EXXON Valdez - Alyeska Responds

March 24^th 1989 - The Alyeska 5^th Floor Bragaw Response Video -----

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcsF_QkMCpQ

The Alyeska HR CUNTS

The Alyeska Pipeline Service Company Legacy = The 5th Floor Bragaw with its executive enema men and the HR CUNTS in tow! I guess one could say the "Filth Floor Bragaw" fits. And NOT to forget that “legacy” allowed for the EXXON Valdez “Wreck”. 

Vocal Union Supporter = My MO

Yes, I was a “Vocal Union Supporter” while assigned to the Valdez Marine Terminal in the 70s through mid-80s, and that “screaming out loud” my dissatisfaction can’t get no satisfaction, well best said through Bob Dylan;

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Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
Rip down all hate, I screamed
Lies that life is black and white
Spoke from my skull I dreamed

And the Alyeska “mental mindset” of the 5^th Floor Bragaw Street Enema Boys that hated that disposition in leaky diapers, the fact that a “Union” was crawling up George Nelson’s ass. So what to do, throw all available resources at ripping down that “Made in America” Union drive that was trying to fight that on-the-job “half-wracked prejudice” fostered by a “white supremist” movement and trying to STOP drunk tanker crews from…what happens when you take your eye off the problems! And Alyeska will be forever remembered as the company that ruined Prince William’s Sound - still today with stubborn signs of lingering crude oil! Not something to be proud of, forever tarnished. As I travel the nation sea to shining sea, mention Alyeska and the Trans-Alaska-Pipeline with other true-grit Americans enjoying retirement what did you do for a living, people associate that company with the EXXON Valdez “wreck” on Bligh Reef. And yes, had we been successful in that “Union”, that sad morning of March 24 in 1989 would have been “business as usual” as by then we would have already STOPPED the recklessness of the Filth Floor Bragaw Enema Boys! The Cowitts know who I am talking about! Just a reminder as you enjoy that Uncle Al “golden poop chute” haggis!

It Ain’t Over ‘Till the FAT ALEXa Sings…or the Pipeline Raven Farts!

“I have a Dream” & “Free at Last, Free at Last” the famous words of Martin Luther King Jr…it resonates today more then ever before. And not only for the Black-Lives-Matter “monument” taking over the Confederate “statues of shame” sea to shining sea as this courageous “movement” should, but for my own “I have a Dream”. That I would finally be exonerated by the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company “my dedication as a valued employer” once-upon-a-time, before getting “blacklisted” for caring - about safety and trying my best at doing things right in conflict with a reckless management mindset that went pissed off at “whistleblowers” and pleased off with “Shoot the Messenger”. Even if that “Messenger” was trying to WARN the Valdez management that drunk tanker captains at the helm of a 214861 DWT steel hull filled with 1480000-barrels of hazardous cargo - like North Slope Crude Oil - well it don’t mix! I mean Bligh Reef ain’t no longer safe for shorebirds with that kind of dereliction the conviction to environmental responsibility! Like with Little Mara-Lago’s under-aged girls forced to have sex with Prince Andrew, well Prince William was also under duress this brazen statutory rape by drunken pirates of the Alaskan oil trade. And no doubt about it, even though Alyeska did not have control of the gas pedal on Joe Hazelwood’s EXXON Valdez on a “joy ride” of doom in 1989, the company controlled the “clutch” in that 1000-foot “causeway” that was Captain Joe’s escape route to destruction. Yes, Joe could have and should have been arrested before he set foot on that tanker back in March of 1989, by Alyeska’s very own security detail denying access then EXXON would say “Joe You’re Fired”. But back then complacency ruled Alyeska’s wherewithal, not only with environmental risks as “bigotry” was also a well-established trait the company could not “fix”, like that was also condoned so survived.  I spoke up upon all things considered in “ugliness” and paid for it dearly my career cut short. And the only reason I bring up the famous wreck, well in retirement and traveling and telling other retirees what I did for a living, mention the pipeline and Valdez, guilty by association like an automatic Peyronies.

