Case 1

An electrician was knocked unconscious from the fumes within a waste gas tower. Dangerous amounts of carbon monoxide, dihydrogen sulphide, hydrogen cyanide, and other toxic gases were present – you don’t need to be an expert in chemistry to know that this could have very easily killed him. Luckily, a student was accompanying him that day. They were both inside the skirt underneath the gas tower, on their hands and knees working on a motor. The electrician suddenly became motionless and unresponsive – knocked unconscious by the gases. Although the student felt ill himself due to the fumes, he managed […]