Carbon monoxide poisoning kills 12 year old girl in Wintersville, OH Tuesday morning, according to an article in The State Journal. The victim is Jada Mallory, whose mother, Cynthia Mallory, was taken to the hospital in serious condition, according to WTOV9 Fox also with carbon monoxide poisoning. The State Journal article said that a car was left running in […]
The 10-year-old girl in the Linden, NJ carbon monoxide poisoning tragedy, Emike Asekomhe, is still in “extremely critical condition” at Newark Beth Israel Hospital. Her 9-year-old brother died after both were found unconscious by their mother at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 3rd. The mother has stayed by the girl’s side in the hospital. The […]
Linden, New Jersey Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Leaves One Child Dead Attorney Gordon Johnson 800-992-9447 A young boy is dead and his sister is in critical condition after the Linden, New Jersey carbon monoxide poisoning tragedy. While a carbon monoxide detector was installed in the home, it didn’t warn the family. The 9-year-old boy was pronounced dead shortly […]
Gordon S. Johnson, Jr. 800-992-9447 Today, Monday April 4, 2016 only 17 people of the dozens sickened by carbon monoxide poisoning at a West-Miami Dade office building were sent to the hospital. Others were treated at the scene and even more sent straight home feeling sick. The triage for this poisoning, as too often is the case, […]
Gordon S. Johnson, Jr. 800-992-9447 Last week I posted three blogs about the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning from portable electrical generators. It happened again March 2, 2016. Five people were taken to the hospital as a result of running an electrical generator inside a home in Waterloo, Iowa. See http://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Five-Hospitalized-for-Carbon-Monoxide-Poisoning-in-Waterloo-370896931.html The article doesn’t say […]
So much of our time these days is spent on helping the survivors of school carbon monoxide poisonings, that when a story comes across the internet about one of the survivors of such an event, we notice. In November of 2013, the Montezuma Creek Elementary school was involved in a mass carbon monoxide poisoning. One […]
Gordon S. Johnson, Jr. 800-992-9447 In yesterdays blog, I called for the end of manufacturing of portable electric generators that did not meet the state of the art capacity to eliminate 99% of carbon monoxide emissions. Click here for yesterday’s blog. In that blog I advocated that it was time to use the provisions of strict […]
By Gordon S. Johnson, Jr. 800-992-9447 Yesterday I blogged about six deaths in Fenton Township, Michigan resulting from operating a portable generator used in a basement after a power outage. Click here for yesterday’s post. Each time there is a major power outage after a natural disaster, I worry the next day’s headlines will tell of another carbon […]
By Gordon S. Johnson, Jr. 800-992-9447 My father designed portable generators for his entire career. After he retired, he served as the executive director of the national trade association for the manufacturer’s of portable generators for another 15 years. I learned about carbon monoxide from my father, probably before I was 10. When I was […]
By Gordon S. Johnson, Jr. 800-992-9447 It is the time of year when almost everyday there is a story in the news media about carbon monoxide poisoning and too often death. Today’s tragedy happened in Jefferson Township, Michigan where a family was poisoned with one death. Cass County Michigan Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Fortunately, one family member […]