Toxic Mix

August 13, 2003

To The Court
There would not have been an industrial accident if I had not added javex to rust remover. It was decided that all parties would never be required to address this the accident ever again. It was necessary for WCB and/or Government to insure Ms.Clark and her colleagues also stay away from mentioning the Chemicals that made this a toxic accident.Ms.Clark and her Colleagues agreed. I had to be returned to work following this accident in order to keep it hushed up because my accident report stated what the Chemicals were. There were only five documents that stated the toxic chemicals and I have them.

(1) Lung specialist Dr.Roger Michael’s Hospital notes the day of the accident page March 29,1978 page 1 lines 5-6 state’this morning at work mixed an acid solution with javex resultant in strong odors.

(2) Dr.Gordon Mahaney’s WCB Physicians accident report dated the day of the accident March 29,1978 page 1 # 2 explain fully’mixture of acid + javex (rust remover) You will notice the same question asks about x-rays and he says they were done March 31,1978 two days after he filled out his report.

(3) The physiotherapists report for the day of the accident’today mixed acid and ammonia at work unable to tolerate fully prone position says coughing increased his sob (shortness of breath). Is productive of green sputum. (From the Chlorine Gas)

(4) My accident report for the day of the accident states inhaled fumes a combination of javex +acid +water.

(5) The investigation into the accident dated April 3,1978 not by the department of Labour but my employer DND who agreed to keep the results from everyone especially me. From that day to this everyone either fabricated evidence or fails to mention the chemicals that made the accident toxic.

The Fabricated Evidence
This April 19,1978 letter from Dr.Gorden Mahaney to my employer DND at CFB Shearwater was never shared by Dr.Mahaney I received this copy from National Archives. The letter is written 9 days after he returned me to work. The necessity for this letter was because WCB required a false accident report from DND and unless they had something on file to contradict their own investigation into this accident it was not to be forthcoming. Dr.Mahaney met me nine months earlier for the first time and know he states I have had severe asthmatic bronchitis in the past one to two years. The frequency and severity of his problem has increased. He requires continuous medication at home, including inhalation therapy. Deliberate lies Dr.Mahaney is among those protected from speaking at least in my presence on this subject. Workers Advisory could have remedied that by subpoena him. Employer’s WCB false report on the accident dated April 26,1978 #4 while rinsing a rust remover bottle with water, fumes created breathing problems requiring emergency Hospital treatment. The Chemical mixture that did the damage is not mentioned.

April 1,1978 Hospital discharge
When we look at the Hospital discharge for this accident dated Saturday April fools day 1978 (guess who was the fool) it states’ he was advised to continue his mask treatment at home’. I could not make it across the Hospital parking lot because of the amount of damage incurred on my body. Several times the following week before I returned to work I was in Dr.Mahaney’s office explaining the difficult time breathing had become but they were on a mission. May 10,1978 WCB Summary and Decision Chief Medical advisor of WCB Dr.Thomas Dobson fails to mention the chemicals? He states I was exposed to’cleaning compound of some sort’. I would not see this document until Ms.Clark sent it by Courier on January 4,1999 after she closed the door on me. Here I was reading this and nothing I could Ms.Clark is responsible

June 5.1978 Nurse at DND advises me to go see my Doctor
This is where the co-conspirators plan has to kick in. All remarks on my medical disease since the summer of 1997 refer to this as the problem. The many previous versions of the truth cease and will not be commented on. They have to overlook that there is no Physicians accident report for this’accident’ The reason a second accident never occured. .Dr.Mahaney could not comment on this at this time because his original for the toxic chemical accident was on File. I fill out an accident report for this June 5,1978 farce and state, ‘burnt lungs’. I of course never stated it happened on June 5,1978 because clearly everyone new the facts.

June 12,1978 letter from Dr.Mahaney to DND my employer

He also sent copies to WCB and the Department Of National Health and Welfare. He certainly was not going to advise Health and Welfare of the Toxic Chemical accident. I received this June 12,1978 letter from National Archives and WCB thanks to Ms.Clark no one is required to explain why they failed to turned over their copy years earlier. Please allow me to quote from just one of the things this letter states so the Court will understand my frustration and why everyone is remaining silent and why it was necessary for Ms.Clark to remove the documents I am requesting.’He is progressing very poorly in his medical illness and his’asthma’ is not able to be controlled by medical theraphy’. I ask you your honor do I not have a right to have Government see that this is addressed. Premier Hamm and his Cabinet do not think so. I would like to explain to the Court why this letter was written. They need this document for Dr.J.J.Glynn who I saw in his Bedford Row Halifax office on June 16,1978. (See letter) and DND a co-conspirator was not going to turn over any information on the Toxic Chemicals.

