Insight: Fast-growing U.S. craft brewers struggle with worker safety

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Insight: Fast-growing U.S. craft brewers struggle with worker safety

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/insight-fast-growing-u-craft-brewers-struggle-worker-162830840.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nyzOJQBmohFJWuWzDp2ZoQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-12T181226Z_3_CBRE96B19SV00_RTROPTP_2_BREWING-SAFETY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An undated family handout photo shows Mark Moynihan working on his home beer brewing system in Knoxville" align="left" title="An undated family handout photo shows Mark Moynihan working on his home beer brewing system in Knoxville" border="0" /></a>By M.B. Pell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Welder Mark Moynihan crawled down a narrow tube into a space the size of a car interior to seal the crack in the fermentation tank at Calhoun's Bar-B-Q &amp; Brewery in Knoxville, Tennessee. The space was oversaturated with oxygen. He lit his torch, and a flash-fire erupted. His hair and clothing disintegrated instantly. Moynihan, a contractor for the craft brewery, dragged himself up the tube and out of the vat while still on fire, suffering serious burns over much of his body. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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