Plastic Kegs America pressurized containers
2 reports to CPSC, the latest made Dec 13, 2013. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 2reports to CPSC
- Dec 13, 2013the latest report was made
- Aug 14, 2012the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Plastic Kegs America
- Makers
- PLASTIC KEGS AMERICA INC* and 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
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| December 2013 | 1 |
| August 2012 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 2 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.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No one hurt Made Dec 13, 2013, sent to the company Dec 23, 2013, published by CPSC Jan 15, 2014
The product, in the report: Plastic half-barrel (15.5 gallon volume) beer keg
In 2010, as the owner/president of Bavarian Barbarian Brewing Company I purchased several plastic half-barrel and sixth-barrel beer kegs from Plastic Kegs America. The kegs worked fine for about 1 year, then we started to experience catastrophic keg failures. The first incident occurred in the early summer of 2011. A plastic half-barrel beer keg which contained a small amount of beer returned to our brewery in Williamsport, PA. The keg was on the brewery floor awaiting cleaning with several other kegs when the keg suddenly exploded. I was sitting in my office when I heard the explosion. I thought a tank or my boiler had exploded. Instead I found the keg in two halves, failing along the seam around the center of the keg. The edges were jagged and sharp due to a steel mesh that apparently helped join and secure the two halves. The top half blasted upwards and chopped out a big chunk of drywall from the wall next to it. The hole in the drywall was at least ten feet high.
The second incident occurred about 6 weeks later. We were in the process of removing the plastic kegs from our wholesale distribution network. I had just picked up a mostly empty keg from a distributor in Norristown, PA, about 180 miles away from our brewery in Williamsport. One of the distributor’s warehouse workers picked up the keg and loaded it into my van for me. Just over three hours later, the keg exploded inside the van. I had stopped at my parents’ house for dinner on the way back to the brewery from Norristown. As we began to eat, we heard an explosion outside. We went out to discover that the roof of the van had been severely damaged and one corner had actually been lifted off the side of the van. My second thought after the initial questions of what had happened was about the warehouse guy a few hours earlier who had lifted that same keg into my van. He held the keg in front of his belly. If that keg had exploded while he was holding it, in my opinion he would’ve been eviscerated. And then I thought about that keg exploding while I was driving down the interstate....
- Bought from
- Plastic Kegs America, California
- Bought
- Jul 15, 2010, about then
- Where
- Williamsport, Pennsylvania: Industrial
- Who was involved
- Unknown
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- made or sold by Plastic Kegs America
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Aug 14, 2012, sent to the company Aug 21, 2012, published by CPSC Sep 12, 2012
The product, in the report: 1/6 bbl. keg manufactured by Plastic Kegs America
During standard cleaning procedures, we had a plastic 1/6 bbl. keg manufactured by PKA, Plastic Kegs of America, explode at the seams. this has happened to us twice with individual kegs. We had our instrumentation inspected and it was functioning properly. Apparently there is an installed “safety disc” that will fail prior to the keg exploding as it did....the safety feature was never initiated. Fortunately no injuries were sustained. I have contacted PKA about this and they have been slow to respond. I know there are numerous accounts of this and one ended in death.
We have discontinued use of this product and I have emailed my PKA rep to arrange a potential buy back for retesting. Email sent on 8.14.12, no response as of 2:25pm EST
- Model
- 1/
6 bbl. keg - Bought from
- PKA
- Bought
- Sep 14, 2011, about then
- Where
- ypsilanti, Michigan: Industrial
- Who was involved
- Age 35, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Plastic Kegs America, made or sold by PLASTIC KEGS AMERICA INC*
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
CPSC’s disclaimer
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
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