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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Training
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Hazmat Safety & Training
On the evening of April 20, 2010, a tragic explosion occurred on the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico killing 11 workers. It was not discovered until April 24 that oil was leaking from the well pipe approximately a mile on the sea floor spewing out an estimated 5,000 barrels per day. Immediately the Worker Education and Training Program (WETP) went to work creating training tools to prepare workers for cleanup activities that ...