Just as the lunch rush hit downtown Lincoln, several employees at the popular lunch joint Noodles and Company on 14th and ‘P’ started feeling sick. Fire crews were called in and that’s when they detected high levels of carbon monoxide filling the building. The eatery was quickly evacuated, setting off alarm bells for the restaurant […]
Philadelphia, PA – “Firefighters had to evacuate patrons from a bustling downtown Philadelphia bar and restaurant at the height of a busy weekend night after high carbon monoxide levels were detected in the bar. Officials said that the dangerous gas was detected at Barra Restaurant & Lounge, on Chestnut Street near 2nd in Old City, […]
A malfunctioning fryer caused carbon monoxide levels to rise in the Church’s Chicken in the 300 block of W. 2nd Street Wednesday afternoon, which resulted in a brief evacuation of the building. Sand Springs Fire Chief Mike Wood said the main fryer in the kitchen had to be shut down until it can be evaluated. […]
SEVERNA PARK, Md. — Fire officials had to evaluate several employees at a Severna Park restaurant after increased levels of carbon monoxide were found Tuesday. Anne Arundel County Fire responded to the Noodles & Company in the 500 block of Ritchie Highway just after 6:15 p.m. Seven people exhibited lightheadedness and headaches, the department said. […]
Jersey City, NJ – Two Jersey City EMTs…walked into the Burger King on Route 440 in Jersey City and their portable carbon monoxide detection devices began to sound…evacuated the restaurant and notified the fire department…The devices are worn by all EMTs and paramedics at JCMC and was implemented back in 2011.” https://www.nj.com/hudson/2015/08/emts_walking_in_for_lunch_find_high_levels_of_co2.html
Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:59:41 GMT — Kelly’s Restaurant in Quincy is open for business Wednesday after being evacuated twice Tuesday for two separate carbon monoxide leaks. Just before noon Wednesday, restaurant owner Jeff McClean said that two people were still in the hospital being treated. He said everything is back to normal at the […]
Quincy, IL – Six employees of a Quincy tavern have been taken to a hospital after a carbon monoxide leak. Assistant Quincy Fire Chief James Pioch tells WGEM-AM that high levels of carbon monoxide were found in the kitchen area of Kelly’s Tavern on Tuesday afternoon. Pioch says carbon monoxide levels came in at 700 […]
Poppy Waterman Ice Rick – Lake Delton, WI “Authorities at the Delton Fire Department said the cause of the carbon monoxide leak was the rink’s resurfacing machine. The rink will stay closed until the machine can be fixed, officials said. A mechanic is scheduled to start working on it Monday…Ice Hawks President Michael Fatis says […]
MANCHESTER, NH – Shortly after the Mall of New Hampshire opened at 11 a.m. on Oct. 19 employees and customers of Bertucci’s restaurant began noticing symptom of carbon monoxide poisoning. Alarms sounded inside the restaurant and Manchester Fire Department responded to find reportedly high readings of carbon monoxide in the building – 114 PPM – which resulted in […]
Greeley, Colorado – “11 people were treated and at least one child remains hospitalized after an archery club was exposed to carbon monoxide…(one of the victims) decided to step outside for some fresh air. It’s then she realized she barely had the strength to walk up the stairs and suspected something might seriously be wrong. […]
“Deputy Fire Chief Jon Davine said Northampton firefighters were called to 16-18 Main St. shortly after 11 a.m. when a carbon monoxide detector was activated in the basement of Local Burger. He said firefighters detected high levels of carbon monoxide throughout the building, from its basement to the attic. The readings prompted the Fire Department […]
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Girard, IL – “At about 8:45 a.m., North Mac Intermediate and Middle Schools were evacuated, after approximately 150 students and faculty were exhibiting symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning — nearly 60 people have been transported to local hospitals.” North Mac Students Rushed to Hospital for Carbon Monoxide Scare (nbcnews.com) “…complaints allege that when a 2003 […]
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Newton, MA – “Legal Sea Foods located at the Street in Chestnut Hill along Route 9 was evacuated Tuesday morning following high carbon monoxide readings in the restaurants, the Newton Fire Department tweeted. A nearby restaurant, The Cottage, was also evacuated. WCVB first reported that carbon monoxide detectors were going off this morning when employees came to […]
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – “Fire Department personnel conducting a routine inspection found elevated carbon monoxide levels at a New Dorp business, resulting in two people being taken to the hospital, officials said. While inspecting Shaggy’s Cheesesteaks on Hylan Boulevard, FDNY officials discovered the carbon monoxide levels showed a reading of 180 on their meters, where […]
COTTAGE GROVE, Wis. — “Dane County dispatch said three people were sent to the hospital following a carbon monoxide leak at a fast food restaurant in Cottage Grove early Monday morning. The incident happened just before 6 a.m. at the McDonald’s in the 400 block of West Cottage Grove Road…” https://www.channel3000.com/cottage-grove-restaurant-evacuated-after-co-leak/#:~:text=COTTAGE%20GROVE%2C%20Wis.,of%20West%20Cottage%20Grove%20Road.
HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y. — “A faulty water heater flue pipe caused the carbon monoxide leak that killed a New York restaurant manager and sent more than two dozen people to hospitals…Restaurant manager Steven Nelson was found unresponsive in the basement on Saturday night and pronounced dead at a hospital… Authorities initially went to the restaurant after […]
HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y. — “A 55-year-old restaurant manager died and more than two dozen others were taken to hospitals Saturday after being overcome by carbon monoxide at a restaurant at New York mall…Four ambulance personnel and three officers were among those overcome by carbon monoxide at the complex…” https://www.theblaze.com/news/2014/02/23/one-dead-more-than-two-dozen-hospitalized-after-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-at-n-y-mall
The Laurel Walmart was evacuated Sunday morning due to high carbon monoxide levels in the building, an Anne Arundel County Fire Department spokesman said. Fire personnel responded to the store in the 3500 block of Russett Green East at 10:27 a.m. for a medical emergency and found an injured employee, Fire Department Lt. Russ Davies […]
Greensboro, NC – “Emergency personnel were called after employees complained of feeling sick. Four employees went home throughout the day and 11 employees were taken to the hospital…Fire Department personnel are trying to locate the source of the carbon monoxide leak and believe it may have originated somewhere in the kitchen…Fire officials told FOX8 when […]
“A 55-year-old man…suddenly collapsed while power washing an empty indoor pool in a hotel.” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24117948/
“What if the government could craft a rule that would make millions of people safer, reduce carbon emissions, and come with the support of the industry it regulates? It isn’t a dream — three states have had it on the books for years — but there appears to be no momentum for such legislation on […]
Bridgehampton, NY – “A worker was using an acetylene torch on a refrigeration unit…’When I got on scene and walked into the building, my CO alarm went off the wall…It was the highest I’ve ever seen it in the 15 years I’ve been in the fire department…The chief said he evacuated the building due to […]
A faulty furnace is to blame for a Falls Church carbon monoxide leak that sent three people to the hospital Wednesday morning. Fairfax County emergency crews responded to the Baileys Crossroads apartment building in the 3600 block of Malibu Circle at about 2:30 a.m. after several residents complained of nausea, headache and dizziness. Emergency crews […]
MILWAUKEE (WITI) — Fire officials say 11 people were taken to St. Luke’s Medical Center after they were exposed to carbon monoxide fumes at the Playmakers Sports Center, located in the 5300 block of W. Fond du Lac Avenue. Officials say workers on Monday, July 15th were trying to remove carpeting using a propane fueled […]
“…the man was the only person on the boat who spent significant time pulling skiers and swimmers out of the water near the rear of the boat where the exhaust pipe was located.” https://www.deseret.com/2013/6/30/20521861/man-dies-of-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-while-boating-at-bear-lake
“The pair had evidently been sitting in the stern of their boat and inhaled exhaust from the engine…” https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article39445830.html
