Instruction manual
Instruction 19-9326
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Monoxor III
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7.0 HAZARDS OF CARBON MONOXIDE
Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning results in headache, nausea, chronic
tiredness, confusion, dizziness, and sometimes coma or death. CO effects
people by cutting off the supply or Oxygen to their muscles and brain. The
harmful effects of CO exposure depend on both the concentration of CO in
the air and the length of exposure.
Concentration of
CO in Air
Inhalation Time and Toxic Symptoms Developed
50 ppm* (0.005%) Maximum allowable concentration for continuous
exposure in any 8-hour period.
200 ppm* (0.02%) Slight headache, tiredness, dizziness, nausea after
2–3 hours.
400 ppm (0.04%) Frontal headaches within 1–2 hours, life
threatening after 3 hours.
800 ppm (0.08%) Dizziness, nausea and convulsions within
45 minutes. Unconsciousness within 2 hours.
Death within 2–3 hours.
1,600 ppm (0.16%) Headache, dizziness and nausea within
20 minutes. Death within 1 hour.
3,200 ppm (0.32%) Headache, dizziness and nausea within
5–10 minutes. Death within 30 minutes.
6,400 ppm (0.64%) Headache, dizziness and nausea within
1–2 minutes. Death within 10–15 minutes.
12,800 ppm (1.28%) Death within 1–3 minutes.
* Maximum CO concentration for exposure at any time as prescribed by
OSHA. Effects can vary signicantly based on age, sex, weight, and over-
all state of health.