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Article: Gone in an Insta nt.(carbon monoxide causing boating deaths)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Combat Edge
- Article date:
- June 1, 2001
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The U.S. Coast Guard advises owners and operators of boats to turn off gasoline-powered generators with transom exhaust ports when boats are at anchor or moored and passengers are on or near the stern swim platform, or swimmers are in the water. The Coast Guard further advises that swimmers should not enter the cavity between the swim platform and the transom of a vessel if the generator is emitting exhaust into this cavity.
The Coast Guard was made aware of the deadly combination of generator exhaust and swim platforms through a September 2000 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) study of houseboat carbon monoxide deaths on Lake Powell ...