“A bill from Sen. Paul Bailey (R-Sparta) and Rep. Darren Jernigan (D-Nashville) would require carbon monoxide monitors to be installed in every room where children are cared for in licensed childcare agencies. The installation would necessitate the carbon monoxide alarm be listed according to the International Building Code and the International Fire Code.”
TN Senate passes bill requiring carbon monoxide monitors in all childcare facilities (wkrn.com)
Elm Hill Academy
Tennessee –
“Both mothers claim the daycare did not have carbon monoxide detectors at the school, and the leak was detected when another parent with a detector walked into Elm Hill, and the alarm went off.”
Tennessee –
Union County emergency personnel were called to 2158 Sharps Chapel Road on Wednesday, December 27, 2023, around 3:20 P.M. for three people suffering from what was described as possible carbon monoxide poisoning.
Volunteer firefighters from Sharps Chapel Fire Department responded to assist Union County EMS at Alpes Sanfer, Inc. after a call was placed to 911. At the time of dispatch, emergency personnel were told that everyone was out of the building in question.
Responding firefighters found that to be untrue. When they arrived on the scene, firefighters saw 12-15 individuals in a panic, running in different directions. There are multiple buildings on the site including several barns that are large enough to house up to 9,000 chickens. The site is described as a small city that is extremely muddy due to the continued construction.
Two employees were inside one of the barns and according to the report, were alert but experiencing dizziness. It is unclear if any of the three affected employees lost consciousness. The fire department was told that employees were using a gasoline powered pressure washer inside the barn without proper ventilation where the incident occurred. Fortunately, the barn had been ventilated as firefighters arrived on the scene.
The three employees were transported with lights and sirens activated to Claiborne County Hospital with classic carbon monoxide symptoms. A supervisor accompanied them to the hospital for translation purposes.
“Workers had set up heaters inside and outside the building to deal with sub-zero temperatures. CFD says “several of those heaters malfunctioned,” pumping CO into the structure… They found a number of construction workers still on the job, unaware of what was happening… they detected levels at 540 parts per million…”
5 construction workers suffer carbon monoxide poisoning at site in East Brainerd Thursday | WTVC (newschannel9.com)
“News 4 wanted to know if fire and carbon monoxide detectors were inside the home. MDHA said they are responsible for having detectors on the property.
“The maintenance technician says that when he entered the unit that he noticed that the smoke-carbon monoxide detectors had been disabled and removed from their typical space…”
NFD: 1 adult, 5 children hospitalized for high carbon monoxide exposure | News | wsmv.com
“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
NO CO alarms at a Hendersonville, TN, preschool where children were poisoned…https://fox17.com/news/local/at-least-28-treated-for-carbon-monoxide-exposure-at-hendersonville-preschool
High levels of CO found in Lonsdale Elementary School in Knoxville, Tennessee…no CO alarms onsite…https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/education/2018/11/12/high-carbon-monoxide-levels-temporarily-close-lonsdale-elementary/1975344002/
Carbon monoxide leak reported around 6:50 a.m. when guests in third floor workout room of hotel began getting sick, at least five taken to the hospital for treatment…no carbon monoxide detectors on the third floor…https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/eleven-treated-after-carbon-monoxide-leak-in-nashville-hotel/ar-BBPs3Aw
Germantown, TN –
“The leak was traced to an improperly vented water heater outside a Chili’s restaurant.
Chief Selberg said, apparently CO gas fumes were being pulled back into the shopping center’s air handling system, “It was up in the 200 parts per million range which is considered pretty high for CO.”
Firefighters and MLGW workers used gas monitors to trace the leak, but not before evacuating around thirty people from nine businesses…”
https://wreg.com/news/carbon-monoxide-leak-leads-to-evacuation-in-germantown/
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