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NIEHS Oil Spill Cleanup Training Tool <br />OSHA <br />Crude Oil <br />• Complex mixture of carcinogenic substances. <br />• Includes a complex mixture of hydrocarbon and other organic <br />compounds including alkanes, cycloalkanes, aromatics, polynuclear <br />aromatic compounds, sulphur compounds, nitrogen compounds, oxygen <br />compounds, and traces of organo-metallic compounds). <br />• Health hazards generally associated with crude oils: <br />— Inhalation of the toxic volatile hydrocarbon components, such as <br />benzene, and dermatitis from repeated or prolonged skin contact can <br />cause dermatitis or skin cancer. <br />38 WORKER EDUCATION & TRAINING PROGRAM <br />