Posted September 13, 2023
Coventry, VT –
“The affected students and adult had been in a classroom closest to an outside construction site on the school property. While heavy machinery was running outside, air conditioning was running inside the building, pulling outside air in…It’s likely that the carbon monoxide came from the operation of the heavy equipment.”
Carbon monoxide exposure at Vermont school prompts class cancellation, hospitalizations | Fox News
Posted September 12, 2021
Vermont –
“In late 2019, air circulation problems shut down five operating rooms at the Fanny Allen campus, which conducted about 30 outpatient surgeries a day.
Carbon monoxide was found in the ventilation system, causing dizziness and nausea in staff. A similar issue in the building’s inpatient rehab area displaced 14 patients. After months of investigations, a brief attempt to reopen the OR and inpatient rehab unit and yet another poisoning incident in November 2020, Fanny Allen closed permanently last fall.“
Is CO in the air at your workplace? Your doctor’s office? The hospital where you’re having surgery? Is there CO detection installed to alert staff before you become injured?
State’s largest hospital, UVM Medical Center, asks for $204 million increase – VTDigger
“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
Quality Inn, Rutland, VT – “…and the portion of the building where the rooms were located measured at 300 ppm…the building had 64 rooms, most or all of which were occupied by multiple people…vulnerable population and also apparently some essential workers…” Source of CO listed as a gas powered power washer.
https://www.rutlandherald.com/news/local/hotel-evacuates-due-to-fumes/article_328aff49-e060-59d8-93ca-f877dc23c81c.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share&fbclid=IwAR2GvzyGgIdv7R1LhCqH8bVP4afkZMgBmzFbc6KC9Rg48T_bTBdrCrA6Ucs
Essex, VT –
“The leak was discovered in the building’s parking garage…Elevated levels of carbon monoxide were also detected on the first and second floors…Four employees showed signs of carbon monoxide exposure and were taken to UVM Medical Center in Burlington for treatment.”
4 hospitalized after carbon monoxide leak at assisted living facility (mynbc5.com)
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