The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited AJR Landscaping Inc. – based in Cresskill, New Jersey – for exposing employees to carbon monoxide (CO) after two workers succumbed to the toxic gas.
Showing posts with label Carbon monoxide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carbon monoxide. Show all posts
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Saturday, December 21, 2013
Winter Warning: Portable Generators Hold Top Spot in CPSC Report on Carbon Monoxide Deaths & Incidents
Carbon monoxide (CO) is an invisible killer, and portable gas generators emit a lot of CO. Portable generators were involved in the majority of carbon monoxide deaths involving engine-driven tools from 1999 through 2012. At a carbon monoxide safety event in Chicago today, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Acting Chairman Robert Adler announced that a new agency report finds that portable generators were linked to more than 85 percent of non-fire CO deaths associated with engine-driven tools, or 800 out of 931 deaths, during that 14-year period. Most of the deaths have occurred since 2005, when Hurricane Katrina and a series of winter ice storms hit the U.S. CPSC’s report also found that African Americans died at nearly twice their proportion of the population. CPSC staff found that 23 percent of generator-related fatalities involved African Americans. African Americans make up about 12 percent of the U.S. population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Men of any race were most likely to die from CO poisoning from generators, accounting for 73 percent of the deaths. Most of the generator fatalities, or 74 percent, occurred at fixed-structure homes. Many of these incidents involved generators that were operated in the home’s living space. Portable generators have fuel-burning engines. Engine exhaust contains high levels of poisonous carbon monoxide, which can be fatal within minutes if used... |
Monday, December 9, 2013
Winter Weather Alert: Generators
 Dangerous ice and snow is sweeping across the plains, south, and heading east. There are expected to be widespread power outages associated with this large storm. Are you planning on using a portable gas generator to help you during or after the storm this week? When dealing with severe winter weather and power outages some people take unnecessary risks. Do not take extra risks with your generator. It can be deadly. Its invisible odorless CO exhaust can kill you and your family in just minutes. Be safe. Put your generator:
Finally, know the initial symptoms of CO poisoning:
* Minimum distance recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Here’s more information on carbon monoxide. This address for this post is: http://www.cpsc.gov/onsafety/2013/12/winter-weather-alert-generators/ |
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Two miners dead in Colorado, 20 others injured after Ouray blast
 The source of the poisonous gas, however, is under investigation. At a press conference Sunday night authorities said they were are looking at whether a small explosion in the mining process on Saturday might have been the source of the carbon monoxide. The miners who were killed were identified as 34-year-old Nick Cappano of Montrose and Rick Williams, 59, of Durango. The other miners were expected to be OK, said Rory Williams, the operations manager for Denver-based Star Mine LLC. "I knew both of these individuals personally," said Williams, who said he is no relation to Rick Williams. "They were hard-working men. They were great men. They will be remembered indeed." Williams said all of the men are required to wear personal respirators and the two who died had them. "As far as we can tell it doesn't appear to be an equipment malfunction," he said. Williams said gas detectors are common on the site, and telephones link underground tunnels to the surface and other locations on the 34-acre site. The Revenue-Virginius Mine, six miles south of Ouray, resumed operation this year at a historic site that produced silver from 1876 into the 1940s. Star Mine received a permit from the state Feb. 5 to mine silver, gold and sulfides there. About 100 miners work at the... |
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