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TOXIC MATERIAL DISCOVERED AFTER WIFE
WASHES WELDER'S CLOTHES
By Dwayne D. Eukel, Las Vegas
Tribune, 09-18-02
When
Jessie Battey's wife died January 26, 2001, he lost a best friend of 22
years. How she died is what makes every day thereafter a struggle
for the former welder.
One of
Battey's welding jobs was his participation in building Caesar's Palace
Tower number 2. Tommy Ford was the contractor of record.
Battey's wife died, according to Jessie and several Nevada doctors, of
"injuries sustained by shaking out his 'toxic filled
clothes'."
In a letter to State of Nevada Senator Raymond D.Rawson, dated
November 25, 2001, Jessie Battey told the senator of a toxic material that
had been introduced into the lungs of welders as they connected joints,
which inadvertently burned a calking used commonly in almost every
construction project.
Eventually
his wife contracted the toxin in her system as she daily shook out the
dust particles in his work clothes before washing them. This toxic
material has since been studied and some investigators say there is proof
the toxin is fatal in some cases.
But when Jessie Battey went to his supervisors with the
information, he was stiffly told to "keep his mouth shut about the
problem." Further, as he became more ill from breathing the toxic
material, as well as his wife, State Industrial Insurance System doctors
began a methodic cover-up of the toxic poisoning, which has continued to
this day.
According
to Jessie Battey, the cover-up was also perpetuated by contractor, Tommy
Ford. In a statement, which Jessie Battey has sent to every federal
agency in the country involved in the matter, he said, "The State of
Nevada has decided that it is appropriate to murder its' injured and
disabled, to avoid paying them 'just compensation' for their
injuries. Nevada's legislature has made laws that allow insurance
companies to deny medical care, food and lodging by use of fraud.
The U.S. Supreme Court has found this illegal since it conflicts with
federal civil rights laws. You would believe the Federal Justice
Department would explain this to Nevada, but it appears the Justice
officials don't care. We believe that if you or anyone else suffers
a catastrophic injury, Nevada's bureaucrats and others will deny you
medical care by the use of fraud, effectively murdering
you."
In the letter to Sen. Rawson, Battey states, "I continue to believe
that had we known about the toxin's danger we could have been treated and
recovered within a few weeks. I also believe Tommy Ford's cover-up
of this toxic poisoning is, in fact, murder, and conspiracy to commit
murder. I have no doubt that Tommy Ford will eventually be
prosecuted for what he has done, since there is no statute of limitations
on these crimes."
In a web
site, which Battey designed, intended to inform the public about the
"cover-up" he believes has taken place, he stated: "As far as we can
tell Nevada does not recognize civil rights or the rulings of the United
States Supreme court. We hope to change that by showing the world
Nevada's criminal behavior.
"We will begin by documenting what we call the Tommy Ford
conspiracy. We believe that this is only one of thousands of similar
conspiracies orchestrated by Nevada's bureaucracy and insurance
companies. To begin with, my wife Sandy slowly choked to death after
being exposed to toxins by Mr. Ford's conspiracy. She died January
26, 2001 at 4:00 p.m.
"I intend
to show Sandy as the sweet and loving person that she was, she never
intentionally hurt anyone, but I believe that Tommy Ford did not consider
this when he initiated his conspiracy, that I believe ultimately caused
her death.
"We have been trying since June 1997 to get an investigation of a
massive poisoning at Caesar's Palace tower No. 2, only to find that Nevada
has repeatedly covered up massive poisonings. Both Nevada Governor
Kenny Guinn and Congresswoman Shelley Berkely asked for an investigation
but Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa refused. It is probably
just as well, since it would most likely be a cover-up
anyway.
"When I was
first injured, I went to the doctor chosen by Horizon Comp-Care. I
believed they would test me and give me appropriate medical care.
Nothing could be further from the truth. I soon learned that their
job was to prevent me from documenting my injuries.
"After learning that Nevada's State Industrial Insurance System had
not reported my injuries to OSHE - Nevada's version of OSHA, I then
reported toxic poisoning to OSHE myself, only to find that OSHE
supervisor, Ron Parker, also was determined to cover up the truth about
the toxic poisoning of possibly hundreds of people.
"I have
learned that although Nevada's State Industrial Insurance System's own
Doctor, Dr. Craner, found in an investigation for SIIS that people were
being poisoned by toxins at the Sawyer Bldg (Nevada's Government Building
located in Las Vegas). He was promptly fired for his findings and
the employees of the building were denied medical care and work loss
compensation.
"Where was OSHE and its' supervisors, Ron Parker and Danny
Evans? Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers, Lee Davis, told me that
if I insisted on telling the truth about how many workers were injured, I
would never receive one cent from Nevada's SIIS for my
disability."
In an
on-going investigation by the Las Vegas Tribune, it may have already been
discovered that the same toxic material which permeated Battey's house and
allegedly killed his wife, was also present on the documents handed over
to Tribune investigators.
One of the reporters became ill
from handling the documents and had to have them removed until they could
be safely handled. An investigation into verifying if the dust
particles from the toxic materials which came from Battey's home was
somehow mixed with something else, or is injurious by itself, is under
way. A series of articles is being planned to investigate the
alleged cover-up and the toxic material, which may be a danger to many
other Nevada workers.
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