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The Ergonomics of Brewing: Avoiding Injury and Staying the Course in the Brewery

Craft Brewers Conference 2019 Steve Finnie

Sore back? Shoulders hurt? Never enough ibuprofen? Let’s talk. Join Steve Finnie, brewer and owner of Little Thistle Brewing Company and licensed Physical Therapist to talk about what you can do to maintain your physical health and avoid injury in …Read More

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The Scorching Truth About Brewery Burns… and How to Avoid Them Altogether

Craft Brewers Conference 2019 Matt Stinchfield

Brewery processes create many possibilities for burns. These include thermal, chemical, and electrical hazards. This presentation starts with the physiological processes of burns, as well as the local and systemic injuries they cause, emergency treatment, and long-term effects. We then …Read More

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Safety Bootcamp

Craft Brewers Conference 2019 Andrew Dagnan, Andy Clearwaters, Brian Godfrey, Chris Bogdanoff, Larry Horwitz, Matt Stinchfield, Tony McCrimmon,

The Brewers Association Safety Bootcamp is designed for brewers, cellar workers, packagers, managers and owners. This bootcamp is focused on identifying and reducing hazards in the brewery. A hand-picked team of six brewing industry safety instructors will inform and entertain …Read More

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How Well Do You Really Know Your Brewery Chemicals?

Craft Brewers Conference 2019 Matt Stinchfield

We may try to downplay it, but breweries use aggressive caustics, strong acids, and potent oxidizers in cleaning and sanitizing procedures. How well do you really know what you are working with? In this presentation, we will investigate these chemicals, …Read More

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OSHA Safety Consultation – Are You Ready to Ask for Help?

Craft Brewers Conference 2019 Corbet "Cory" Stengel, John Olaechea, Matt Eshelman, Matt Stinchfield, Nicole Reiman

Whether your state has its own OSHA agency or a federal OSHA office, OSHA consultation is a valuable tool to increase safety awareness and compliance at your brewery. Consultation Services are separate from the part of OSHA that can issue citations. Their …Read More

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Attack of the Lock-ness Tagout Monster

Craft Brewers Conference 2019 Tony McCrimmon

Join Tony McCrimmon for an interactive examination of lock out incidents. Attendees will perform incident investigations to find causes and corrections they can use to prevent them. You will then list your own ways to prevent incidents occurring in your …Read More

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FREE Online Brewery Safety Training

The Brewers Association Brewery Safety Training addresses the need for occupational safety and health training in the craft brewing industry.Read More

Protective Clothing for Brewery Workers

This Brewers Association resource is intended to provide guidelines for breweries to use when specifying brewery uniforms and protective clothing.Read More

Making Sense of OSHA 300, 300A and 301 Forms

January 28, 2019

OSHA Deadline Reminder: All breweries employing greater than 10 full-time workers must document all recordable work-related injuries or illnesses.Read More

Written By Matt Stinchfield

Matt Stinchfield has been actively creating safer workplaces for over three decades He has focused on brewery safety for the last 18 years as a safety and loss control consultant to mid-sized and regional craft breweries and distilleries. Matt is currently Co-Chair of the Brewers Association’s safety subcommittee and sits on the Master Brewers Association of America’s food safety committee. Matt founded his own brewery, Ploughshare Brewing Company, in Lincoln, Nebraska in 2014.

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Hazard Assessment – The Safety Tool for Busy Brewers

January 18, 2019

Hazard assessment is a simple, systematic procedure that helps identify and overcome workplace safety hazards for every job in the brewery.Read More

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