H2S Alerts from Google

We have been sorting through alerts sent to us from Google.  The Key words user were simply "Hydrogen Sulfide."  This will result in about 12 alerts a day being sent to your computer and is a quick way to see what is going on around the world relative to H2S exposure and technology.  If you had started this alert process only six months ago the daily items sent would only have been about 4 per day..

Below we have lumped this alerts into categories and posted them, with the hyperlink following each alert.  We will start with the category of H2S Deaths since as you will see many think H2S exposure is a joke.  It is not.  Exposure to any amount of H2S causes damage to the body, the extent of the damage only depends on the individual.

H2S Deaths

North Miami-Dade

Co-owner of popular Esther’s restaurant in north Miami-Dade dies trying to fix septic tank

Tomas Gil, co-owner of Esther’s and a one-time minor league baseball player, decided to try to fix the septic tank alone and was killed by its fumes.

 http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/16/2457352/man-dies-after-collapsing-in-septic.html#ixzz1b2iVlt8J

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/16/2457352/man-dies-after-collapsing-in-septic.html

Eye on Safety: Clothing and Oil Well Deaths

Thursday, September 29, 2011 @ 03:09 PM gHale

http://www.isssource.com/eye-on-safety-clothing-and-oil-well-deaths/

Men found in sewage tank died from toxic gas, say police
Seacoastonline.com
Kennebunkport police say Richard Kemp, 70, of Monmouth, and Winfield Studley, 58, of Windsor, died as a result of “hydrogen sulfide toxicity in a confined space with terminal inhalation of sewage.” The men were found dead just after 11 am on Tuesday, ...

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20110929-NEWS-110929687

Man dies from H2S
Whitecourt Star
"A crew was servicing a well when one of the crew workers was overcome by hydrogen sulfide gas," said Harrison. Harrison said he did not have any ...

http://www.whitecourtstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3437774

A fatal case of hydrogen sulfide poisoning in a geothermal power plant
20C until analysis. The concentrations of hydrogen sulfide and oxygen in the oil ... Hydrogen sulfide poisoning is frequently encountered in the cosmos Electric ...
library-resources.cqu.edu.au/JFS/PDF/.../JFSCH32908X.pdf

http://library-resources.cqu.edu.au/JFS/PDF/vol_43/iss_4/JFSCH32908X.pdf

One killed, two injured from fumes at recycling plant
Bakersfield Californian
One man was confirmed dead and two others were taken to a hospital Wednesday after apparently inhaling hydrogen sulfide in a drainage tunnel at a recycling company in Lamont. Two men were reported unconscious at 11:33 am at Community Recycling and ...
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http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x771640762/One-killed-two-injured-from-fumes-at-recycling-plant

Second worker dies after inhaling hydrogen sulfide at Kern County ...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Kern County coroners say a worker who was left brain dead after an accident at a recycling plant last week was taken off life support ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQA6kHOvL_story.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/industries/second-worker-dies-after-inhaling-hydrogen-sulfide-at-kern-county-calif-recycling-plant/2011/10/18/gIQA6kHOvL_story.html

New information about deadly accident in Lamont
KGET 17
It ran under a compost heap that produces hydrogen sulfide gas as organic material decomposes. It was previously thought the person killed was 30 years old, but we learned he used a fake ID to get the job. He was only a teenager. ...
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http://mail.aol.com/34188-111/aol-6/en-us/Suite.aspx

Second worker in industrial accident dies
Bakersfield Californian
Days earlier, Ramirez' 16-year-old brother, Armando Ramirez, died inside an 8-foot-deep drainage tunnel at Community Recycling and Resource Co. when he was overcome by hydrogen sulfide, a deadly byproduct of the composting process that attacks the ...
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http://mail.aol.com/34188-111/aol-6/en-us/Suite.aspx

Investigations start into teen worker's death
Bakersfield Now
"Our preliminary readings off our field instruments are saying hydrogen sulfide and carbon monoxide," Environmental Health spokesman Brian Pitts told Eyewitness News. He said the first worker went down into a drain pipe, and then a second man ...
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http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/131832573.html

