DETERMINACIÓN DE LAS MEDIDAS DE PREVENCIÓN Y CONTROL IDÓNEAS PARA EXPLOSIONES DE POLVO, DURANTE LA ELABORACIÓN DE CERVEZA EN DOS PLANTAS UBICADAS EN LA REGIÓN OCCIDENTAL Y CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA.

Abstract

This research aims to determine the measures of prevention and control suitable for dust explosions, during brewing in two plants located in the western and central region of Venezuela. It hopes to share awareness of the risk involved in not taking precautionary or control measures in order to avoid damaging events. The NFPA 61 questionnaire "Standard for the Prevention of Fires and Dust Explosions in Agricultural and Food Processing Facilities" was used to collect information on 14 criteria in both plants. This is the standard questionnaire for the evaluation of risks in type of industries. In both plants, similarities were found in most of the criteria. In addition, non-conformities were found in 10 of the 14 criteria, which means that they must intervene immediately in both plants, in order to apply prevention and control measures that minimize the risk of dust explosions. A similar pattern was found in both plants. More than 70% of the criteria evaluated represented dust explosion risks.