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Detroit Diesel / Is This Safe ?

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Gerry Duffett

09-10-2005 04:49:54




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Jan 11 2005

To Whom It May Concern.

Wow what an experience.
I was employed at Gal Power Systems in Mississauga to work on diesel generator systems.
I was working on a pair of 16 v 92 Detroit diesel generator sets at 4160 volt at a facility called the South West Regional Centre in Chatham Ontario.
I was requested by the project manager Moe Gallick of the Ontario Realty Corporation to supply and install some fuel system components at an Ontario Provincial Police transmitter tower close by.
When I went there to do the work I saw that this was an old abandoned site no longer in use.
I was let into the building and began work.
As I was working I noticed the building had a an unusual amount of rat poison or toxic chemicals distributed inside the building.
No breathing equipment or protective clothing were supplied by either my employer Gal Power Systems , The Ontario Realty Corporation or the Ontario Provincial Police.
Mr Gallick did not spend very much time in the building.
I did not complete the work.
Shortly after this I had to seek medical attention within the Ministry of Health and was off work for close to a year.
This was a deliberate act.
I almost died.
This act of incompetence was the end of a series of poisonings that started a couple of years earlier when I was working at Harper Detroit Diesel on a project at Mississauga Hydro , probably continued when I was hired by Thomson Technology in British Columbia and almost ended in my death at Gal Power Systems.
Talk about bad politics or a toxic work place.
That's kind of the ultimate.
Some people say there is no corruption here in Canada.
The harassment in my workplaces to date with snide and off colour comments about my mental health are unbelievable and intolerable. There is much more to the story.

Gerry Duffett
14-4218 Lawrence Ave E Box 218
Scarborough Ontario Canada M1E4X9

Pager # 416-612-5689

gerryduffett@fastmail.ca
gerryduffett47@yahoo.com


Jan 11 2004 To Whom It Might Concern.

Here is a copy of a letter I sent to the Toronto Sun newspaper about an article that was published.This incident that happened to me is an odd health and safety issue. Here is a situation where a union might have made a difference. I will be sending more letters to various groups in the up coming year. Hi Mr Margolis.

I found your article about Edwin P. Wilson all too frightening and hits me personally way too close to home. I was working at Harper Detroit Diesel in Toronto and one of my co workers or somebody in my customer base or the competition started poisoning my food over a period of months. I almost died. I had worked in the diesel generator industry for twenty two years as a field service technician at a variety of dealers and distributors based mostly out of the Toronto area. In this position I worked in and around all types of generator set applications such as apartment buildings, schools, retail stores, hospitals, marine units, data centres, airports, telephone switching centres, or just about anywhere you would find a generator set.This position also took me into a lot of high security buildings or buildings that you don't need to know exist. Some of the customers I have dealt with include Metropolitan Toronto Police, the Ontario Provincial Police, the R.C.M.P., Bell Canada, Transport Canada, Navigation Canada, Public Works Canada, Department of National Defence, the Ontario Realty Corporation, Nexacor Realty, AT&T, Cantel, C.I.D.A., External Affairs, and many, many more. I did quite a bit of work on high security micro wave and fibre optics communication links all around North America. This is where this poisoning comes from. One person I worked 15 yrs with on these systems, who I had not seen in 4 yrs, called me at home one night in the middle of this series of poisonings, who I didn't even know had my home phone number and asked "aren't you dead yet". I wound up on the West Coast of Canada standing in a parking lot with what were suppose to be Chinese Nationals from F.E.T.A.C. being photographed by the R.C.M.P. as part of a smear campaign.The worst part of all of this is Gerry Duffett almost died, thats me. The next worst part of all of this, is this is my tax dollars paying these freaks. I wonder how many times a day this goes on. I still don't know who poisoned me. I was off work for almost one year. I can now 5 yrs later barely hold a full time job. The harassment in my work place is unbelievable as far as off colour and snide comments about my mental health. There is much more to the story. My pager # is 416-612-5689.

Thank you.

Gerry Duffett. 14-4218 Lawrence Ave E Box 218 Scarborough Ontario Canada M1E4X9 gerryduffett@fastmail.ca gerryduffett@canada.com gerryduffett47@yahoo.com P.S. Just in the last couple of years a new fibre optics system was installed in Ontario to link all the power generation stations to one central control centre code named Ledcor. Don't tell anybody you know that, somebody might try to kill you.

