Health Hazard Evaluation of Deepwater Horizon Response Workers [Health Hazard Evaluation Interim Report 2 Summary]

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  On May 28, 2010, BP requested a health hazard evaluation of Deepwater Horizon Response workers. The second in a series of interim reports from this health hazard evaluation was issued July 12, 2010. Below is a summary of the main findings and recommendations from this report.
  
  Seventy-one percent of visits to the Venice, Louisiana, Branch Infirmary during June 2010 were for conditions requiring initial triage, first aid, and/or over the counter medication. Other than symptoms related to working in the heat, and exacerbations of existing medical conditions due to a variety of reasons (heat, lack of continuity of care, etc.), the evaluation did not reveal unrecognized or unreported occupational illness.
  
  NIOSH recommended that BP continue to work with local, State, and Federal agencies to strengthen their system to collect and analyze infirmary illness and injury data. BP should also continue to follow its Heat Stress Management Plan, provide hand washing stations, hygienic showers, and restroom facilities/portable toilets to limit the potential for disease transmission.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Emergency Responders Mental Disorders Mental Health Occupational Exposure/adverse Effects Occupational Health Petroleum Pollution/adverse Effects Safety Volunteers
• Keywords:
  Environmental Contamination Environmental Exposure Environmental Hazards Mental Health Mental Stress Oil Oil Industry Oil Recovery Oil Spills Oil Vapors OSHA Region 6

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Name as Subject:
  BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Place as Subject:
  Gulf of Mexico ; Alabama ; Florida ; Louisiana ; Mississippi ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039294
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:79868b06db06b311b7766222f2c811fbcc4658a448f379c080a3f639a7bcea046b268b13b8d32b8c47dd52e554536441da0b07682cce2f1fd8263f81d34d5300
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/32248/cdc_32248_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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