HealthySOKO
Action plan to ensure occupational safety and health of people involved in oil spill oil recovery operations
The project developed an occupational safety and health management plan for those involved in oil spill clean-up work.
The project has been completed.
Health and safety in spill response operations
Project objectives and results
NEW KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, METHODS AND PRACTICES GENERATED BY THE PROJECT
Knowledge of the specific issues of occupational safety and health legislation in onshore oil spill response.
- Description of the work process, work and working methods of the personnel involved in onshore oil spill response.
- Knowledge of the health hazards of the working environment for persons involved in onshore oil spill response.
- Knowledge of the occupational safety and health impacts of coastal oil spill response in previous major oil spills.
- Knowledge of the ergonomic stresses of onshore oil spill response and guidelines for reducing them.
- A model for hazard identification methodology for onshore oil spill response.
The results of the project have been published as part of the SÖKÖ II oil spill response manual, in booklet 5 (In Finnish). The updated health and safety instructions can be found in the SÖKÖSuomenlahti Manual (in Finnish).
The project was supervised by Lecturer Liisa Korpivaara from the Department of Health and Emergency Care.
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