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PKA pressurized containers

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Jan 30, 2014. A report isn’t a recall.

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At a glance

From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Jan 30, 2014the latest report was made
  • Jan 30, 2014the earliest
  • 1with the company’s comments
Brand
PKA
Maker
Plastic Kegs AmericaMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Pressurized containersNot aerosolCPSC’s product type: Pressurized Containers (Nonaerosol) (code 1138), in Containers & Packaging: Other

By month

1 report from February 2013 to January 2014; the most in January 2014, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
January 20141

How badly anyone was hurt

  • No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury

As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.

The reports, as CPSC published them

Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.

Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. No one hurt

    Made Jan 30, 2014, sent to the company Feb 7, 2014, published by CPSC Mar 5, 2014

    The product, in the report: 1/2 barrel beer keg, 1/6 barrel beer keg

    We had 3 separate explosions of beer kegs produced by Plastic Kegs America. First incident occurred in our brewery when a 1/2 keg exploded and the top half went through our ceiling and into our roof. The second happened in the back seat of a sales reps car. the keg ruptured at its seam. And the third happened in the back of a wholesalers delivery truck.

    Bought from
    Manufacter, California
    Bought
    May 15, 2009
    Where
    baltimore, Maryland: Industrial
    Who was involved
    Unknown
    The reporter’s relation to them
    No Relationship
    As this report names them
    Brand PKA, made or sold by Plastic Kegs America
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

Source:

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

Sources
  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.

    Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

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Source:

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