Working With Crude Oil

When working with or around crude oil, you can be exposed through direct contact by one or more of the following, called routes of entry:

• getting it on your skin and having it sink in; this is the most likely (absorption)
• breathing fumes and vapors (inhalation)
• taking it in accidentally through your mouth by eating or smoking after contact with contaminated surfaces, or drinking contaminated water (ingestion)
• getting a deep cut from a contaminated sharp object (injection)

To learn more about Crude Oil Hazards visit our Crude Oil Hazards Online Training web page.