Who was your employer?
VECO Inc. -
Subcontractor for EXXON
Period of working on cleanup.
April 1989 to September
1989
Did you work on the beaches?
Yes
Which beaches, when?
Naked, Seal beach others
in the area
Did you travel on your own boat, a rented State boat,
a company boat?
Contractors
Glacier Bay Explorer
Did you ever visit on one of the larger boats, even briefly?
Yes
Did you work around the containers that held the barrels of
chemical?
Yes
Specific job
with Bioremediation
Other Comments
In charge of
sites and amounts of inipol treated on beaches
When first assigned to BAT team we were to give urine samples at end
of shift. First 2 days I was negative for blood. The third day I came
up positive for blood in urine. Was sent to shore to get checked. Was
put to work as a mechanic until urine testing was completed. After
about 6 to 8 weeks, blood in urine didn't seem to get any worse so
they stopped testing. Short time later was laid-off.
Ever since the Oil
spill era, I have had a physical. I have tested positive for
blood in urine. I have had at least 10.
Symptoms of Overexposure to chemicals * Did you have any of
these?
Always tired, depressed,
short term memory loss, plus more
If you were around the chemicals, or had to handle them in any way?
In charge of
dispersing and calculations.
was there any info posted at your worksite about the hazards of the
chemical? - called an MSDS info sheet- NO
Did you ever have anyone running any 'exposure level tests?' *
Or did you ever see any being done? NO
If so, when?
(Placing a tube 9 inches from your mouth & some apparatus
that measured exposure in parts per million)
Did you ever have blood in your urine? YES
Did you know anyone who tested positive for blood in their
urine?
YES
Were you one of the workers whose blood was drawn, regularly?
NO
(You would have been one of those working with the inipol EAP 22?)
YES
If so, did you ever get a copy of the results?
NO
Do you have any health problems?
YES
If so, what?
TIRED, TIGHT CHEST
Do you generally have an overwhelming 'tiredness?'
YES
Do you have a doctor's diagnosis?
NO
Do you know any other workers?
YES