Garden City Park, NY – “Garden City Park Firefighters responded to a carbon monoxide situation at a Dominican-style restaurant Thursday and took a total of seven people to the hospital for treatment. According to Garden City Park Fire Chief Roger Green, ‘outrageously high levels’ of carbon monoxide were found in the building at 2172 Jericho […]
Storm Lake, IA – “The Storm Lake Fire Department, police and Alliant Energy responded to a Burger King on Tuesday night after an odor of natural gas was reported…Authorities said no natural gas was detected, but carbon monoxide was. Firefighters determined a faulty rooftop heating unit caused the problem.” https://www.kcci.com/article/customers-ordered-to-evacuate-restaurant/6878200#
Monroe, CT – “Police officers on patrol at around 10:30 Monday night saved the life of an employee of Healthy Food Chinese Kitchen, 650 Main Street, when an officer on patrol found the man lying unconscious on the floor behind the front counter with the gas generator running inside the restaurant, according to police. Police […]
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 […]
“Ashley could not find her wall plug-in charger because it had ended up in the washing machine, wrapped inside her comforter. So she decided to use a vehicle charger while sitting in the front seat of my husband’s Honda Ridgeline truck. It was parked in our garage…” CO can kill within minutes. CO alarms can […]
Abstract Background: Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colourless, odourless toxic gas produced during incomplete combustion of carbon-based fuels. Most CO incidents reported to the UK Health Protection Agency (HPA) are due to faulty gas appliances, and legislation exists to ensure gas appliances are properly installed. Methods: We present three CO poisoning incidents of unusual origin reported to […]
Firefighters evacuated people living above Qdoba Mexican Restaurant in Georgetown Tuesday morning because of high levels of carbon monoxide. The restaurant is near 33rd and M Street in northwest Washington. Firefighters told News4 a faulty stove triggered the carbon monoxide alarms upstairs. Two pilot lights on the stove were left on. No one was hurt […]
FRENCHTOWN — About 10 people were evacuated from the building at 10 Bridge Street last night, Tuesday, Nov. 2, to escape carbon monoxide fumes that spread throughout the three-story structure. The fumes came from a gasoline-powered generator being operated inside the dining room of the basement restaurant, Cocina Del Sol. According to Frenchtown Union Fire […]
Students still out of dorm after CO scare By ABC7 Wednesday, February 3, 2010 CENTER CITY – February 1, 2010Several hundred students at the Art Institute of Philadelphia were forced from the 14-story building before dawn Monday after carbon monoxide detectors went off. The dorm is home to about 550 students. Fire officials say three […]
“…new knowledge about CO poisoning suggests that chronic exposure to CO-induced free radicals may, in fact, be a major occupational risk factor for cardiovascular disease and early death. Furthermore, exposure to cyanide and other toxic gasses may compound the effects of CO in firefighters…” https://firerescuemagazine.firefighternation.com/2009/03/20/the-perils-of-co/#gref
“Someone connected to the tournament called firefighters Saturday evening and said a Zamboni appeared to be releasing more exhaust than usual…asked whether firefighters could check it out.” 100 people exposed to carbon monoxide taken to area hospitals – cleveland.com
“A catalytic converter would slow the exhaust getting out of the engine and limit engine power. There are no catalytic converters (or mufflers, for that matter) on stock cars.” Is the New Car’s Problem Heat or Something Else?