But today I feel “Exonerated”, so who cares about that Reef that still feels the dire-straits effect of crude oil haphazardly dumped overboard and who cares about the effect of “racism” on-the-job, as many of those individuals that had to put up with it - RIP! Some lost, some…today I am the winner! And so I proclaim, “Free at Last, Free at Last” as in a recent correspondence from Betsy Haines as Uncle’ Al’s Vice President of “Operations and Maintenance” in mouthpiece, in a follow up correspondence wherein I questioned as to why Alyeska was facing stiff penalties from the Department of Labor due numerous “Serious” OSHA violations, Betsy thanked me!  A sincere thanks, my exoneration for still being concerned about worker safety with her words not mine in effect; “and I’m glad you are still concerned with the safe operation of TAPS”. Wow, it only took how many years, as once “blacklisted” on the Alaska oil scene, work becomes tough. After being targeted as a “Vocal Rebel Rabble-Rouser” in voicing out loud the derelictions listed above in Valdez, the only reason I was able to sustain continued employment in Alaska’s “Big Oil” was the fact I had superiority commendations from the “Owner Company”, for my due diligence in dedication to doing things right, for my own well-being and that of my fellow workers. OK, at last count this “glad” in “Exoneration” some 30-years by now in overdue. OK, let me regurgitate all about this “current” recklessness that Betsy denies with Alyeska already contesting the DOL, on what the investigator inspectors of the OSHA under DOL under Antonin Scalia’s son - maybe Trump cares about the workers. But the defense to this DOL mandated “Penalty” due OSHA violations, that being initiated by Alyeska in contest what was found during an “un-scheduled” visit, well the fact this company is now highlighted for such abuse on the DOL web-site designed for “Transparency” and titled “Enforcement Cases with Initial Penalties of $40000 or Above”( https://www.osha.gov/enforcement/toppenalties/bystate), aka “GUILITY” it speaks for itself. And with Alyeska it reeks of déjà vu all over again and I fear the career of the “Whistleblower” - LOOK OUT is my sentiment!

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On 12/4/2019, the United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration, through its integrated State of Alaska field office(AKOSH), initiated an “un-announced inspection” at the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company’s “Valdez(Alaska) Marine Terminal”. Alyeska is responsible for the “Operation & Maintenance” of the 800-mile Trans-Alaska-Pipeline. It appears from the DOL record that this “inspection” was based on a “whistle-blower” complaint, most likely due what was perceived as on-the-job OSHA violations. And the way things are supposed to work within the rank and file with Alyeska including contractors, a concern over safety is supposed to stay a local issue and only when stubbornness rules, then one is allowed to move concerns up the “poop chutes and sleazy ladders”…as it is a game! Look, if the local can’t fix it the reason they don’t want to fix it, so YES it becomes a game.

Now following this “un-announced inspection” and what was witnessed by the DOL/OSHA/AKOSH inspectors, on 5/26/2020 the DOL/OSHA “Enforcement” sector levied a penalty of $404602 against Alyeska for 31 “Serious” violations along with extended penalties in the amount of $311313 culminating from an additional 22 “Serious” safety violations through contractor(s) obligation in remission at the Valdez facility/site. In total, you can perform the simple addition, but what is more alarming then $money$ for fines is the penalty citations for Alyeska and its contractors, accounting for 306 “Safety Violation Instances” and 993 “Worker Exposures” consistent with the violations acknowledged during the inspection. As witnessed and recorded at the time of the initial inspection, the violations ranged from the risk of “excessive noise” to exposure to “highly explosive & highly hazardous chemicals” to “cancer causing ceramic refractory fibers” present and many instances of BETX/M(Benzene-Ethylene-Toluene-Xylene and M-phthalodinitrile) exposure, risks levels in excess allowed by the “lawman” in protection of workers engaged in the pipeline activities. It makes one sick just to fathom what these workers were subject to, like slave labor! It is noted that BETX is an age old worker exposure problem for Alyeska that dates back since inception of the pipeline in operation to transport “crude oil”. An analysis of the complaint and inspection result is very disturbing, as during the 80s through the 90s, I was a worker at the “Terminal” that witnessed the same type and kind of on-the-job safety concerns. Like in that past, again it appears a dereliction the conviction to make sure the work environment is safe and work allowed to be performed safely and NEVER placing the workers in harm’s way at any expense, just do it right. But when a complaint has to be filed for outside interference in help, that means someone is not listening and the obligation for local oversight is missing-in-action, and thus it requires that “unwanted” outside interference to terminate the abuse. Sad, that this was already a war fought by dedicated employees, many that found that career with the “Pipeline People” sabotaged by an ugly management style that excelled in a message from the top of a “Shoot the Messenger” mandate, instead of exhausting resources to “fix” the safety problems. Look, when the local management did not take our concern about the drunk tanker crews seriously, we decided our only hope to STOP a wreck recking the Sound, was to “Unionize”. And instead of taking our concerns to heart, resources were then directed to fight that “Union” and Joe had his heyday joy riding. So it appears déjà vu all over again, as to see this sizable “penalty” for so many “Serious” violations so many workers possibly exposed, it begs at what the hell is going on at the helm?

