Gulf Cleanup Training Ignores Advice From Health Agency, Official Says - ProPublica

Gulf Cleanup Training Ignores Advice From Health Agency, Official Says - ProPublica: "As we've reported, workplace safety experts have expressed concern that Gulf oil spill responders aren't getting enough safety training. On Wednesday, we spoke with a federal official who said the four-hour safety course that BP is providing to Gulf cleanup workers lacks basic information on health risks and is too short to cover the necessary material.

Joseph Hughes, director of the worker training program at the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, said the course fails to incorporate important information. Among the subjects not included are chemical inhalation, the health effects of dispersants, and the risks of direct contact with weathered crude oil."

by Sasha Chavkin, ProPublica - June 17, 2010 2:05 pm ED

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As Gulf Oil Disaster Worsens, Concern for Safety of Oil-Rig Workers Gets Less Attention

As Gulf Oil Disaster Worsens, Concern for Safety of Oil-Rig Workers Gets Less Attention  "WORKERS AT HUNDREDS OF GULF OIL RIGS FACE DANGERS

Worker advocates are quick to acknowledge the severity of the ongoing leak. Still, many also warn that ignoring the worker safety issues exposed by the tragedy would be a mistake, especially considering that hundreds of oil and gas rigs — among the most statistically dangerous workplaces in the country — remain active off the nation’s shores.

“The worker-safety issue has been completely lost in this story,” said Tom O’Connor, executive director of the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, an advocacy group. “It’s one of the biggest industrial disasters in recent history, and yet Congress [views it] the same as the public: They’re not seeing it as a worker-safety issue.”"

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