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Washington College Student Dies, Others Sickened in Apparent Carbon Monoxide Leak

Authorities brought in outside experts to find the source of carbon monoxide believed to have killed one student and sickened two others at a college in Washington. The experts, from a forensic engineering firm that specializes in carbon monoxide investigations, …

Report: Blocked Intake May Have Led to Ohio Hotel CO Emergency

A blocked fresh-air intake at a hotel pool equipment room may have been to blame for a carbon monoxide buildup that sent more than a dozen people to hospitals more than a week ago, authorities said. A report by the …

OSHA Sues Texas Hotel Operator for Whistleblower Law, Other Violations

Federal officials have sued the operator of a hotel in Waller, Texas, after it fired an employee who sought medical help after being exposed to carbon monoxide and reported the incident. According to U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and …

Carbon Monoxide Leak Sickens 9 at Tennessee Hotel

Officials say a carbon monoxide leak at a Tennessee hotel has sickened nine people. News outlets reported the Nashville Fire Department was called out to the downtown Westin hotel on Wednesday morning. The Nashville Fire Department tweeted that five of …

16 Sent to Hospital After Carbon Monoxide Exposure at North Carolina Hotel

Sixteen people, including one child, were taken to a hospital after authorities say they were exposed to carbon monoxide at a North Carolina hotel. News outlets report that employees and guests at the Holiday Inn Express in Jacksonville were suffering …

Illinois Pallet Maker Fined $216K After Workers Sickened by Carbon Monoxide

Federal safety officials have cited an Illinois pallet manufacturer for exposing employees unsafe levels of carbon monoxide in the workplace. The company faces proposed penalties totaling $216,253. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Cleary …

Tennessee Bonnaroo Festival Paramedics Possibly Sickened by Carbon Monoxide

Four paramedics working at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival were hospitalized for possible carbon monoxide poisoning. Coffee County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lucky Knott tells news outlets it appears the exhaust of a generator used to power the recreational vehicle …

Workers Hospitalized for Carbon Monoxide Exposure at Kansas Plant

About 20 employees from a manufacturing plant in Kansas’ Reno County were sent to the hospital on Feb. 13 after being exposed to carbon monoxide in the workplace. SYT USA official Alex Birkenfeldt tells The Hutchinson News that employees were …