on a daily basis.
Our enhanced DHA Services include:
- Dust Collection System Evaluation
- High Hazard Group H Occupancy
- Bonding & Grounding Survey
- AHJ & Permitting Support
- Verification of Existing Protection Systems & Devices
- Electrical Area Classification
- Hazard Awareness Training
- Create or Update P&IDs & PFDs
- Write/Revise Combustible Dust Safety Programs
- Write/Revise Housekeeping Plans

MITIGATION
As s full-service engineering firm, we can guide you from evaluating options through detailed design, and provide controls integration and commissioning and validation services when necessary. Through our strategic partnerships, we can also provide explosion protection equipment and systems.
Our mitigation services include:
- Mitigation Evaluation and Design
- Explosion Protection
- Engineering & Design
- Controls Integration
- Commissioning & Validation

DUST COLLECTION SYSTEMS
Many hazards can be mitigated with a properly working dust collection system, and improperly modified systems can become hazards of their own. We can evaluate your existing systems and help you optimize them for both performance and NFPA compliance, or design completely new systems for you.
Our dust collection services include:
- Dust Collection System Evaluation
- Dust Collection System Remediation
- Dust Collection System Design
- Dust Collectors & Ductwork

WHY HALLAM-ICS?
Solutions Based on Design Experience
Our team has extensive experience as design engineers so we understand the facilities, systems, and equipment we will be analyzing for hazards. This familiarity allows us to be efficient and thorough with our evaluations and recommendations.
Go BEYOND COMPLIANCE
With our actionable recommendations you can go beyond the minimum requirements of NFPA. Through our comprehensive Combustible Dust Safety Services, we strive to ensure the safety of your plant and personnel and help you establish a culture of Combustible Dust Safety within your facility.
Nimble Solutions for Any Location
Our deep technical knowledge equips us to handle projects of varying complexity both large and small. With eight locations across the country, we provide the nimble ability to respond quickly, ensuring timely, high-quality delivery and support wherever your project is located.
Safety Experts
At Hallam-ICS our goal is to help you identify and mitigate combustible dust hazards in your facility so your personnel can go home safely today and have a facility to return to tomorrow.
Mastery in Managing Combustible Dusts
From wood and food processing to metal and chemical additives manufacturing, our team is adept at designing systems that manage combustible dust hazards. Our experts spent their entire careers working with combustible dust hazards and designing NFPA-compliant equipment and systems. Their knowledge of material handling and dust collection systems provides a comprehensive approach to practical solutions for improving safety and meeting NFPA requirements.
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SUCCESS WITH HALLAM-ICS
Clients across industries benefit from our engineering expertise, responsiveness, and project management.
OUR TAILORED APPROACH
Whether you are a wood processing plant, agricultural & food products manufacturer, a metal or plastics & chemicals processing company or an additive manufacturer, our tailored approach ensures that our solutions are perfectly aligned with your unique requirements and timeline. At Hallam-ICS, our approach is rooted in a culture that values collaboration, meticulous attention to detail, and an unwavering commitment to safety. Our team’s engineering expertise and ability to tailor our services to different industries and needs sets us apart, making us a trusted partner in achieving your operational goals.
We follow our proprietary CODES™ process—COMMUNICATIONS, OVERSIGHT, DOCUMENTATION, EXPECTATIONS, and SCHEDULE—to deliver exceptional project quality and consistency. Each project starts with a comprehensive discovery phase, when we gather critical information about your needs and milestones to develop a customized project plan that ensures seamless execution. Throughout the project, we maintain open lines of communication and provide detailed documentation, ensuring that every phase is meticulously managed. Our commitment to technical excellence, combined with our robust customer service, guarantees a successful project outcome and an exceptional customer experience.
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