2010 November | Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Faulty Boiler, And Foolish Homeowners, Add Up To Two Carbon Monoxide Deaths In Chicago

Posted on 26th November 2010 by Gordon Johnson in Uncategorized

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There was a senseless double tragedy in Chicago this week, as two people were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning on separate days in the same home in the West Englewood neighborhood, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

The second death was caused because a faulty boiler wasn’t repaired after the first death.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/2923890,CST-NWS-monoxide1126.article#

Both Edward Henderson, 52, and Lydia Watkins, 42, were found dead in Henderson’s home on South Bishop Street. Watkins died there and her body was discovered last Saturday, while Henderson was found dead several days later, on Wednesday morning.

Also Wednesday, two other men at the home were sent to St. Bernard Hospital, with one declining treatment and the other being admitted.

According to the Sun-Times, after Watkins’ death Peoples Gas inspected the home and found the boiler wasn’t working properly. The utility company disconnected the faulty boiler and advised the family to call in a technician to fix the problem.

After Henderson died, Peoples Gas came back and found that the boiler had been reconnected without being fixed — hence the second carbon monoxide fatality.

I don’t know who was more foolish: The homeowners for reconnecting the boiler without fixing it, or Peoples Gas for failing to put a lock on the gas meter.

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Rochester Nursing Home Evacuated, Three Sickened By Carbon Monoxide

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Posted on 26th November 2010 by Gordon Johnson in Uncategorized

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A nursing home in suburban Rochester, N.Y., had to be evacuated due to high levels of carbon monoxide, which made three residents ill early Thanksgiving Day, according to the Associated Press.

http://online.wsj.com/article/AP045c152fbb704503bbd9396601fc7234.html#

Firefighters responded to the Latta Road Nursing home in Greece, N.Y., right before dawn Thanksgiving. They found potentially deadly carbon monoxide in one building in the complex.

Then three of the nursing home’s 39 residents were rushed to the hospital, while the rest were to other parts of the nursing home.

Authorities were probing what caused the gas leak.

Police Are Investigating Carbon Monoxide Deaths Of Colorado Mother, Daughter

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Posted on 19th November 2010 by Gordon Johnson in Uncategorized

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The death of a woman and her daughter, apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, are under investigation in Colorado, according to the Denver Post.

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_16653435

The bodies of the woman, Patrice Clark, and the 9-year-old, Nicole, were found in the garage of the woman’s home on Lafayette, Colo.

The Denver Post story quoted the employer of the deceased woman, Leah Benner of Home Base Delivery, as saying she didn’t believe the deaths were a murder-suicide.

Carbon Monoxide Leak Sends Four Green Bay Apartment Dwellers To The Hospital

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Posted on 16th November 2010 by Gordon Johnson in Uncategorized

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Four people were hospitalized Monday following a carbon monoxide leak in a Green Bay, Wis., apartment building, according to the Green Bay Press Gazette.

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20101115/GPG0101/101115011/4-hospitalized-after-carbon-monoxide-leak-at-west-side-apartment-building?GID=1J2vVsSUrLwpSZrHMcsk7+uSsMoV+9sLWlVplzyJJ9A%3D

After getting a call for help, firefighters came to the building on Shawano Avenue on Green Bay’s west side about 5 a.m. They smelled the odor of natural gas, and found a dangerous level of carbon monoxide in the apartment where the resident first called for help. A nearby apartment had lower levels of the dangerous gas.

Authorities evacuated the 10-unit apartment building, and residents where given shelter in a Green Bay Metro bus that was brought to the complex. The residents were allowed to return to their apartments at 7 a.m.

The four people who lived in the apartment that originally called to report the leak were all taken to St. Vincent Hospital.

Crews from Wisconsin Public Service Corp. came to the scene to take care of the gas leak.

Aspen To Pay $50,000 For Defense Fund For City Employees Charged In Carbon Monoxide Death Of Family

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Posted on 8th November 2010 by Gordon Johnson in Uncategorized

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Here is a horrendous case of carbon monoxide poisoning: A family from Denver wins a holiday stay in Aspen in a charity auction, and all four family members die on Thanksgiving 2008 from the lethal fumes at the vacation home.

Parker Lofgren, 39, his wife Caroline, 42, and their children Sophie, 8, and Owen, 10, died in the horrible incident, which has lead to criminal charges as well as a civil lawsuit.

The Aspen City Council is apparently prepared to approve $50,000 being put in a fund for the defense of the two building inspectors charged in the deaths, the Aspen Daily News reported Monday.

http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/143585

Retired Aspen building inspector Erik Peltonen is charged with four counts of criminal negligence for the death of the Lofgren family, while plans examiner Brian Pawl stands charged with four counts of misdemeanor reckless endangerment.

A broken pipe that was part of the home’s snowmelt system allegedly lead to the carbon monoxide fatalities, and Peltonen and Pawl had overseen the home’s inspection and permitting.

Martin Brown, owner of Roaring Fork Plumbing and Heating, which allegedly installed the system, is also charged in the case.

