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45 Berkeley J. Emp. & Lab. L. 1 (2024)

handle is hein.journals/berkjemp45 and id is 1 raw text is: Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law VOLUME 45 2024 NUMBER 1 ARTICLES Disclosing Hazards to Oil Spill Cleanup Workers: An Empirical Analysis Benjamin M. Cole,T Kyle J. Emich,iT Brent J. HortonfT Disasters such as the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf ofMexico inevitably lead to significant cleanup activities. Entities organizing cleanup activities are subject to a patchwork of federal and state rules requiring them to disclose hazards for example, hazards posed by oil or chemical dispersants to cleanup workers through material safety data sheets (MSDS). First, we observe that the patchwork nature of these rules undercuts the ability of cleanup workers to actually receive the MSDS for the hazardous chemicals they may contact. That is unfortunate because as shown later through our empirical analysis reviewing the MSDS has a statistically significant impact on workers' willingness to participate in cleanup efforts, both as (unpaid) volunteers and as (paid) employees. Second, we ask: can MSDS disclosure itselfbe improved? Our empirical analysis shows it can. Our experimental manipulations show that personal DOI: https://doi.org/10.15779/Z38F47GV7W t Professor of Strategy & Statistics, Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University. t Associate Professor of Management, Lerner College of Business & Economics, University of Delaware. t Associate Professor and Area Chair, Law and Ethics, Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University. 1

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