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Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:47:15 EST
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Subject: Re: CO Monitor Video
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:57:09 -0500
Author: "Johnson, Amy Carr"
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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:43:12 -0500
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From: "Floyd, Karon" <Karon.Floyd**At_Symbol_Here**DHS.GOV>
Subject: Re: CO Monitor Video
How do we get the video?
Karon L. Floyd,
Center Safety Officer
USDHS, S&T
Plum Island Animal Disease Center
Direct: (631) 323-3332
Fax: (631) 323-3097
Email: karon.floyd**At_Symbol_Here**dhs.gov
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break
your word or lose your self-respect. -Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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From: DCHAS-L Discussion List on behalf of ACTSNYC**At_Symbol_Here**CS.COM
Sent: Wed 1/26/2011 6:47 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] CO Monitor Video
Bless your heart, Frank. That's really needed. When all else fails, we
have used the type of household monitor that will register the highest
ppm reading attained between settings and then instruct our workers to
test and reset every 30 minute to 1 hour. We do this whenever we can't
get those bums to stop using fuel-burning lifts and cranes in an indoor
movie location. As soon as we see a peak exposure of 35 ppm, I send my
guys packing. That's way below the OSHA 8 hour 35 ppm standard and not
very defensible since we don't know what the average would be over time.
I don't care. Outa there! You want the work done? Get electric lifts
or get lost.
There is also a monitor sold to airplane pilots that will register and
alarm at 9 ppm after a matter of minutes, at 16 ppm with a stronger
alarm, and a really annoying alarm somewhere above that.
But of course, the best ones are the continuous reading ones. I specify
these for ceramic kiln rooms, glass blowing facilities, etc.
I have a data sheet prepared for our workers that compare the EPA, OSHA,
and other standards and also tell the dumb UL history of how a perfectly
good CO monitor alarming at a reasonable level was screwed up by
deciding that eliminating annoying calls to fire fighters was more
important than people's health. They should have kept the original UL
standard for CO monitors and had the firefighters engage in a little
public education.
The simple fact is the CO detectors today will alarm in time to save you
life, but not your health.
Monona
In a message dated 1/26/2011 3:16:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,
demer**At_Symbol_Here**EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU writes:
We produced a low budget video on Why Residential Carbon Monoxide
Monitors Don't Belong in the Workplace? (Windows Media
,
Quicktime
formats) to try and dispel some of the misconceptions researchers have
about the devices. Maybe you all might find it useful.
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Frank R. Demer, MS, CIH, CSP
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Health Safety Officer
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University of Arizona
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Department of Risk Management &Safety
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Phone: 520.621.3585
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Fax: 520.621.3706
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Email: demer**At_Symbol_Here**email.arizona.edu
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Mailing Address: P.O. Box 210300, Tucson, AZ 85721-0300
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Street Address: 220 W. 6th St., Tucson, AZ 85701
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Web Address: risk.arizona.edu
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