Carbon Monoxide puts hockey players in the hospital

DanHolohan

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Tim McElwain

Dumb is Dumb and that is all there is to it-

In recent months there have been six of these incidents in hockey rinks. They are in my estimation the result of the ceiling infrared heating units or Co-Ray Vac units along with propane operated Zamboni that are not properly tuned and tested.



In two instances I found high levels of CO in the locker rooms of two local hockey rinks. Detected by my belt carried PPE carbon monoxide tester. I am in those locker rooms because my daughter both coaches high school girls hockey and also plays in a semi-pro league.



Over the past few years this has been a case far to often. In most cases police on duty in the rink, league officials, rink owners look at me like I have three heads. One police officer actually wanted to confiscate my detector because, he said, "it looks suspicious to me, what the **** is it anyway that would cause carbon monoxide".



They really do not do anything about these CO incidents and there is not a CO detector anywhere.



I have similar issues with forklifts in Lowes and Home Depot that run on Propane.