Items Tagged with 'Carbon monoxide'

Cold weather brings hazards that you may not be aware of.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning people not to use various combination smoke and carbon monoxide detectors that can “fail to alert consumers to the presence of smoke.”

Heaters, portable generators and other related products have sparked an increasing number of carbon monoxide-related deaths, according to a new report from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The risk of carbon monoxide poisoning increases during the winter months, when home heating systems kick into high gear.

Stockholm — Exposure to dusts and fumes from common workplace agents such as vapors, gases and solvents may increase workers’ risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, results of a recent study out of Sweden show.

Do your employees use gas-powered equipment at work? If so, they may be exposed to carbon monoxide.

Detecting invisible workplace risks is always a challenge. One such hidden hazard is carbon monoxide, a colorless and odorless gas.

Washington — OSHA is reminding employers to take precautions to protect workers from the potentially fatal effects of carbon monoxide exposure during the operation of portable generators and other equipment in enclosed spaces.

You can’t smell it, taste it or see it, but it can be deadly. Carbon monoxide – sometimes referred to as the “silent killer” – prevents oxygen from going into the body and can result in death in a short period of time, the Michigan Department of Community Health states. But how does carbon monoxide form, and when are workers at risk?

Washington – OSHA has released a bulletin with information on how to protect workers from carbon monoxide explosion hazards related to electric arc furnaces in the steelmaking industry.