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Redhook employee killed by exploding keg
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:09 pm
by kjball
Redhook employee killed by exploding keg
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:48 pm
by JimPotts
Holy crap!! I wonder what pressure the keg was taken to.
Regardless, it's a very good point: pressurized vessels can be quite dangerous. If you've ever seen footage of a 2-liter bottle taken to the exploding point, it's quite impressive. The force (and shrapnel) from a keg must be terrible.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:57 am
by brownbeard
That guy is no Kurt Russel Harrison Ford.
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:01 am
by quinton
A lot of those semi-auto keg cleaners use compressed air, and not CO2, to push old beer and chemicals out. If the operator doesn't provide an outlet for old beer or chemicals (ie: forgets to open the dump valve), that Sankey keg pressure can go way up. Then it becomes a bomb if the line doesn't blow. When I cleaned kegs on a 3 station semi-auto, I was always within feet of the thing scrubbing and cleaning gross kegs. Always opened the dump valve first. Not saying this it what happened, but the possibility was something that always scared the shit out of me.
I would think Redhook would be more automated than my old brewery.
Gives me the shivers. What a horrible accident.
Corny kegs can handle a lot more pressure than a Sankey. And not many of us are purging with compressed air, I imagine.
But always good to have your wits about you when you are multi-tasking.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:36 am
by Steven P
Per the below this was a plastic keg. The guy had a baby on the way too so it's a double tragedy.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/ ... -120429786
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:06 am
by kurtford
It's all about the duck and weave Tim, and how fast you can run helps too!