June 19,1978 Summary and Decision on June 5.1978′incident’
I saw this document for the first time ever via Ms, Clark after she closed the door. The bottom of the page confirms the truth’please refer to the Board Not acc.as’accident’ Inform Base Civilian Personnel off. That this is not an accident –send him a copy of M’s letter of June 12,1978.

This is unacceptable, it is not an accident and the June 12,1978 letter is being sent again to my employer confirming my severe medical disease. Anne Clark was my Judge and Jury and that is not Justice.

The June 23,1978 letter from Dr, Roger Michael to Dr.Gordon Mahaney my’Family Doctor’ for the next 20 years. The two Doctors gloat about their good fortune of having committed the’ perfect crime’ in this letter. They speak about the Toxic chemical accident as if it’s water running of a ducks back. I quote’He states that he has a tendency for wheezing and shortness of breath as well as cough over the past two months since his discharge from hospital. He of course is speaking about my hospital discharge for this accident. Further along down the page he has noted shortness of breath on exertion such as when carrying any heavy packages or when walking at any moderate pace. The heavy packages of course is a red herring but what I experienced trying to make it across the hospital parking lot on April 1,1978 is exactly what they are confirming’shortness of breath when walking at any normal pace.

August 15,1978 Dr.Mahaney and WCB (two letters) make the decision to show me the door. This letter is necessary to insure WCB and my employer are in no way held responsible for my medical disease. I am advised by WCB that effective September 4,1978 I no longer had a job or benefits from WCB.See letter dated August 17,1978 by a Mr. Farmer which came via Ms.Clark.

September 22-23 1978
September 1978 would be my first opportunity to find out first hand that the month of September would always be to cold for me and from now until the fat lady sings the elements would cause my lungs to fill with mucus. (As I previously reviewed Dr.Michael’s June 23,1978 letter to Dr.Mahaney) Dr.Mahaney recruited his good friend Dr.Beazley on September 22,1978 to see if’allergies’ might be the cause of all my breathing difficulties.Dr.Beazley who is a Family Physician not a specialist states that I have no allergy problems but he feels I had a long history of obstructive lung disease and he advises Dr.Mahaney it is his medical opinion that this single assault on my lungs (no chemicals named) put me in a chronic state. (What are friends for)?

The following day on September 23,1978 I arrived by stretcher at Dartmouth General Emergency Department and was admitted with a very close call because of the elements with meeting my maker. The good Doctors stayed away because when advised of the seriousness my condition they new it might mean curtains for me and they did not want to be around. They sent replacements.Dr.Dave Holland who also works out of Woodlawn Medical Clinic in Dartmouth (in the next stall to Dr.Mahaney) showed up. I needed two lung specialists during my stay Dr Orville Hayne and Dr.Gupta. The nurse’s hospital notes are self-explanatory (included). I was not working at this time so cleaning materials can’t be a contributating factor but Dr.Holand submitted a bill to WCB for his services rendered in February 1979 before the six-month time limit for submitting bills to WCB for payment. It begs the question as to how he new it was WCB related? I did not file a claim. I find it very interesting that pulmonary studies were not performed at this time considering it states they investigated and they did have the information on the toxic chemical accident on file. It is also noteworthy to mention that Dr.Holland makes note that I had Pulmonary Studies done on June 13,1977.I had performed at the Halifax infirmary and not at the Dartmouth General. Did they check with Dr’s Mahaney or Michael regarding the results during their investigation? It light of the Toxic Chemical accident o my Hospital file two months earlier on March 29,1978 it is apparent to me he wants to leave there is some connection between the June 13,1977 pulmonary studies and my present difficulties. Pulmonary studies should have been done while I was in hospital.

