Proactive vs Reactive Hotel Maintenance The hotel industry is plagued by operators who put profits ahead of people in hotel maintenance, using reactive rather than proactive thinking and planning, severely risking guests safety. By Rebecca Martin The prime directive for those in the hotel management sector is the safety and wellbeing of their guests. Whether […]
Summary of the CPSC’s Efforts to Regulate Portable Generators The Consumer Products Safety Commission is once again trying to pass a Fed Rule that would require safety devices on a portable generator. By Rebecca Martin Wednesday, June 28, 2023: The US Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) will take another run at instituting a proposed rule […]
Conflicting Reporting of Rancho Pescadero CO Fatalities Reports of CO being ruled out in Rancho Pescadero deaths of two Americans appear premature, especially considering both EMT’s also got sick and CO alarms were apparently disabled. By Rebecca Martin When two United States citizens were discovered deceased in their Hotel Rancho Pescadero room on June 13, […]
Two Americans die in Vacation Poisoning near Cabo San Lucas, BCS. Signs point to carbon monoxide in a vacation poisoning in El Pescadero, BCS, Mexico, killing two Americans. By Rebecca Martin On June 13, 2023, two Americans were found deceased in their room at the Hotel Rancho Pescadero, located in the Baja California Sur state […]
Tenant Awarded $3.25 Million for Carbon Monoxide Alarm Violation Failure to Install a carbon monoxide alarm in a rental property has resulted in a $3.25 Judgment against a Stevens Point Landlord, Pamalla Schneider in a March jury trial in Portage County Wisconsin. By Attorney Gordon Johnson Kayla Griffin was a 14-year old high school student […]
Landlord Must Protect Tenants from Unsafe Conditions Hiring a maintenance company does not change Landlord responsibilities to keep an apartment or home well maintained and safe for tenants. By Rebecca Martin The word, Landlord, brings up different connotations in people’s minds. Whether it is the actual property owner, or the managerial agent delegated to […]
Hurricane Aftermath Equals Carbon Monoxide Don’t let the aftermath of hurricanes be carbon monoxide poisoning and deaths. Too many storms lose more to generators than wind and water. By Rebecca Martin The official start of the 2023 hurricane season begins June 1 according to the National Hurricane Center. The National Hurricane Center, headquartered in […]
Another Hero needed because of an Indoor Gas Engine Another hero was needed to prevent a fatal CO poisoning because of a gas engine (a compressor) being run indoors, this time in an attached garage. By Rebecca Martin “We are very lucky that she woke up in time to find the six-year-old and alert the […]
Need Constant Reminders for Carbon Monoxide Prevention There is no one solution for carbon monoxide prevention. Stopping CO poisoning requires a large scale legislative, regulatory and standards changes requiring detectors in all indoor spaces and annual professional maintenance of all fuel burning appliances. By Rebecca Martin The prevalence of warnings about the potential sources of […]
Carbon Monoxide At Work Results in Death and Brain Damage Carbon monoxide at work can result in death or brain damage because one doesn’t have to be asleep to be poisoned. By Rebecca Martin We emphasize over and over that carbon monoxide detectors should be installed in any place where people sleep but […]