Carbon Dioxide Caused Restaurant Patron’s Death
An investigation has determined that an 80-year-old Florida woman died from a lethal concentration of carbon dioxide in a McDonald’s restaurant bathroom in Pooler, GA.
Ann Reynolds Felton was one of 10 people, including three firefighters, transported to hospital after a bleed line on a carbon dioxide tank used to carbonate soft drinks became disconnected within a wall cavity. Felton died in hospital one day after she was found unconscious in the restroom.
Police Chief Mark Revenew told news media that because of the construction of the restroom there was little chance for the carbon dioxide to dissipate.
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is investigating.
See a related safety talk on chemical safety on page six of this edition of Safe Supervisor.
