Woman dead, man hospitalized after apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in vehicle

Michigan –
“‘This morning one of our officers was on patrol…He noticed a car backed up against the fence, running.
We were informed that they had car issues with a muffler, so that’s eventually what lead to the carbon monoxide leaking inside of the vehicle while they were sitting there…’”
Woman dead, man hospitalized after apparent carbon monoxide poisoning | WOODTV.com

West Michigan man killed by generator fumes remembered as compassionate, quirky

“Robertson said her parents had used the generator all night and, when her father woke up, he wasn’t feeling well. Her parents walked into the garage and her father passed out.
Her mother was able to call Robertson for help before she too collapsed. Robertson called 911 and emergency crews found the couple, but could not save Bert Ogborn. Cathy Ogborn was hospitalized, but is recovering.”
A sad reminder to never run a generator in an enclosed space. Generators should be run outdoors at least 20 feet from occupied spaces.
West Michigan man killed by generator fumes remembered as compassionate, quirky (mlive.com)

Davison Township Man Dies of Suspected Carbon Monoxide Leak

Michigan –

“Davison Township Police Chief Jay Rendon said emergency crews found an 82-year-old man dead inside the house when they arrived. Firefighters pulled an 83-year-old woman outside.

An ambulance rushed the woman to Hurley Medical Center in critical condition. She later was airlifted to ProMedica Toledo Hospital in Ohio, where she remained in critical condition.”

Suspected carbon monoxide leak claims life in Davison Township | Local | abc12.com

 

Brighton family barely survives carbon monoxide poisoning, warns others to buy detectors

Brighton, MI –
“I just knew I had to someone call 911. So, I actually used our Alexa in the bedroom to call, and then was able to grab a phone off the bed by crawling over to it,” she recalled.
Unbeknownst to her and her family at the time, they were being poisoned by carbon monoxide and it was coming from their pool’s heater.”
Family barely survives carbon monoxide poisoning, warns others to buy detectors (wxyz.com)

Ann Arbor Hotel Cited in Carbon Monoxide Death of Maintenance Worker

Followup on the death of hotel maintenance worker last November at the Victory Inn & Suites in Ann Arbor, Michigan –
“This death was 100% preventable.”
“A willful designation was used for two of the fatality-related violations due to the employer’s history of noncompliance with state and municipal fire, boiler and building codes. The employer’s knowledge of the worker’s inexperience with boiler-type heating systems also shows the employer’s plain indifference to employee health and safety and MIOSHA rules.”
Original story here:
https://localtoday.news/…/police-identify-a-man-who…

Canton police investigating 60-year-old man’s death at the business he owned

Canton, MI –

“…after clearing the scene, firefighters were called back on a report of (another) employee not feeling well. That’s when they detected a dangerous gas…four firefighters and three police officers were also sent to the hospital for evaluation…the deadly gas is odorless, and the only way to prevent such incidents is to install detectors at home and business.”

Canton police investigating 60-year-old man’s death at the business he owned (wxyz.com)

Maintenance worker found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in Ann Arbor hotel

Ann Arbor, MI –

“Crews entered the hotel and found a maintenance worker inside the boiler room deceased… Testing showed the boiler room contained carbon monoxide levels in excess of 500 parts per million…”

Maintenance worker found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in Ann Arbor hotel – mlive.com

“Charles Suire, 49, of Ann Arbor, was found dead Monday, November 28, in the boiler room of the Victory Inn, 3750 Washtenaw Ave., according to the Ann Arbor Police Department.

Police were contacted by Ann Arbor Public Schools around 12:30 p.m. Monday to conduct a health and welfare check after a 14-year-old student who was staying at the hotel with his mother and father failed to show up for school. said the police.

Officers came and met with the teenager, who said he did not go to school because he was worried about his father Suire, who left her room around 3pm the previous day and had not returned, police said…Investigators reviewing the hotel’s surveillance video saw Suire enter the boiler room alone around 3pm and did not come out…”

Police identify a man who died of carbon monoxide poisoning at the Ann Arbor hotel – Michigan News (localtoday.news)

“It was the last thing anyone expected for Suire, who had worked there for more than seven years.

Not only did Charles work at the hotel…He lived there with his wife and two sons, River and Cody.”

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/family-loses-father-to-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-and-now-need-a-home

Survivors, families of men who died of carbon monoxide exposure sue Faster Horses, MIS

“Families of three men who died of carbon monoxide poisoning while camping at the 2021 Faster Horses Festival are suing the event promoter and Michigan International Speedway, alleging the campground was overcrowded, unsafe and improperly monitored and inspected…Live Nation and the speedway, which owns the land, did not monitor or supervise the campsites, making the area unfit and dangerous for campers to safely use generators, alleges the pending lawsuit, filed in April in Lenawee County Circuit Court.”

Survivors, families of men who died of carbon monoxide exposure sue Faster Horses, MIS – mlive.com

 

Corroded exhaust pipe sparks carbon monoxide scare in Ann Arbor apartment building

Ann Arbor, MI –

“Emergency crews were called at 5:13 p.m. Feb. 3, to the Hidden Valley Apartments near State Street and E. Eisenhower Parkway for a report of significant levels of carbon monoxide detected in one of the buildings…source of the carbon monoxide leak was determined to be a severely corroded exhaust pipe for the building’s water heater…”

Corroded exhaust pipe sparks carbon monoxide scare in Ann Arbor apartment building – mlive.com

South Haven, MI, emergency team evacuates hotel due to carbon monoxide

“Fire personnel located the room with the greatest concentration of the gas at 150 ppm. They discovered a detached exhaust pipe from a natural gas-fired hot water heater and determined the carbon monoxide…was being released in the room…If CO alarms were not present or not operating properly this incident could have surely proven fatal.

SHAES (South Haven Area Emergency Services) withheld the name and address of the hotel to preserve anonymity.”

South Haven emergency team evacuates hotel due to carbon monoxide (msn.com)

NFPA Journal: General Negligence

“A new Fire Protection Research Foundation report highlights the nation’s enduring CO problem”

https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nfpa/journal_2021spring/index.php?startid=20#/p/20

CO Detection: What It Is and Why We Need It

1 dead, at least 11 poisoned by hotel CO leak in Niles, MI

“Hotel staff found the children lying unresponsive at an indoor pool deck and the breakfast area adjacent to the pool at 10 a.m. ET after noticing their figures through a window…The Fire Department also said it found one of the children in a first-floor room unconscious and not breathing…One hotel worker, along with two Berrien County officers and two Niles city police officers were also treated for exposure to the poisonous gas.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/1-dead-least-11-poisoned-michigan-hotel-carbon-monoxide-leak-n741586