This teen was poisoned by carbon monoxide on the job. His parents say the employer got off easy [Video]

When Wil Krotenko got his first part time job in the meat department of the local Co-op grocery store last summer, the then 14-year-old couldn’t wait to start making his own money — never imagining the job could kill him a few months later.

The teen, who lives in Canora, Sask., about 235 kilometres northeast of Regina, says he started feeling sick soon after starting his shift on Oct. 23 when his manager tasked him with cleaning enclosed areas of the meat department with a gas-powered pressure washer.

“I started feeling lightheaded and dizzy,” Wil told Go Public. He says he staggered to the front of the store. “And I guess that’s when I collapsed.”

His condition was so serious that Wil had to be airlifted to Misericordia Community Hospital in Edmonton with severe carbon monoxide poisoning.

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