April 6,1979 letter WCB to Dr.Holland.
Mrs. G.Morrison the WCB Medical Aid Officer advises Dr.Holland he will not be getting paid $51.33 as requested for his services because it was not relative to the June 5,1978′accident’. Dr.Holland was well aware of that he also new he should have been paid, he could have blown the whistle for my well been. Especially when in October 1977 we diagnosed a hernia I had from heavy lifting, which WCB paid for. He new I was not on any medications at that time and that was after the June13, 1977 pulmonary studies. I hope the court looks at the totality of the evidence if necessary before rendering a decision if regard to this matter. He had to have known also new that Dr.Louise Cloutier who’s office is clustered in the same corner as Dr.Mahaney and himself upon finishing at Dal Medical School a few months before she attended to me on April 23,1977 at Dartmouth General Emergency’s department. She had me admitted and came to my room upon completion of her shift in the Emergency department to advise me she would be my Doctor while in Hospital. She made several serious medical errors with medications and I awoke this one morning to find her on the end of my bed. Two nurses rushed in and said,’We pretty near lost you last night’. She spoke up and said it was not that close. The Medical malpractice continued and ended with me meeting Dr.Mahaney for the first time in my life at Dartmouth Emergency’s. I advised a nurse while I lie on the stretcher if I could see a Doctor. She replied that I have to wait my turn. I replied I am dying. (I could tell believe me). Dr.Mahaney who was on duty in Dartmouth Emergency came over pricked my finger I believe and set up an IV and re-called the Ambulance. A nurse came along with me in the Ambulance because it was that close to the VGH sirens blaring and me praying. They were waiting in the parking lot at the VG and a group of Medical personnel flew into action and gave me 10 units of blood. I of course was very upset when discharged and went to see Dr, Louise Cloutier for one last time with a sealed letter from the VGH in hand, . The VGH records show there was absolutely nothing wrong with my lungs.However.i could not return to work umtil Dr. (2 months in total I was Dr.Cloutier needed assistance to recover not me apparently so this is when Dr.Michael came into the picture. The reason for lack of a better term I will call’crowd control’ and the letter dated June 13,1978 from Dr.Michael to Dr.Louise Cloutier is included as evidence. When I went with this to the College Of Physicians and Surgeons after John Hamm turned his back on me guess that was made President Of the Medical Society? Louise Cloutier that’s who one and the same.

February 2,1979 letter from WCB to John MacPherson on Board
I went to the union around October or November 1979 because I had this compressor required to take mask treatments every four hours because of all the difficulty breathing r and I had a wife and three children that depended on me for all the necessities of life. Mike Tynes the area union reprehensive for Federal Employees was the gentleman’s name and he acted instantly. I was back working at CFB Shearwater as a clerk on December 14,1979 and he arranged a Lawyer something these criminals resented. WCB was in charge of the Department Of Labour at that time so they taught all the bases were covered. To say that Dr’s Mahaney, Michael and WCB were upset with this turn of events would be and under statement. I was going to have to pay dearly and believe me I did. I was assigned to the Post Office and was given two weeks training and I was on my own all aspects of postal work I had to do on my own. I believe they expected me to fail because I was on probation for six months at a lower salary. They got failed to accomplish that mission if that was indeed their intention. The Military person was doing a six-month hitch in the Middle East. I was now in very warm building bars on the windows so although I required all these medication I was not losing time off work. However an election was called and a change led to layoffs in the civil service. The civilian position at the Post Office was terminated and I moved to Construction Engineering as the mail intake clerk. The Right Honourable Joe Clark was elected and although Brian Mulruney too shafted him.Mr.Clark let me tell you it is my view that Mr. Clark is the most honest Politician this country has ever known. It was so warm in this new building that they had to have windows and even the front door held open by attaching rope to the building to fit over the doorknob. I had a desk very close to this door and kept closing I was in serious trouble there is a letter around from Dr.Mahaney stating this. Both Dr.Michael (November 21,1979 letter) and Dr.Mahaney try to cover their tracks by mentioning that any kind of cold air will aggravate my condition. I want them to explain their actions which are not happing under John Hamm’s Government and that needs to change. I hope the Court can assist me if possible in that regard. These people continually returned me to face the elements time and time again the record is very clear.

January 10,1980 letter as well as January 28,1980 letter

I want to refer the Court to the January 10,1980 letter from Dr.Gordon Mahaney to my employer with a copy to WCB. The sole purpose for the letter was to try and cover- up the fact that they kept returning me to the elements with complete disregard for my life.

