Advice needed... Bad trainer, possible Carbon Monoxide poisoning

http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/4548417.html

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Hey you took a chance checked out the market and decided not to buy. Well except for possibly having to pay Squire some money for training? I would go get checked out by a medical professional to make sure you don't have CO2 poisoning then just move on.

 

Deviltalk one thing you gotta learn in this industry is dont take crap from anybody. I dont care if the president of Knight comes to you and says DRIVE THIS TRUCK NOW, if you feel like its not reasonably safe for whatever reason, dont do it!

What are they gonna do, fire you? So what? If they fire you for that, you didnt want to work for them in the first place.

Its not their body, its yours. Its not their CDL or medical card on the line, either.

Stand up for yourself!

 

Not really sure where you want to go with this...compensation or whatever....but it looks like the company did what they could to get the problem fixed. From what you've told us, no one to blame but your trainer, for not bringing the truck in to get repaired, and yourself for not getting off the truck sooner. Good luck, I hope the exposure you received. isn't too severe.

 

It isn't "too severe." OP's concious and able to write about it. Naseous after exposure is likely after inhaling 50 parts per million for a few hours. And after a number of hours it should pass. CO mimics absorption of O2 (oxygene) in the blood stream, and passes from the bloodstream in the same manner - you exhale it.

If this guy had enough CO in him to "poison" him, we'd be reading about how they pulled the OP and the trainer from the truck. Quit whining and get back to trucking - or go be a "fulfillment center" drone and pick the stuff the 0.1% wants delivered tomorrow.

 

Personally, I hardly think that 2 links, one of a "suspected" case of CO poisoning and the other an "under investigation" case of CO poisoning makes for much of a compelling argument that diesel exhaust is a CO killer. I HAVE researched this topic in the past and what I found was that a healthy diesel engine AT IDLE is HIGHLY unlikely to create enough CO to harm the health of a healthy adult. Under full power perhaps, but not at idle. About 25 years ago a local dentist committed suicide in his garage. Evidence at the scene suggested that he first tried to use the exhaust from his 6.2L diesel chevy blazer (hose from the tail pipe to the cab and cab reeking of diesel exhaust) and was unsuccessful. He then moved 'operations' to his car and was quite successful. This information came to me first hand from the ambulance director that was on the scene doing the body recovery. He also said that it appeared that the car started off with a fairly full tank of gas and the suicide was done over a weekend so it was likely 3 days before he was discovered and it was difficult to get the body out of the car as it was thoroughly cooked and, like a well done turkey, wanted to come apart if you pulled on an arm or leg. http://www.nazigassings.com/Griffin.pdf http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_you_get_carbon_monoxide_poisoning_from_diesel_semi_trucks This second link is hardly definitive but is SUPPOSED to be authored by someone with first hand experience.

 

Or this,

http://www.nizkor.org/faqs/leuchter/leuchter-faq-19.html

Was going to point out about the same thing. Nazis gave up on using exhaust fumes because it wasn't efficient enough given the large numbers of people they had to kill, not because it didn't do the job.

CO percentages given at the end. Even at idle, if air flow is restricted, it'll kill you quick.

 

I have a carbon monoxide detector in my cab. Best $40 ever spent.

 

An excellent idea. Every truck with a bunk should have one.