Open AccessKeeping it Safe: Space Heaters
Author(s) -
Mary N. Harrison
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
edis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-0009
DOI - 10.32473/edis-fy799-2005
Subject(s) - clothing , waste management , engineering , forensic engineering , medical emergency , environmental science , medicine , history , archaeology
Each year, hundreds of people go to hospital emergency rooms because of injuries related to space heaters. When clothing comes in contact with a heating element or flame it can catch fire. Leaking gas can cause explosions. Inhaling carbon monoxide from a malfunctioning, poorly vented, or unvented gas heater can cause death. This document is FCS5233-02, one of a series of the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date: May 2002. Revised: December 2005.