“An article publistied in the |
pitch 27 ‘Terrace Standard

the: hazardous - “gas.
at. Mills -Memiorial

t. caused $300

parking my vehicle,
the vehicle parked

ing cart between it’s
d the front end of the

mers as par and |
% due to a recent acci-

ig it compressing

sterilizer was: installed i in the
tid 1970s.

Wrong!) Mills Memorial's

own: engineering .. records.

. dating. back more’. ‘than a
, dozen years clearly document
‘numerous. ” (occasions. when.
counts” were © considerably
_ higher than the recent
-Teading. “ ae

‘Mr. ‘Leisinge?” 3° ‘refusal to

‘consider such pertinent. data .
. might help. your. readers

understand the~ frustration
experienced by our members

*“gearching for answers to their

legitimate fears and con-
eerns. .Much . remains

. unknown ‘about’ Er0- safety -
*. ‘complaints. “thoroughly

- documented and reported by .
hospital . workers, - “KEU. 7

shopping cart laying on it’s
side right beside my vehicle.

. What appears to have hap- -
pened is one of the vehicles.
compressing the cart backed’.

- gut making the cart expand -
-and shoot out striking my °

‘vehicle.

“'; Fhe RCMP won't :take a.
report because it’s ‘under.
$500 damage. and ICBC .
won't cover it because il
doesn’t -fali . under.. any’ -

‘specific heading of damage. .
It’s not a ‘“hit-and run”
because an actual vehicle did *.
not hit mine and it's also not |
‘*yandatism”’
wasn't deliberate damage.

The only heading it fell under--
was collision, but ‘because I:
didn’t have the licence plate. -
senumbersiol mtu aenicls tg 3s
were no ohio 1d Baths
“comes. 55side the Sl area

: members: ‘working near the

gas sterilizer have suffered
burns, rashes and other Eto
related health’ problems yet
the hospital failed to’ act to ;

. improve’ safety.

‘The’ fact§-are clear. The

; hospital fell far short of safe-
"ty guidelines inthe Operation ° -
* of the gas sterilizer. - A’

‘ Worker’s
- Board’ March 15- -Teport lists

Compensation

several «deficiencies in the

hospital’s  EtO safety stan--

dards: including impropes

drainage, an’' inadequate
monitoring ‘aystern, ‘am in-°
complete preventative

among other faults, a
_ An Et0 sterilizer similar to
the one at Mills Memorial

from my collision coverage,

That meant I would have |
'o pay my deductible and -
lose my - safe-driving - dis- .
count. That. seems totally ;
‘tidiculous’ since" wasn't :
anywhere .near.. my vehicle ~

when alk this happened.

So now:1 amy stuck with a
‘$300 bill through. no fault of -:
my own. If the last, lazy per- :

son to use that cart had
feturned it. to its rightful,

from A5 A5 -

becaus
operating
: The “Hospital:

i ‘Employees’

Union will ‘make’ every effort
“to ensure: ‘the: ‘health care in-
dustry, fund: ‘an independent

ongoing study of the long

‘term effects-of EtO exposure:

on the’ health ‘of ail
employees i in, the health care
industry.

7 ‘Seetetary Business
Manager pay
Hospital: ©

Union,"
‘Vancouver, B.C.

r king courtesy y lacking

place, if consumers parking *

their vehicles were not too
darn lazy to: get out and
move the cart iristead of just
driving ‘up ‘against it, and if
people in general just had.a
little more regard for other

*. peaples property, I ‘believe
there: would be a ‘lot less

parking lot vehicle damage.

Sincerely Upset,
T. F. Franzmann.

Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 22, 1991 —

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