A 35-year-old man was found several hours after he died inside a barn he had been cleaning. He had been using a pressure washer with an 11-horsepower gasoline engine. He had apparently been working alone for about a half-hour before he collapsed. The doors and windows of the building were closed. The medical examiner determined he had died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Using a gasoline-powered pressure washer indoors is a deadly practice. Carbon monoxide gas is created when fuel such as gasoline is burned. This poisonous gas is colorless, odorless and tasteless, giving no warning of its presence. All gasoline-powered engines […]
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