Best Western Allentown Inn & Suites – Allentown, PA “No one realized the man was suffering from exposure to carbon monoxide — and that the poison gas, notorious for its deadly stealth, was already sickening other guests and workers…Philip D. Prechtel, 63, died in his room…One other guest, two employees, two police officers and three […]
20 adults and a 9-year-old boy became ill after inhaling carbon monoxide in an Ocean Shores grocery store powered by a generator four members of a Vietnamese family were found dead in their Burien home. A generator had been running in their garage three children died in a rural home in Grant County where a […]
QUEENSBURY – A potentially deadly level of carbon monoxide filled a Queensbury restaurant Saturday, sending 42 people to an area hospital. Most of the employees and customers of the Log Jam restaurant were treated and released. Two were flown to another hospital for more specialized treatment, said Queensbury Central Fire Department Chief Joseph DuPrey. No […]
Westfield, NJ – Jul 11, 2007, 3:48pmUpdated on Jul 11, 2007 By: News 12 Staff “A pair of Good Samaritans saved three workers who were overcome by carbon monoxide in Westfield Wednesday. Authorities say three workers were using a gasoline-powered pressure washer to clean mold out of a store basement. According to police, the men were […]
“More than a year since nearly dying of carbon monoxide poisoning in a subway tunnel, TTC worker Jason Iamundo is still suffering the effects. Just ask his wife Sophie. You can hear the rage rise up in her voice when she talks about the health problems he’s struggled with since the Feb. 7, 2006 accident. […]
Roanoke College, Salem, VA – https://www.newspapers.com/image/352188619/?terms=motel%2Bguests%2Bsickened%2Bby%2Bmonoxide%2Bleak
“At the request of the U.S. Coast Guard, an interagency team (comprised of representatives of the National Park Service, the US Department of Interior, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) investigating boat-related CO poisonings compiled a listing of CO poisonings occurring across the United States. The last update of the listing compiled […]
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“Fifteen workers at the Chevys Fresh Mex restaurant at Arundel Mills mall were hospitalized yesterday after being exposed to carbon monoxide. The restaurant hood and duct system in the kitchen malfunctioned…” https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2005-07-09-0507090369-story.html
“NASA has close ties with the high-performance competitive driving circuit. The Agency’s latest contribution to the sport comes in the form of an air catalyst—part of a filter to keep drivers safe from the carbon monoxide lingering over the track.” https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2005/t_5.html
Anaconda Job Corps Center, Anaconda, MT – https://www.newspapers.com/image/468282558/?terms=motel%2Bguests%2Bsickened%2Bby%2Bmonoxide%2Bleak
“I remember the days when after the race they had to pull you out of the car, carry you into the shower and lay you in the shower for a while,’ Ricky Rudd says. “A lot of my early days were spent that way.’ https://www.greensboro.com/nascar-studying-how-to-control-carbon-monoxide-most-drivers-believe/article_c2ee14d9-565a-5ffb-b982-5e672bab5fad.html
“Rick Mast, a stock-car driver who has probably attracted as much national attention in the last two weeks as he did in his 15-year Nascar career…gained fame Jan. 22 for becoming the first driver in the 54-year history of Nascar to say he was retiring because of acute and chronic carbon monoxide poisoning.”
“…NASCAR crew chiefs have reported their drivers being unresponsive to directions…Showing erratic skill and even blacking out at the end of races. Some drivers fail to realize they have finished the course.” https://www.motorsport.com/automotive/news/busch-carbon-monoxide-poses-new-risks/109738/
“The largest occurrence of carbon monoxide poisoning in Britain demonstrates the potential for mass accidental poisoning. It emphasises the need for strict public health controls and the importance of good liaison between emergency services to ensure that such events are quickly recognised and that the necessary resources are organised.” Mass carbon monoxide poisoning – PMC […]
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In 1998, the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) and Iowa State University (ISU) Extension Department, with the assistance of local health departments, investigated a series of carbon monoxide (CO) poisonings associated with the use of liquified petroleum gas (LPG)-powered forklifts in light industry. In each episode, forklifts emitting high CO concentration levels were operated […]
John Bayness and Christopher Adams probably died of carbon monoxide poisoning in not much more than 12 minutes inside a car wash here, an expert said. And the two were probably “intoxicated” by the gas within minutes and couldn’t comprehend what was happening, said Tom Greiner, an Iowa State University Extension associate professor. Greiner conducted […]
Princess Royale Hotel – Ocean City, MD https://www.newspapers.com/image/373655224
Cazador Inn, Spicer, MN – https://www.newspapers.com/image/141296735/?terms=cazador%2Bmonoxide
“We suggest that an average environmental concentration of 20 ppm of CO for the duration of a hockey game (90 minutes) should be reference limit not to be exceeded in indoor skating rinks.” Carbon monoxide in indoor ice skating rinks: Evaluation of absorption by adult hockey players (Journal Article) | OSTI.GOV Carbon monoxide in […]
La Estancia Inn, Fallbrook, CA – https://www.newspapers.com/image/175294168/?terms=la%2Bestancia%2Bmonoxide
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“An epidemiologic and clinical investigation of 184 persons exposed to toxic levels of carbon monoxide (CO) in a public high school has been carried out. Exposure to 500 ppm of CO for periods up to 150 minutes resulted in carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) levels as high as 30% and symptomatic illness in 87% of persons exposed before […]
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