14 construction workers renovating Yale building are hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning

Fourteen construction workers who were renovating a Yale University-owned building have been hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning. Rick Fontana, New Haven’s emergency operations director, says one of the workers was found lying unconscious Wednesday outside of the building, which is a couple of blocks from Yale’s campus. That worker was taken to a Brooklyn hospital, where he is in critical condition. Fontana says emergency crews initially thought they were responding to a “regular medical call” when they brought the unconscious man to the hospital, however they soon found that he had high levels of carbon monoxide. Thirteen other workers were later found to have elevated levels. He says a poorly vented propane-fueled saw was to blame.