The January 28,1980 letter from the Civilian Personal Manager at CFB Shearwater had to be taken aback by this January 10,1980 letter and acted accordingly. He wrote to Labor Canada and supplied with a copy to set the record straight contrary to Dr.Mahaney’s January 10,1980 letter. He The co-conspirators WCB and Dr.Mahaney decided a letter was called for to hide the truth stating I have been unable to work since mid November 1979 Peter MacDonald’s January 28,1980 letter I am very thankful for. I got to know Peter better because we both had a son that were opposing goaltenders in a Midget’A’ hockey league. We all met on a golf course also. He was born and raised a mile from where I grew up but I did not know him prior to starting at CFB Shearwater. He told me his wife’s maiden name was a Petrie from New Waterford Cape Breton. I am not surprised that Peter wrote this January 28,1980 letter. I never met a person at CFB Shearwater say anything but positive feedback when dealing with Peter. He provides detailed information concerning my times off work over this period. WCB paid for these times off why? Dr’s Mahaney and Michael are on record as saying it was not work related. WCB are admitting responsibility but I was going to be subjected to more of the same the January 28,1980 letter was not going to prevent these Doctor’s from their mission which was to bury me. The following winter they came very close to succeeding. I was never going to be paid again by WCB for been off work that was a given. The record will clearly show that these two Doctor’s did everything possible to prevent WCB from paying me one cent in the 20 years I was under there care for this medical disease. The sick reports for this period tells it like it is thanks to National Archives. This has been a very long fight but I am hoping that Premier Hamm is going to bite the bullet and not carry the day any longer on this one.

Please read the February 2,1979 letter in it’s entirety and compare it to the June 12,1978 letter. This also came via Ms.Clark after she rolled. WCB as you might suspect by this time fail to mention the June 12,1978 letter. The reason for that is because this is a crime in progress and National Archives would be the only place I would get a copy of this letter. The letter itself is self-explanatory to Ms.Clark especially.

Tim Macinnis of WCB continued to use this same meaningless statement as a reason for denying me benefits in his October 15,1998 in his supplementary update on behalf of WCB without my knowledge.
I am going to close without getting into the part that premier Hamm’s Cabinet played in this cover-up at this time because of the late hour but I would only be to happy to set the record straight at another time. The sick reports lie out all the unnecessary times I was off work following this accident rather then are home in a warm house preventing the elements from playing havoc with my lungs.
I believe Premier Hamm needs to explain why when I wrote to him on December 7,1999 he decided the corrupt system in place had to take precedent rather then my right to Justice and closure. I find that very unsettling from the Premier Of Nova Scotia. We deserve better.

Respectfully yours,
Everett Petrie

The following was submitted November 23, 2003 in addition to the above:

From what I have been reading on line it appears all WCB’s are similar as if they are mandated to deny injured workers benefits. I believe all MLA’s in Canada are responsible.11/23/2003

I contacted an occupational disease while working for the Department Of National Defense at CFB Shearwater while working as a cleaner. I had no prior training in the handling and usage of cleaning materials prior to been hired. I was not given any training when I was first hired. I made the mistake this one morning of using a rust remover bottle with rust remover in it as a container an added javex and water to it. I was on my back gasping for air because of the strong resultant odors from this mixture. I intended to remove rust from a urinal. I immediately went to Hospital although I am unable to remember going or arriving. The Emergency Department ran tests and my Doctor and specialist were notified of what occurred and that I was been admitted. I new both Doctor’s less then one year at the time of the accident. The specialist Dr.Roger Michael was at the time under contract with WCB to assess any injured worker on behalf of WCB that they might send to him. However, in my case this worked in reverse order. The good Doctor’s decided they were never going to mention this accident again especially what chemicals I mixed together. WCB and my employer agreed to join in the conspiracy.

I had to be returned to work following this accident and my employer had to submit a WCB accident report that failed to mention the chemicals that made the accident toxic. I now had Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease and the damage left me with temperature intolerance. This accident took away my ability to prevent the elements from filling my lungs with fluid. As much as a sudden change like an open window in the dead of summer or a fan in use are examples of a sudden change that will make me start coughing and eventually start filling my lungs with fluid if I don’t either close the door or remove myself from that situation. To make a long story short effective the day of the accident I have been on a grocery list of drugs including inhalation therapy every 4-6 hours daily. I had to be allowed by my employer to return home during each working to take these mast treatments. The elements caught up with me many times and each time these two Doctors returned to the elements knowing I could not handle them. Well after many years on this medication I decided to write to National Archives for my Medical Records for the time I was employed at CFB Shearwater. I hit a home run there was the old claim number for the toxic chemical accident. There was a full report on the investigation my employer did on the accident. Stating I had a major accident and mixed two chemicals not intended for mixing. Everything was there including the steps taken to prevent it from happening again.