1 dead after rescue from drainage tunnel
Bakersfield Now
The unconscious men were at the base of a roughly 8-foot vertical shaft that linked to a drainage system, according to the fire department. A third victim was on the surface. All three men inhaled hydrogen sulfide gas, the fire department said. ...
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http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/131648198.html

http://www.turnto23.com/south_county/29479532/detail.html

Family says Arvin brothers killed, injured at composting site protected only ...
Bakersfield Californian
Armando Ramirez, 16, died after apparently inhaling hydrogen sulfide; his brother, Eladio, 22, is at Kern Medical Center. Guadalupe Diaz is a relative of Armando Ramirez, 16, who died after apparently inhaling hydrogen sulfide. His brother, Eladio, 22, ...
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http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x443091902/Family-says-Arvin-brothers-killed-injured-at-composting-site-protected-only-by-painters-masks

Two people die beneath compost heap near Arvin
KGET 17
One of the men was overcome by hydrogen sulfide gas while in a hole at the Community Recycling Center on Wheeler Ridge Road just before noon Wednesday. A second man went in to save him but was also stricken. Rescuers used fans to pump safe air into the ...
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http://www.kget.com/news/local/story/Two-people-die-beneath-compost-heap-near-Arvin/CvyXfJU9606yoUirfCKBIg.cspx

*******More problems in oil field where worker died in sinkhole************video
Bakersfield Now
Some of the orders show the agency was told the victim fell several feet below ground level into a hole containing poisonoushydrogen sulfide gas, steam, and hot water. Taylor dropped into that hole as he was reportedly checking what the agency calls a ...
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http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/127624563.html

Families sue Barry County farm where teen workers died in 2010
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
The suits allege Francisco Javier Mendez Martinez and Victor Perez died at Yankee Springs Dairy Farm after being overcome hydrogen sulfideemitted by decaying molasses in the tank. The farm is located about five miles east of Wayland. ...
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http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2011/09/families_sue_barry_county_farm.html

Busy Warren County coroner Russell Uptegrove under fire
Cincinnati.com
Uptegrove labeled Rogers' death an accident, caused by hydrogen sulfide gas. Young, the attorney for United Oil, said Uptegrove's ruling laid the foundation for the company and three of its officials to face criminal charges. ...
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http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110910/NEWS01/109110331

Autopy reveals deaths were accidental
Seacoastonline.com
An autopsy performed by the state's medical examiner found that Richard Kemp, 70, of Monmouth, and Winfield Studley, 58, of Windsor, both died as a result of "hydrogen sulfide toxicity in a confined space with terminal inhalation of sewage. ...
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http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20111006-NEWS-110060356

Autopsies: Sewer gases killed workers in Kennebunkport
Morning Sentinel
Their bodies were discovered shortly after 11 am Autopsies performed today found they died from “hydrogen sulfide toxicity in a confined space with terminal inhalation of sewage.” Hydrogen sulfide is a toxic gas given off by bacteria present in sewage. ...
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http://www.justicenewsflash.com/2011/09/30/work-related-accident-update-sewer-gases-killed-men-found-in-maine-sewer-tank_201109308712.html

Autopsy: Sewer gases killed 2 men
Kennebec Journal
Autopsies performed Wednesday on the bodies of Richard Kemp, 70, of Monmouth, and Winfield Studley, 58, of Windsor found they died from "hydrogen sulfide toxicity in a confined space with terminal inhalation of sewage," according to a news release from ...
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http://www.kjonline.com/news/autopsy-sewer-gases-killed-2-men_2011-09-28.html

Hydrogen Sulfide Toxicity | Belgia
Tag Archives: Hydrogen Sulfide Toxicity ... Tagged Billups, Federal Occupational Safety, Hotel Check, Hydrogen Sulfide Toxicity, Inhalation, Kennebec Journal, ...
www.belgia.com.ro/tag/hydrogen-sulfide-toxicity/

http://www.belgia.com.ro/tag/hydrogen-sulfide-toxicity/

Work-Related Accident Update: Sewer Gases Killed Men Found in Maine Sewer Tank
Justice News Flash
Richard Kemp, 70, of Monmouth, and Winfield Studley, 58, of Windsor found they died from “hydrogen sulfide toxicity in a confined space with terminal inhalation of sewage,” according to Kennebunk-port Police Department's news release. ...
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http://www.ehsnews.org/tag/hydrogen-sulfide-toxicity