Once upon a time the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company was known as the “Best of the Best”. I was part of that effort, but it was a short-lived victory as deep down inside…well the reason drunk tanker captains get away with heinous crimes on the high seas and “white supremist” allowed to hock their racism goods on-the-job for way too long, like it was condoned. Only in “laughter is the best medicine” does Alyeska find a justifiable existence as a reputable company, in my book my experiences. But no doubt that Alyeska in the category of the “Best of the Best”, it went out the window in abandonment many years ago and once gone, it never returned. No matter how many “fluff & feather” awards the company was able to squander over the years…let me be more specific why that company deserves no accolades for anything in a “Best of the Best” category as this most recent “Penalty” by the DOL is testament, that it required an “outside interference”. But Alyeska will use its political stroke to demand retribution, same old story! So as a gage, watch what happens to those “penalties”! And yes Betsy, I always cared about worker safety and still do, does anybody else? But I don’t get paid for caring!

And to all the retired “Cowitts” that dishonored worker loyalty and honored instead a commitment to “kiss everything that smells of an asshole 800-miles long a trail of tears who cares” and placed that “golden parachute” obligation “I can take it with me” over the righteousness of the workers back in the 80s and 90s, remember that the “blood” of the EXXON Valdez is on your hands. And the stench of the wreck still lingers the shore-lines of Prince William Sound - no different then the lingering  filth of a Jeffrey Epstein finger fucking! Free at Last? Not this guy, take your accolades and shove it as when I said I ain’t working here no more, I meant it! And words od wisdom and a warning to that “whistleblower”…you did what was necessary, but watch your back!

The Pipeline Raven has farted!

Dear Honorable Lisa Murkowski(R-Alaska)

Dear Honorable Lisa Murkowski(R-Alaska);

On 5/26/20 the Department of Labor/OSHA Enforcement cited the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company as “Operator” of the Trans-Alaska-Pipeline for “31 Serious OSHA Violations”, in calling out on-the-job worker exposure to BETX and asbestos and “Other” derelictions in regulated activities. And following its enforcement investigation, Eugene Scalia’s DOL levied a penalty of $404602, wherein a majority of the violations found the “maximum penalty” applied, which is based on the gravity/seriousness of the individual violations. It appears this DOL/OSHA inquiry came about by a “complaint” from a concerned worker at the Valdez Marine Terminal. And because of the DOL/OSHA “transparency” to WARN the public of entities that engage in egregious violations, the APSC was listed on the DOL site for “Enforcement Cases with Initial Penalties of $40,000 or Above”. At the same time, 4 other contractors at the Alyeska Valdez facility faced similar “penalties”(26 Serious/$269633 fine) and in total the combined penalty/fine approaches ¾ of a million dollars - in this day and age it is bad business such blatant disregard “worker safety” in violation! This DOL report finds the same type of violations that “whistleblowers” complained about in the past and then found themselves targeted in a “Shoot the Messenger” verdict and here we are déjà vu once again, especially with the cancer causing “BETX” concerns in “worker exposure”. What is also of grave concern, the investigative reporting of violations in “instances and worker exposures”! It appears from the reports made public, that “crews” were exposed, not just a few individuals in lab coats. This should not be happening with Alyeska after so many years in operation and heavily regulated by outside oversight, supposedly! It appears that it is more of the same with Alyeska not learning from past mistakes and maybe the management thought that when Scalia was named as Donald Trump’s appointee to the DOL that all “oversight” would end or loosen up, as the Governor of Alaska is “pro-business pro-oil” and that is when “safety” goes by the wayside - when “oversight” is remiss in its duties due political pressures. What else has allowed this to happen, I reiterate “again”. Something has gone drastically wrong with Alyeska’s management with respect to “worker safety” and the influence that “management mindset” held upon its contractors to perform within the intent of the law in regulation of “worker safety”. Like in an “our way or the highway” for the contractors as they should know better to not deviate from responsibilities, mostly Native Alaskan entities under such pressure. I believe it may be time once again for Congress to get involved, with “oversight hearings” as when we see this kind of malfeasance happening all over again, is another EXXON Valdez on the horizon?  So, I request that as the senior U.S. Senator for Alaska, it is your due diligence duty to get to the bottom of this latest  DOL Enforcement “mess” at Alyeska, as it seems to be once again worker safety in dereliction in question. Please remember that when this happened back in the 80s and 90s, the workers in concern had to resort to outside help because of no sincere interest from Alaska’s very own delegation - specifically Don Young and his “beanie cap” in disgrace the merits of Congress. Outside interference is not needed, but someone in authority in representation needs to “prioritize” this latest dereliction by the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company its conviction upon worker safety, as I am sure an expanded investigation would find the same safety concerns all along that 800-miles of pipe, not just a localized concern in Valdez. Sincerely submitted, S. Pam McGee - AMERICAN PATRIOT

Lipstick on a Pipeline PIG Lip Service Leadership in Penalty Box

The Alyeska Pipeline "Leadership" Team in the DOL/OSHA "Penalty Box"...so what else is NEW! WOW, maybe BETX is a fix for the Covid!

