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[jeffmesa369]

NH brewery worker seriously injured after keg explosion

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (FOX 25) - A New Hampshire brewery worker was seriously injured on Tuesday morning after a keg filled with beer exploded in his face. Portsmouth firefighters and EMTs responded to the Redhook Ale Brewery around 7 a.m. on Tuesday and found a worker in the distribution area who sustained serious, life-threatening injuries to his face, reports the Portsmouth Patch...

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[Runswithlightning]

Heard on the radio today that he passed. They said he was filling the keg with air in the cleaning process.

 

[Challenger440]

Dang, very sad. I wonder what exactly happened. If he was filling it with air (CO2 I would think) maybe overfilled it causing a failure somewhere? Crazy.

Prayers for his family

 

[D_Nyholm]

I was at that brewery/restaurant last year. The beer was decent. I can't believe a catastrophe like that occurred. I wonder if it was just a keg that got banged around a lot and had a weak spot or a new keg that was made incorrectly.

Condolences to the family.

 

[Andrewtherooster]

That's so sad. My heart goes out to the family and co-workers.