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MarkB_MI

09-10-2005 13:27:31




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 Re: Detroit Diesel / Is This Safe ? in reply to Gerry Duffett, 09-10-2005 04:49:54  
Mr. Duffett, or someone claiming to be Gerry Duffett, has been posting this message all over the place. Just google on "Gerry Duffett".

Dunno what you want, Gerry, but this a pretty poor way to go about it. If you've got a beef with somebody, hire a lawyer.



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Can't even use my name

09-10-2005 10:58:09




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 Re: Detroit Diesel / Is This Safe ? in reply to Gerry Duffett, 09-10-2005 04:49:54  
Hmmm. I think baling hay in 90+ temps should be illegal, it definately can't be safe can it? Fortunately for me I am smart enough that if something smells like it may kill me I leave quickly.



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Redmud

09-10-2005 08:08:29




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 Re: Detroit Diesel / Is This Safe ? in reply to Gerry Duffett, 09-10-2005 04:49:54  
Detroit Diesels are safe enough if you wear ear protection while in the vicinity of one running at high RPM. They are safe enough untill some dummy cleanup man starts changing governor settings. At which time all other personnel should be at least one hundred foot from said engine. And anytime the cleanup man tells you that he can turn up the RPM's on your Detroit, always ask, if he can do it using only one hand? If the answer is yes, ask which hand he will be using? Then cuff the other hand to the governor housing and leave the area.

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Cynicism Runs Rampant

09-10-2005 06:54:50




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 Re: Detroit Diesel / Is This Safe ? in reply to Gerry Duffett, 09-10-2005 04:49:54  
Hell, just blame it on Bush and be done with it.



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buickanddeere

09-10-2005 06:37:34




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 Re: Detroit Diesel / Is This Safe ? in reply to Gerry Duffett, 09-10-2005 04:49:54  
Hmmmmm mmm. However that's kind of an open letter and leaving yourself wide open. I do understand your being frustrated. And yes it's not the 1st time somebody with a legitimate concern was "quieted" in order to cover some "behinds" higher up. There was that poor smuck that was poisoned in the Armed Forces and has been stone walled the whole way. Plus there are how many cases of Walkerton Water poisoning from e-coli and heavy metals from the battery plant. Hundreds of legitimate claims and concerns are being buried by government bureaucrats who know what is good for their carriers.
In you line of work you have been exposed to old diesel fuel, lube oil and algae growth. Then there is all the mold, must, dust and bird crap dust you have breathed in or had on your hands during lunch. And how much microwave energy have you absorbed? You do sound a little like radiation poisoning as well. I hate to break it to you but.....Even if anything you and myself have though of as possible problems are true. "You can't fight city hall". Discrediting you is the fastest and easiest way to get rid of you. Getting you worked up and frustrated is part of the game. About all you can do is document everything the best you can and make certain your insurance and affairs of your estate are in order. Then go fishing with the kids/grandkids and enjoy what you can. As bad as it maybe. You are not the 1st person to be harmed in the workplace. Asbestos, uranium mining, refinery workers making leaded gasoline, any industry making of using organic chemicals. even farmers breathing in mold and dust from hay, grain and manure. Even working in the great outdoors can aggravate skin cancer.

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Allan in NE

09-10-2005 05:41:00




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 Re: Detroit Diesel / Is This Safe ? in reply to Gerry Duffett, 09-10-2005 04:49:54  
Not to Worry,

Every time I eat rat poison, I feel a little wobbly too.

Allan



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Delbert from Lincoln

09-10-2005 11:27:09




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 Re: Detroit Diesel / Is This Safe ? in reply to Allan in NE, 09-10-2005 05:41:00  
I take 1 1/4 MG of Coumadin (wararin) a day for heart condition. I don"t know if it better to die fromn the heart conditiion or from the Warfarin.



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Waldork

09-10-2005 07:53:17




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 Re: Detroit Diesel / Is This Safe ? in reply to Allan in NE, 09-10-2005 05:41:00  
It is safe and approved.

Now get back to work!



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