The base safety officer supposedly met with the cleaning staff. It must have been done while I was in Hospital because I was never told about it. There were letters from my Doctor that were never turned over by him or WCB that were all together then their fabricated evidence. They were later forced into by my Lawyer to run pulmonary studies. It was now necessary to blame the results on a pre-existing medical disease. I sent this information to WCB and asked for an explination. There answer was that there was no objective medical evidence. They stated that as I had a pending claim at the Appeals Tribunal that my case would be dealt with there. This pending case stated I lost over 75% of my breathing capacity in my small airways. You can bet my Doctor or the specialist never provided that information. This pending case was in the system for seven years because WCB lied about the cause of my medical disease and turned it down at every turn. However, now they had to take steps to insure that Workers Advisory and the Appeals Tribunal never made WCB address this toxic chemical accident. The Labour Minister at the time a Liberal Russell MacKinnon was overseeing both the Appeals Tribunal and Workers Advisory and he will not answer my many requests for information or advise me if he participated in the decision for WCAT and WAP to never address this accident on my behalf.

WCB had many additional relating documents that they failed to turn over. I was asked if I wanted a copy of my file for $25.i agreed. I had many documents in my possession for years that was not included with this copy of my file. I asked that they be sent to me. I never received a response. I was not aware at that time that there was many documents wrote by the hierarchy of WCB that were stripped from my file. I sent all the documentation on my toxic chemical accident to the Director Of Workers Advisory Ms.Anne Clark. I included a copy of my accident report stating the chemicals I mixed and Hospital Records for the day of the accident by these two Doctors. I explained I had a case pending at Workers Advisory that did not include the accident that was the cause of my Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease. She acknowledged my letter and stated she would not only abide by my request but that she had additional’medical evidence to add’. She did not send me a copy of this mysterious’additional medical evidence’. She went one better as part of her agreement to deny me due process Anne Clark sent me a copy of my file with all the additional documentation WCB withheld until she closed the door on me. By Law WCAT could not re-visit a claim once they rendered a decision on the claim.

The Supreme Court recently reversed that decision but I could never return to this bunch of criminals regardless what changes are made to the Law. I laid a complaint against the six Lawyers from WAP and WCAT that participated to deny me due process. I added the Justice Minister Michael Baker name to the complaint because he was asked to investigate and report to me but he would not. The Society dismissed my complaint by stating Lawyers at WCAT and WAP have Rules and Regulations they have to follow. They overlooked that this was my complaint they failed to follow the rules. They did not even provide a reason for dismissing my complaint against Justice Minister Michael Baker.

The College Of Physicians and Surgeons used similar tactics when I laid a complaint against the two Doctors Roger Michael and Gordon Mahaney.The good news is I now have a wonderful Doctor as well specialist Dr.Nancy Morrison (bless her hearth) removed all the harmful short lasting medication that I have been on for 20 years and replaced it with a variety of long lasting puffers. The Wheels of Justice failed me. Both Anne Clark and the chief Appeals Commissioner were asked to deny me due process. They agreement with Government was this. WCAT ask WAP for a supplementary update without my knowledge without any mention of my toxic chemical accident. I would be notified via a copy of this update landing in my mailbox after the closing date for submissions expired. I of course never heard of the Lawyer in my life prior to him (Terrence Brown) writing this report. He never even numbered each page of the seven-page document. WCAT approved my pending claim and stated neither party presented ‘any new evidence’. I now receive $524 a month from WCB. I tasked many MLA’s to make WCB address this Miscarriage of Justice but the code of silence prevails no matter where I try. In closing if I may I would suggest that injured workers make MLA’s change the legislation that works against injured workers and insist they do more then provide lip service to WCB issues. They put my family and me through hell and as you know this is routine behavior.

Sincerely
Everett Petrie
Eastern Passage N.S.

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