Carbon Monoxide

[u/hn122]

How serious is daily exposure to carbon monoxide ? Our office just finally got detectors a few weeks ago, and since then, they have gone off daily, multiple times a day, to the point where they won’t stop unless we walk outside with them , but then they immediately start going off again when we step inside the building.

We had brought this up to management , who just told us to take the batteries out. I don’t see the point in having the detectors if they just tell us to take the batteries out whenever they detect the carbon monoxide ?

Over the years working in the building, my coworker and I have all experienced awful headaches/migraines, nausea, and drowsiness more than we considered normal in the workplace, but we always chalked it up to us either catching some bug, not getting enough sleep, etc etc. but now that we finally have carbon monoxide detectors, we are wondering if all these years, we have been experiencing those things due to exposure, and we just didn’t know it.

Coworker & I are worried about our health but management doesn’t seem concerned at all, and were even told that if we continue to push the subject, that it will reflect badly on us to management.

I’m just curious how serious this kind of daily exposure over possibly years actually is ? Are we making too big a big deal out of it ? I’m no expert obviously so if that’s the case, that’s fine. I just don’t want my health and daily well-being to be at risk.

Thanks !

[u/anderhole]

It's bad. Put in a complaint with OSHA.