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Article

11 Jun 2010

Author:
Laura Walter, EHS Today

Louisiana Officials Ask OSHA to Investigate Oil Spill Worker Conditions, Safety

The secretaries of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) sent a letter to OSHA Administrator David Michaels on June 4 asking the agency to conduct a full investigation of oil spill worker conditions and safety...In their letter, Alan Levine, secretary of Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, and Peggy Hatch, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, wrote of “emerging threats” in response efforts for the Deepwater Horizon spill and noted increasing reported injuries and illnesses among cleanup workers hired by BP...“We are told that BP is looking to bring some 3,000 more people to our coast to aid in the clean-up efforts,” they wrote.