Safety warning after carbon monoxide poisoning on vessel used as overnight accommodation results in loss of 2 lives
This document warns of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning following 2 deaths on the scallop dredger Eshcol.
Safety Bulletin 1/2014
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Bulletin summary
An overnight break from fishing, alongside at Whitby, North Yorkshire, England ended tragically when two people sleeping on board the 9.95m scallop dredger Eshcol died in their bunks. Initial findings indicate the men were poisoned by carbon monoxide.
Published: February 2014
Updates to this page
Published 23 January 2015