OSHA has fined a brewery in Portsmouth, NH, $63,500 in connection with the explosion of a beer keg that struck and killed a worker.

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Tags: beer keg explosion, pressurized air, Redhook Ale Brewery, struck-by hazard

The CEO of a brewery in Portsmouth, NH, says it may prove impossible to determine what caused a plastic beer keg to explode, causing fatal injuries to a worker who was cleaning it with compressed air.

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Tags: beer keg explosion, Craft Brew Alliance, investigation into fatality, Redhook Ale Brewery