Hydrogen Sulfide Toxicity | Environmental, Health and Safety News
Autopsies showed that Richard Kemp, 70, of Monmouth, ME, and Winfield Studley, 58, of Windsor, ME, both died Tuesday as a result of "hydrogen sulfide toxicity ...
www.ehsnews.org/tag/hydrogen-sulfide-toxicity

http://www.justicenewsflash.com/2011/09/30/work-related-accident-update-sewer-gases-killed-men-found-in-maine-sewer-tank_201109308712.html

Lawyer: Photos prove neglect in teen's deaths
WWMT
The teenagers died of asphyxia and hydrogen sulfide poisoning. The lawsuit claims that on top of forcing them to work, the farm didn't provide protective equipment, warning or training. The state cited the farm for safety violations. ...
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http://www.wwmt.com/articles/prove-1396420-lawyer-teen.html

Kennebunkport workers' deaths attributed to sewer gas inhalation...
By UnBylined
Autopsies performed Wednesday found the two pump-repair workers died from, “hydrogen sulfide toxicity in a confined space with terminal inhalation of sewage,” according to ... Maine news, sports, politics and election results, and obituaries.
Bangor Daily News

http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/Inhaling-sewer-gases-killed-workers-in-Kennebunkport.html

http://ehstoday.com/safety/confined_space_workers_killed_1003/

Lawsuits filed in death of two teens at Barry County farm
WWMT
The lawsuit also says that the farm did not provide any protective equipment, warning or training, and that as a result of negligence, the men died of asphyxia and hydrogen sulfide poisoning. The farm has already been cited and fined for not having ...
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http://www.wwmt.com/articles/barry-1396385-county-farm.html

Heart wrenching day for victim's daughter
Langley AdvanceNews
He noted that no safety agency in government has ever pointed tohydrogen sulfide as a threat to workers at composting facilities. He said his clients admitted guilt, but the penalty should not be overly harsh because even groups like the Workers ...
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http://www.langleyadvance.com/news/Heart+wrenching+victim+daughter/5463242/story.html

Use Caution When Pumping Manure From Deep-pits
Wallace's Farmer
Liquid manure in pits undergoes slow decomposition, which creates several gases including methane and hydrogen sulfide, both of which can create dangerous situations. The rate of gas release from the manure can be drastically increased when the manure ...
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http://wallacesfarmer.com/story.aspx/use-caution-when-pumping-manure-from-deep-pits-9-53680

Police identify man found dead in Hudson park
Adrian Daily Telegram
Over-the-counter chemicals that created hydrogen sulfide gas were found inside the vehicle, requiring a hazardous-materials cleanup. Weir said it appeared Barnett took his own life by inhaling the hydrogen sulfide fumes. The police department was ...
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http://www.lenconnect.com/news/x319039452/Police-identify-man-found-dead-in-Hudson-park

Briefly Northwest
The Register-Guard
... in the cab of the truck, which was parked at Family of God Lutheran Church in East Bremerton. The man left a handwritten note taped to the window that read, “Danger!!! Deadly hydrogen sulfide gas. Do not open without hazmat team. One breath can kill.”
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http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/oct/02/police-investigating-suicide-suspicious-truck-cent/

http://www.registerguard.com/web/newslocalnews/26972470-41/train-board-gas-members-amtrak.html.csp

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/10/02/2210862/kitsap-deputies-respond-to-suicide.html

Suicidal Man's Deadly Concoction Leads To I-70 Shutdown
WIBW
Captain Kurt Moldrup, an administrator for the Riley County Police Department, says the man had mixed chemicals together to createhydrogen sulfide which emits deadly fumes and that a placard had been placed on the back of his car of a skull and ...
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http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/Suicidal_Mans_Deadly_Concoction_Leads_To_I-70_Shutdown_132516088.html