Entries by Attorney Gordon Johnson

Tortilla Chip Carbon Monoxide Leak Sends 28 To Hospital

More than two dozen workers and one firefighter were sent to the hospital for treatment Monday after a carbon monoxide leak at a tortilla chip factory in North Carolina, according to the Gaston Gazette. http://www.gastongazette.com/spotlight/27-workers-1-firefighter-checked-for-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-at-plant-1.156841 The cause of the apparent leak at the R.W. Garcia plant in Lincolnton was under investigation. Workers at the facility […]

June 11, 2013/0 Comments/by

Carbon Monoxide Leak Forces Evacuation At N.Y. Apartments

More than two dozen people were evacuated from an apartment complex in a suburb of Syracuse, N.Y., Sunday, due to a carbon monoxide leak, according to CNYCentral.com. At least a handful of people were hospitalized, the website reported, adding that it was the second such leak in the past three days.  http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=907579#.UbVNGdh9tvR The incident happened […]

June 10, 2013/0 Comments/by

Reno Hotel Has Second Carbon Monocide Leak

The El Cortez Hotel in Reno had its second carbon monoxide leak in three weeks, according to KOLO. http://www.kolotv.com/news/headlines/El-Cortez-Hotel-Evacuated-Due-to-Carbon-Monoxide-Leak-209803021.html On Saturday visitors were evacuated from the hotel after a carbon monoxide detector sounded an alert. Several local fire department engines responded to the scene, KOLO said. The visitors were later allowed to return to the […]

June 2, 2013/0 Comments/by

Woman Dies After Suffering Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Boating

One of the two people who were hospitalized after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday while boating has died, according to the San Luis Obispo Tribune. http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2013/05/30/2527743/woman-dead-nacimiento-lake.html The victim was Sandy Valencia, 23, of Salinas, Calif., according to a press release from the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department. http://www.slosheriff.org/_Press/PRView.aspx The release said that Valencia was […]

May 31, 2013/0 Comments/by

Couple Gets Carbon Monoxide Poisoning While Boating

A couple that had been boating on Nacimiento Lake in San Luis Obispo County, Calif., was hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday, according to The Tribune News.  http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2013/05/28/2524836/nacimiento-lake-carbon-monoxide.html The man and woman were in their boat’s stern and apparently breathed in exhaust from its engine, the newspaper reported. Sheriff’s deputies were called over to the […]

May 29, 2013/0 Comments/by

Wisconsin Hotel Evacuted Due To Carbon Monoxide Leak

Dozens of guests at a hotel in Oshkosh, Wis., were evacuated Monday morning because of a carbon monoxide leak, according to The Oshkosh Northwestern. http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20130513/OSH0101/305130299/Oshkosh-hotel-evacuated-after-carbon-monoxide-leak?nclick_check=1 Oshkosh firefighters responded to the Hilton Garden Inn on West 20th Avenue shortly before 5 a.m. after a carbon monoxide detector went off, the local newspaper reported. The first responders […]

May 14, 2013/0 Comments/by