Generator Danger Warning: Using a generator indoors CAN KILL YOU IN MINUTES

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Generators & Engine-Driven Tools



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• CO from a generator is deadly and can kill you in minutes. One generator produces as much CO as hundreds of cars. It can incapacitate and kill consumers within minutes.
• NEVER use portable generators indoors or in garages, basements, or sheds. They should always be used outside well away from windows, doors, vents, or any other opening.
• Always have a working CO alarm in your house.
• Also, never burn charcoal grills indoors, even with ventilation. Charcoal also quickly produces deadly CO.

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New Generator On-Product Label

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</TH></TR><TR><TD rowSpan=3 width="4%"></TD><TD width="96%" align=left>New Danger Label Required on All Portable Generators
Radio Public Service Announcement
Carbon Monoxide Warning Door Hanger (2-sided) [ PDF ]
Carbon Monoxide Warning Door Hanger (1-sided) [ PDF ]
Generator Safety Poster [ PDF ]


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Publications

• Portable Generators Safety Alert [ HTML ] [ PDF ] [ PDF en Espa?ol ]
• Responding to Residential Carbon Monoxide Incidents [ PDF ]
• Surviving the Aftermath of a Hurricane [ HTML ] [ PDF en Espa?ol ]
• What to Know: Generators and CO (Carbon Monoxide) [ HTML ]

Press Releases

• Cummins Power Generation Recalls Portable Generators Due to Fire Hazard [ HTML ]
• More Portable Generator Press Releases

Reports

• Incidents, Deaths, and In-Depth Investigations Associated with Non-Fire Carbon Monoxide from Engine-Driven Generators and Other Engine-Driven Tools, 1999-2009 (September, 2010) [ PDF ]; Also: 1999-2008, 1999-2007, and 1999-2006 reports
• Portable Generator Vibration Measurements (January, 2007) [ PDF ]
• Staff Review of Portable Generator Safety - CPSC Staff briefing to the Commission (October 26, 2006) [ PDF ]
• Weatherproof Portable Engine-Generators, Directorate for Engineering Sciences (May 22, 2003) [ PDF ]<!--
• CO Emissions from Portable Propane Radiant Heaters - 2002 (October 1, 2002) [ PDF ] -->

Regulatory Information

• Generator Labeling
  • 16 CFR 1407.3 [ HTML ] [ PDF ]
  • Final Rule: Labeling Requirements for Portable Generators (December 29, 2006) [ PDF ]
  • Portable Generators; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Proposed Labeling Requirements (November 14, 2006) [ PDF ]
  • Portable Generators: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ballot vote) (August 8, 2006) [ PDF ]
• Generator Performance
  • Portable Generators; Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Comments CC 07-3-1 through CC 07-10 (February 15, 2007) [ PDF ]
  • Portable Generators; Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, COMMENT REQUEST (December 12, 2006) [ PDF ]
  • CPSC Approves ANPR to Make Portable Generators Safer (December 6, 2006) [ HTML ]
  • Portable Generators: Staff Briefing Package for ANPR, Staff Review of Portable Generator Safety (October 11, 2006) [ PDF ]
  • Portable Generators; Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (July 6, 2006) [ PDF ]

http://www.cpsc.gov/info/co/generators.html<!-- Incidents, Deaths, In-Depth Investigations Associated with Carbon Monoxide from Engine-Driven Generators/Tools. 1990-2004 (December 1, 2005) [ PDF ]

Proposed Warning Language to Accompany Generators (August 22, 2003) [ PDF ] -->
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[Emily]

Re: Generator Danger Warning: Using a generator indoors CAN KILL YOU IN MINUTES

That's a good reminder that I will pass along since I know someone who has a generator set up in a shed for the first time this year. Even entering a detached garage or shed to refuel a generator is dangerous.

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/4771906.html

2 Port Angeles teens die of carbon monoxide poisoning
By Brian Gawley, Peninsula Daily News Published: Nov 28, 2006 at 10:16 PM PDT

PORT ANGELES ? Two 16-year-old boys were found dead Tuesday in a rural garage east of Port Angeles where they had gone to refuel an electricity generator, deputies said.....