Most people realize that winter is the carbon monoxide season, with fault furnaces and space heaters the perceived culprit. Yet what most people don’t understand how dangerous it can be just to get stranded in the winter in a car. Three men in Maryland died in their cars over the weekend of carbon monoxide poisoning […]
Another culprit in the carbon monoxide poisoning equation is portable generators, that are so often used in RV’s. The details aren’t clear yet, but don’t be surprised to learn that some external generation of electricity, vented directly into the RV was the problem here. A San Francisco couple died of carbon monoxide poisoning while in […]
It is one of the most predictable connections we see in our daily comment on brain injury and the news. If there is severe weather, especially with a power outage, there will be a carbon monoxide story. Candles are OK; fires in fireplaces are OK. Any other substitution for electrical power or heat that involves […]
A Wal-Mart in Gladstone, Mo., had to be evacuated Saturday because of high carbon monoxide levels, which sent 10 employees and construction workers to local hospitals. http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/1730914.html Police came to the scene at 6:30 a.m. after getting complaints that Wal-Mart employees were felt ill and had headaches. The store was still shut at noon as […]
A toddler’s birthday party in New Mexico almost turned lethal, as 25 people got carbon monoxide poisoning, with a dozen of them nearly dying, according to an online story by KREZ.http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/health/12-nearly-killed-from-carbon-monoxide-poisoning The owner of the home where the party took place Saturday, Carlos Quintana, said he was using a propane heater to keep his garage […]
An estimated 60 and 70 people were evacuated Tuesday night from a church in Milwaukee when high carbon monoxide levels were found at the building, according to a story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/83417097.html Fire fighters were responding to a medical emergency at the Word of God Worship Center at 3320 W. Vliet St. […]
More than 250 students were evacuated and two restaurants were temporarily closed when high levels of carbon monoxide set of alarms at a Center Center building in Philadelphia early Monday morning, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/83270412.html?cmpid=15585797 The 17-story building, located at the corner of Broad and Chestnut Streets, houses a Capital Grille and an Olive […]
New York’s law mandating the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in dwellings goes into effect Feb. 22. The law requires that carbon monoxide alarms be installed in all new and existing one- and two-family homes, multi-family residences and rentals that have a fuel-burning appliance, system or attached garage, as reported this week by The Journal-Register […]
Wisconsin hotels and apartment managers are scrambling to comply with a new state law that requires them to install carbon monoxide detectors. The law goes into effect in several months, but hoteliers and others are still trying to interpret it and figure out how many detectors they need to install in order to be in […]
Dear Attorney Johnson: I thought I’d share with you some of what happened yesterday when I spent Christmas with my dad, sister and nephew. While driving to Kentucky, my dad was telling me that my nephew Jim was doing very well in the 6th grade making all A on his report card, but had missed […]