Headline: Rotten office fridge cleanup sends 7 to hospital
An office worker cleaning a fridge full of rotten food created a smell so noxious that it sent seven co-workers to the hospital and made many others ill. Firefighters had to evacuate the AT&T building in downtown San Jose on Tuesday, after the flagrant fumes prompted someone to call 911. A hazmat team was called in.
What they found was an unplugged refrigerator that had been crammed with moldy food.
Authorities said an enterprising office worker had decided to clean it out, placing the food in a conference room while using two cleaning chemicals to scrub down the mess. The mixture of old lunches and disinfectant caused 28 people to need treatment for vomiting and nausea.
Authorities said the worker who cleaned the fridge didn't need treatment — she can't smell because of allergies.
I'm assuming it was her inability to smell that caused her to put food in the conference room and not in the garbage.
But, as anyone who has worked in an office knows, no one wants to clean up the fridge. I've worked in places where they send threatening emails if you don't get all your stuff out on clean-up day. They toss anything in there, they don't care what it is. I guess that's how you prevent nausea-inducing office fridges.
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