In addition to the Aspen council, Pitkin County is also putting up matching funds for the defense of the two city employees, according to the Aspen Daily News.

Peltonen and Pawl, indicted this summer, haven’t entered a plea on the charges yet. They are also named as defendants in a civil suit filed by the Lofgrens’ family.

Pawl and Peltonen’s defense in the civil suit will be covered by the city’s insurance carrier.

The lawsuit also lists s defendants the vacation home’s owner and developer, Black Diamond Development, and the manufacturer of the snowmelt system, along with and other parties that were not charged criminally.

The deaths of the four Lofgren family members sparked new laws being passed in Colorado and some other states that mandate carbon monoxide detectors be installed in all homes.

Although county codes at the time of the tragedy required carbon monoxide detectors in new homes, the house where the Lofgrens were staying allegedly didn’t have one, the Aspen paper reported.

New York Suit Blames ‘Keyless’ Lexus For Carbon Monoxide Death Of Lawyer

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Posted on 8th November 2010 by Gordon Johnson in Uncategorized

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Toyota is being sued in a case where a lawyer was killed, and his companion rendered brain damaged, from carbon monoxide poisoning from a luxury Lexus, according to the New York Daily News.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/11/07/2010-11-07_keyless_ignition_deadly_exclusive_toyota_sued_in_carbon_monoxide_tragedy_that_ki.html

The wrongful death lawsuit blames the keyless feature that was part of the Lexus sedan for causing the death in Queens of attorney Ernest Codelia Jr., 79. His female companion, Mary Rivera, lived but can’t walk and has a hard time talking.

Rivera, who the News said is a former school superintendent and adjunct professor at Fordham University, parked her Lexus in a garage attached to the couple’s home in Whitestone in February 2009.

But she accidentally left the engine running, and the next day her family found her unconscious on the floor of the bedroom, while Codelia was dead in the bed. His blood was loaded with carbon monoxide.

The lawsuit, filed in Brooklyn Federal Court, charges that Toyota, which makes the Lexus, failed to put in a “shutdown” switch on the luxury model, according to The News. That button would automatically turn off the ignition when the car is unoccupied or untouched for a period of time, the tabloid reported.

There is at least one similar cases pending in Florida, where authories are probing whether a woman who died of carbon-monoxide poisoning in August was done in by the keyless Lexus in her garage.

Two Found Dead Of Suspected Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Wisconsin

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Posted on 5th November 2010 by Gordon Johnson in Uncategorized

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Two people were discovered dead Thursday inside a Walmouth County, Wis., home of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/106740908.html

The electricty inside the house in the village of Darien had been disconnected and there was a gas generator found by police.

Police came to the house Thursday afternoon and found the two bodies as well as those of several pets.

Authorities didn’t release the identities of the deceased, but in a press release the Walmouth County Sheriff’s Office said that foul play wasn’t involved .

Carbon Monoxide Scare Sends 18 To Hospital In Richfield, Wis.

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Posted on 5th November 2010 by Gordon Johnson in Uncategorized

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After emergency crews were called to the scene Thursday 18 people were hospitalized after being exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide at the Arrow Carton Co. in Richfield, Wis.

http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-110410-co-incident-richfield,0,3948402.photogallery

Workers were complaining of headaches and were taken to a local hospital as a precautionary measure.

According to press reports, the carbon monoxide level at the Arrow facility was 260 and in the front office it was 190. Those are high levels, considering that a dangerous amount of carbon monoxide exposure is considered 35 parts per million over eight hours.

Investigators suspected that the building’s heating system was the source of the potentially lethal gas.

http://www.wisn.com/r/25637207/detail.html

Father Kills Two Daughters, Self Through Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

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Posted on 2nd November 2010 by Gordon Johnson in Uncategorized

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A Pennsylvania man killed his two young daughters through carbon monoxide poisoning and then committed suicide by the same means, according to the Associated Press.

http://www.ldnews.com/news/ci_16491488

The bodies of all three were discovered in a vehicle that was parked on a mountain road in Chambersburg, Pa.

Conway Ashley Weller, 24, apparently took his own life through carbon monoxide poisoning after killing his daughters Leeairra Ann Weller, 5, and Caleigh Ainsley Weller, 8 months. The girls were Weller’s children by two different women.

Authorities in Franklin County were given notice on Sunday that Weller was suicidal and could be going to a remote area of the county.

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Faulty Boiler, And Foolish Homeowners, Add Up To Two Carbon Monoxide Deaths In Chicago

Rochester Nursing Home Evacuated, Three Sickened By Carbon Monoxide

Police Are Investigating Carbon Monoxide Deaths Of Colorado Mother, Daughter

Carbon Monoxide Leak Sends Four Green Bay Apartment Dwellers To The Hospital

Aspen To Pay $50,000 For Defense Fund For City Employees Charged In Carbon Monoxide Death Of Family

New York Suit Blames ‘Keyless’ Lexus For Carbon Monoxide Death Of Lawyer

Two Found Dead Of Suspected Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Wisconsin

Carbon Monoxide Scare Sends 18 To Hospital In Richfield, Wis.

Father Kills Two Daughters, Self Through Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

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