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NIEHS Oil Spill Cleanup Training Tool <br />OSHA <br />Gasoline and Diesel Fuels <br />• Gasoline or petrol is a petroleum -derived liquid mixture which is <br />primarily used as a fuel in internal combustion engines. Diesel fuel is any <br />liquid fuel used in diesel engines. These and other fuels will be used on the <br />cleanup and can add to worker hazards. <br />• Many of the non -aliphatic hydrocarbons naturally present in gasoline and <br />diesel fuels are carcinogenic. <br />• Brief inhalation of these and similar substances can also produce many <br />of the effects of alcohol intoxication and, sometimes, a hallucinogen -like <br />"trip." <br />• Diesel combustion exhaust contains hazardous gases and particles which <br />can be harmful if inhaled. <br />• Gasoline has a ACGIH TLV of 500 ppm in a 15 minute period and a time <br />weighted average of 300 ppm. NIOSH considers gasoline to be a potential <br />occupational carcinogen. <br />48 WORKER EDUCATION & TRAINING PROGRAM <br />