Industrial Brewers’ and Malters’ Machinery is a type of equipment used in the brewing and malting industries. It is used to produce wort, which is the solution that is used to make beer, and a wide variety of alcoholic beverages. These beverages include beer, wine, spirits, and liqueurs. This equipment can be broken down into two main categories: boiling and fermenting vessels. Boiling vessels are used to heat the wort to a high enough temperature so that it can be boiled. This process breaks down the starches and other carbohydrate materials that are found in the wort. Fermenting vessels are used to ferment the wort. This process helps to create the taste and aroma that we find in beer.
Brewers’ and Malters’ related machinery accidents are not a huge source of injuries. In the past 5 years there were no more than a handful of brewer machine injuries reported in the United States. The most common type of injury is burns, and there was one amputation from moving parts. Other common injuries relating to bottled alcoholic beverages include fractures, lacerations, head injuries, and back injuries. The severity of these injuries can range from minor to life-threatening.
It’s important to keep these machines safe so that they can continue producing quality products.
If you have been injured by Brewers’ and Maltsers’ Machinery, you should contact an attorney. There are many laws that protect people who are injured by defective products. An attorney can help you understand your legal options and ensure that you receive the compensation you deserve.
AccidentDate
Employer
City
State
Description
Injury
Body Part
Event
Injury Source
Other Injury Source
30/05/2020
Bob Evans Restaurant
Port Charlotte
Florida
An employee was making iced tea when she noticed a clog in the brewing basket. She was pulling the brew bucket out to unclog it when hot water scalded her left arm.
Heat (thermal) burns
Arm(s)
Contact with hot objects or substances
Water
05/09/2019
Jolly Jorts LLC
Houston
Texas
An employee was on an elevated walkway. When the employee opened a manway cover, wort boiled over from a brewery kettle, hitting the employee on the chest and abdomen. The employee suffered first-degree burns on the chest and abdomen, second-degree burns on the left arm, and third-degree burns on the abdomen.
Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Contact with hot objects or substances
Alcoholic beverages
06/06/2018
Hinchcliff Lumber Company
Hendricks
West Virgini
On June 6, 2018, at approximately 7:15 a.m., an employee was running the stacker on the brewer line when the employee reached into the notcher head to remove stringers from the machine. The employee's right hand then made contact with rotating parts, resulting in amputations of the ring, middle, and index fingers. The machine was running and guarded at the time of the incident.
Amputations
Finger(s), fingernail(s)
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Boring, routing, notching machines
23/08/2017
Texas Roadhouse, Inc.
Stroudsburg
Pennsylvania
An employee was brewing tea when the tea basket fell. The hot contents spilled on and burned the employee's chest, shoulder, and neck, requiring hospitalization.
