Carbon monoxide sickens members of cruise ship crew

From the Baltimore Sun...

Carbon monoxide sickens members of cruise ship crew

Fire department, hazmat team look for the cause

By Jill Rosen

February 14, 2010

Seven crew members aboard a cruise ship headed to Baltimore on
Saturday were sickened by carbon monoxide poisoning, rescue officials
said.

Fire department crews and a hazmat team met the Celebrity Mercury when
it docked in Baltimore to treat the victims and search the 12-year-old
ocean liner for the cause of the leak, fire department spokesman Chief
Kevin Cartwright said.

The crew members were poisoned while the ship was in transit, Maryland
Port Administration spokesman Richard Scher said.

"Obviously, it is being looked at carefully," Scher said.

Further details on the conditions of the crew members were not
available Saturday. Representatives of Celebrity Cruise Lines could
not be reached for comment.

The 866-foot Celebrity Mercury, which began sailing from Baltimore in
November, was on its last cruise of its inaugural season here. It was
scheduled next for what the industry calls "repositioning," which
includes repairs and restocking for future trips.

The Baltimore debut of the Mercury, which marked the return of
Celebrity Cruise Lines to the port after a five-year absence, and new
business from Carnival Cruise lines pushed cruise departures and
passengers here to new records last year.

The Mercury spent its first season in Baltimore taking passengers on
nine- and 12-night cruises to the Caribbean. The ship, with a
sal****er pool and champagne and cigar bars, has an occupancy of
1,886.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...,2434165.story

In article , RsH
wrote:

From the Baltimore Sun...

Carbon monoxide sickens members of cruise ship crew

Fire department, hazmat team look for the cause

It has been reported on local TV that the crew members were doing
welding on pipes in the engine room.

http://wjz.com/local/carbon.monoxide.2.1492890.html

http://www.wbaltv.com/news/22556219/detail.html

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Charles

Charles wrote:
In article , RsH
wrote:

From the Baltimore Sun...

Carbon monoxide sickens members of cruise ship crew

Fire department, hazmat team look for the cause

It has been reported on local TV that the crew members were doing
welding on pipes in the engine room.

http://wjz.com/local/carbon.monoxide.2.1492890.html

http://www.wbaltv.com/news/22556219/detail.html


Sounds like smoke and fumes from something they burned while
they were welding, but not Carbon Monoxide. Could have been
a lot of things.
Welding around anything with fire proof coatings, or rust
proofing WILL definitely make you sick if you breath it in.

Clay

There might be a lot of reasons why the crew members got sick.
Just like clay said it could be from welding over rust proof metal or any other material.