[toby]

This is why I never move a kettle of hot wort.

^This^

[toby]

Pretty scary, I always turn my kettle off before adding hops. Not sure that would work with a steam kettle. I learned my lesson without the burns. Dodging hot wort is not fun when a boil over happens. FWIW my kettle is 10bbl natural gas fired.

This is why I use FermCap.

[a10t2]

She could have health insurance and workman's comp and still have thousands of dollars in bills while getting only a fraction of her salary covered by WC. Sudden accidents/sicknesses are by far the biggest cause of personal bankruptcies.

Too true. It doesn't much matter that your copay is only 20% when the bills are in six figures.

[HoosierBrew]

She could have health insurance and workman's comp and still have thousands of dollars in bills while getting only a fraction of her salary covered by WC. Sudden accidents/sicknesses are by far the biggest cause of personal bankruptcies.

Too true. It doesn't much matter that your copay is only 20% when the bills are in six figures.

+2

[boulderbrewer]

This is why I use FermCap.

I use that also.

[narvin]

Pretty scary, I always turn my kettle off before adding hops. Not sure that would work with a steam kettle. I learned my lesson without the burns. Dodging hot wort is not fun when a boil over happens. FWIW my kettle is 10bbl natural gas fired.

I know that a local micro has multiple zones for the steam jacket, and after boil is reached they turn off the top and perhaps the middle. Better to be safe.

[reverseapachemaster]

That could be a bad day for the brewery if OSHA determines the equipment was faulty or the brewery failed to have sufficient protocols that should have prevented the brewer from acting the way she did.

Every brewery in the country should be reminding its brewers this week that when boil additions are made the kettle needs to be resealed immediately to prevent these types of injuries.

As I understand it, Idaho's workers compensation coverage will cover the majority of the medical care and lost wages but it won't cover 100%. I've also heard her husband is taking time out of work to be at the hospital so there's probably little or no money coming into the home right now. I'm not sure the $100k is a legitimate goal but they could easily find themselves in a tough financial position if insurance coverage between personal and workers comp coverage leaves large gaps.