From brew pubs to regional breweries, the craft brewery business has been growing steadily for a decade — more than 15 percent in 2012, according to the Brewers Association, and providing hundreds of thousands of jobs and an astounding $11.9 billion in revenue.
Unique risks to the health and safety of workers and impediments to the bottom line profits may be challenging for this pioneering business, but they can be controlled.
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Craft Brewers’ Resources
Any food or beverage producer can be sidelined by machinery problems—or injuries to staff by machinery malfunction or just plain lack of training. Hanover Risk Solutions has resources to help address many of the problems craft brewers face in the production line.
• Accident Investigation Policies
• Basics of Machine Safeguarding
• Commercial Cooking Fire Safety Checklist
• Driver's Alert Driver Training
• Forklift—Self Inspection Checklist
• Forklift Hazard Control Checklist
• Open for Business—Disaster Recovery Planning
• Preventing Employee Slips and Falls
• Rapid Reporting Cuts Workers' Comp Claim Cost
• Risk Management When Selling or Serving Alcohol
• Sample Energy Control (Lockout/Tagout) Checklist
• Sample Safety Program: Non-regulated Fleets
• Sample Lockout/Tagout Policy