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Dr. Mark French discusses a tragic incident involving young workers who died from hydrogen sulfide exposure, highlighting failures in training and safety protocols.

In this episode of Leading and Learning Through Safety, Dr. Mark French examines a tragic news story out of Michigan involving two young workers who lost their lives due to hydrogen sulfide exposure while performing well maintenance. What initially appears to be a confined space incident reveals something deeper: a failure of basic training, hazard recognition, and rescue preparedness. The workers were using hydrochloric acid to descale a residential well located beneath a porch — a clear per...

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