Carbon Monoxide Culprit in Wildland Death
The LA Times is reporting that according to a NIOSH report, the death of a wildland firefighter in 2003 was due to hypoxia caused by carbon monoxide.
An autopsy showed that the firefighter's blood contained a 27% concentration of carbon monoxide.
I wasn’t able to find the NIOSH report online, but I didn’t put much effort into it. I’ll follow up later with the location of the official report.
This shows that carbon monoxide is a serious issue even on wildland fires.
Posted July 28, 2005 08:42 AM · Link
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