NFPA 484 PDF

Apply NFPA 484, Standard for Combustible Metals, to help ensure that you meet the most advanced fire and explosion safety requirements related to combustible metals and metal dusts.

NFPA 484, Standard for Combustible Metals, was developed in response to fires where fire suppression water was used inappropriately, often with disastrous results. The standard includes widely accepted safety requirements for any metal that meets its definition of a combustible metal, including alkali metals, aluminum, hafnium, magnesium, niobium, tantalum, titanium, and zirconium. NFPA 484, Standard for Combustible Metals, addresses the production, processing, finishing, handling, storage, use, and recycling of all metals and alloys that are in a form capable of combustion or explosion.

Make sure you understand and follow the requirements for proper dust collection, housekeeping, and identification of potential ignition sources.

It’s important to understand that fire and explosion hazards might be present due to operations involving the production, processing, finishing, handling, recycling, storage, and use of all metals and alloys that are in a form that is capable of combustion or explosion. Operations where metal or metal alloys are subjected to processing or finishing operations that can produce combustible powder or dust are also covered by this standard.