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Oil spill cleanup workers

Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) workers contracted by BP clean up oil on the beach in Port Fourchon, La. May 23, 2010.
(Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley/U.S. Coast Guard)

Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) workers contracted by BP clean up oil on the beach in Port Fourchon, La. May 23, 2010. Hundreds of HSE contract workers cleaned up oil from the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill, which began washing up on beaches one month after the drilling unit exploded. More about the Gulf oil spill can be found in our Gulf oil spill featured story.