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 […]
Marcus Cedar Creek Theater Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Leak A theater carbon monoxide leak on Sunday resulted in the evacuation of a Marcus Theater in the Wausau, Wisconsin area. 683 PPM of carbon monoxide was found in the theater where the movie Scream Six was playing. By Rebecca Martin Reality resembled the horror film on the screen […]
Two Die, Others Poisoned in Dayton Carbon Monoxide Incidents Carbon monoxide is not a virus–it does not spread through proximity. But failure to have functioning alarms continues to be endemic as a string of bad Dayton carbon monoxide deaths and poisonings shows. Editor’s Note: Everyone seems to understand the importance of a smoke detector in […]
Columbia’s Allen Benedict Court Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Part II of the Allen Benedict Carbon monoxide poisoning series, we continue the saga of CO related deaths in Columbia South Carolina. By Rebecca Martin In the previous blog, we covered the history of the public housing project known as Allen Benedict Court, which was located in […]
South Carolina Public Housing Debacle – Allen Benedict Court Deaths Institutional and societal neglect turn historic Allen Benedict Court community into a carbon monoxide death zone. By Rebecca Martin In 2018, James Chapman was one of over 400 residents at a government-run housing complex in Columbia, South Carolina. He is now thought to be the […]
Hospitalized for Carbon Monoxide Because of Missing Alarms Four were hospitalized for Carbon Monoxide poisoning in a home on Chicago’s West Side because no carbon monoxide alarms were in place to warn the occupants. By Attorney Gordon Johnson As Christmas approaches, we are again reminded of the danger of living in a cold weather climate […]
Attorney Johnson Calls for CO Alarms in Schools Attorney Gordon Johnson was interviewed about the importance of CO Alarms in Schools and workplaces by CBS News. He stated the consistent theme he has oft repeated on this blog: Alarms need to be where the people are. Attorney Johnson stated in the interview: Too much of […]
Another Chicago Church Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Chicago Church Carbon Monoxide poisoning happens again as 12 hospitalized at New Philadelphia Baptist Church on the Southside. By Attorney Gordon Johnson Another Chicago Church carbon monoxide poisoning has occurred with 12 people taken to area hospitals on Sunday after high levels of carbon monoxide poisoning leaked into the […]