Designation:E2292−14StandardGuideforFieldInvestigationofCarbonMonoxidePoisoningIncidents1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE2292;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisguidecoverscollectionandpreservationofinfor-mationandphysicalevidencerelatedtoincidentsinvolvingthepoisoningofindividualsbycarbonmonoxide.1.2Thisguideisnotintendedtoaddressthemedicaleffectsofcarbonmonoxideexposure.1.3Thisguideisnotintendedtobeaguideforinvestigatingcarbonmonoxidepoisoningcausedbyhostilefires,orcon-taminationinclosedairsystemsorconfinedspaces.GuidanceontheinvestigationofcarbonmonoxidepoisoningsrelatedtofirecanbefoundinNFPA921.1.4Thisguideisnotintendedforaninvestigationwhereequipmentisremovedfromtheincidentsiteandconductedinamorecontrolledsetting.1.5Thisguideisintendedtobeusedbyawiderangeofinvestigators,includingfirstresponders,appliancetechniciansandengineers.1.6Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2E1459GuideforPhysicalEvidenceLabelingandRelatedDocumentationE2713GuidetoForensicEngineering2.2NFPAStandards:3NFPA54NationalFuelGasCodeNFPA921GuideforFireandExplosionInvestigations2.3ULStandards:4UL2034SingleandMultipleStationCarbonMonoxideAlarms3.SignificanceandUse3.1Thisguideisintendedforusebyindividualswhoinvestigateincidentsinvolvingcarbonmonoxidepoisoning.Ifthisguideisfollowed,thecauseforthecarbonmonoxidepoisoningincidentmaybedetermined,andcorrectiveactionmaybeidentifiedtopreventfutureincidents.3.2Whenattemptingtoidentifythesourceofcarbonmonoxide,considerthatitisproducedatsomelevelinvirtuallyeveryfuel-burningen...
