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All brewers should conduct periodic hazard analysis in order to establish safety practices that address the particular challenges found in their brewery. Establishing a sound safety program is an ongoing process that includes recognizing hazards and learning how to mitigate them. Use the resources in this category to help your brewery prepare and prevent accidents before they happen.
Is climbing a ladder leaned against a fermenter okay? Some of my cellaring tasks such as CIP, sanitizing, and dry-hopping require me to carry either reactive chemicals or bulk weight quantities of raw material up a ladder so that I …Read More
My coworkers and I aren’t sure if the burning nostrils we experience when we blow down a fermenter is CO2 or the volatiles from the beer. Can you enlighten us? How hazardous is CO2 anyways? The Safety Exchange Says: We are …Read More
Our local building inspector is giving us grief over our grain dust procedures. We feel we have taken reasonable precautions, like an explosion proof motor on the mill, and enclosing the mill itself. However, I cannot find any documentation to …Read More
How do we know where to mount our eye wash? The Safety Exchange Says: Our guidance for placing an eye wash station is: less than 100 feet or 10 seconds of travel, and on the same elevation (no stairs). That may mean …Read More
What’s Hazcom? Are there any sample training materials I can use as a template to get this going at my brewery? The Safety Exchange Says: Hazcom is short for “Hazard Communication.” It relates specifically to hazardous chemicals in the workplace. Sometimes …Read More
Can you tell me what is changing in Hazard Communication and when I have to have comply? The Safety Exchange Says: Most employees are familiar with the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and labels that manufacturers and vendors of hazardous chemicals …Read More
I only spend about an hour or two in the cellar over the course of a week. Do I need to wear the same PPE as the cellarmen? The Safety Exchange Says: The OSHA personal protective equipment (PPE) standard requires that …Read More
My safety officer just made a new rule that I wear earplugs when I bottle. It doesn’t seem that loud and when I wear earplugs, I just want to turn the music up more. I’ve been going without earplugs for …Read More
This resource by the Safety Subcommittee will help brewers address the operational challenges of restarting with worker and equipment safety front of mind.Read More
Educate your team to be aware of the safety risks and precautions when cleaning beer lines with these training resources.Read More
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