More Cowitt Cowbell Please!

Alyeska Pipeline Service Company's Valdez Operations faces $715,915.00 DOL Penalty, for worker exposure to BETX/BEMX and asbestos and...When I first received a subscriber’s “WARNING of DOL Violation Detail” courtesy the United States Department of Labor, well with what comes from the Trump Turmoil Administration I thought it was a late day April Fool’s joke - but it is July 4^th! So the fake left can no longer say Trump has done nothing as Commander-in-Relief, as to slap the Alyeska Pipeline Servitude Company with a “humongous” $fine$ when Don Young remains on the pedestal as the oldest living House of Nancy artifact since B.C., it is something theft defying in this day and age of “what worker rights” and well…an Hysterical Paroxysm! Maybe déjà vu with the 5^th Floor Bragaw Street mentality this “humongous” VIOLATION laughing matter orgasm. OK that scene of the crime spree was vacated a long time ago but hysteria repeats itself as in the “widow’s disease”, so maybe Alaska should prepare itself for another EXXON Valdez and while at it in preparedness another round of the Barrett “White Supremist” bowel influence days completes the repeat. Hysteria hysterectomy as it looks like Alyeska and its spit-slime image is already celebrating its 50-Anniversity! Wow with “Lions and Tigers and Bears”. Correction: With “Benzene and Toluene and Xylene” along with the noise makers for the party goers and asbestos hazards as party favors. As like in the days of old, Alyeska once again found itself the target for “hazardous duty preoccupation” as Scalia’s Department of Labor has “cited” the “I Don’t Care Do U”…for real, under a Trump appointee that is known for frequenting the WWV stage to break faces, well looks like good ‘ol Uncle Al is back at its old ways and means “asleep at the wheel”. See Eugene Scalia cited the “Best of the Best Pipeline People” with…drum roll please, 43 violations wherein 38 characterized as “SERIOUS” and garnishing the “maximum” fine allowed under the Federal Government’s “Hazardous Worksites” monitoring program. We never saw this kind of policing oversight, not under Bush or Obama the tides they are a changin’. Looks like “Great Lip-service Leadership” once again at Alyeska, maybe the executives should move back to Bragaw - might be easier hiding the “Truth” as an excuse. But what I find revealing at the same time over concerning this $400000 penalty and as advertised on the DOL site for “penalties greater the $40k” as a way to signal out the industry abusers in transparency, wherein Alyeska was not cited any dereliction to protect the workers for at least the last 5-years? What asbestos, because all the years I worked at Alyeska down yonder end-of-the-line Valdez, we were told there was no “asbestos” on the jobsite? Maybe it is time for some “class-act action” to hell with the Covid my coughing is from asbestosis or for real “refractory ceramics”! That Centerpoint religious leadership should be ashamed that after all these years it is still…some more of the same the George Mucous Nelson way or the highway just more Cowitt Cowbell. RIP Ray Marcy!

The Barrett White Supremist Influence

As the “Lead Technician” for the I&E Department at the Valdez Marine Terminal, it was my duty to make sure the work-crew was never placed in harm’s way. Those that worked the “pipeline” more than likely had no idea the “complexity” of the “Terminal” in comparison to a typical “pumping station” and since I worked both the “Beginning & End” of the line, I know the difference. While in Valdez, for most of my honorable career that found “Letters of Commendation” from the “Owner Company”, it was under the wings of Lynn McArthur - need I say more this man the epitome and the Alyeska “legacy” of that “Best of the Best”. Until he was taken down for standing up for worker “rights”. There existed a whole lot of management dereliction in duty in Valdez for way too long not a one-off situation. At least so on the subject of “conviction” and it appeared there was a “Don’t give a shat” management style attitude that was promoted from the top, when George Mucous Nelson was at the helm - the 5^th Floor of Bragaw and his HR whores. But in Valdez, regardless of that executive Filth Floor Bragaw hand-me-down attitude “my shat don’t stink”, we had a very important job to do and we did it to the best of our ability. Our commitment, even when our efforts compromised, we helped the pipeline throughput meet the goals in excellence. And not to forget the weather attribute the workers in Valdez had to contend with, as unlike the pipeline and pump stations, a majority of the control system’s equipment was situated “outside” in the elements and it was not unusual in efforts to get to a pressure transmitter, it required a snow shovel. But the weather was something we could adjust to and manage our activities safely, just dress for the occasion as there came days wherein for that 12-hour shift it meant at least 10-hours out in the cold and wet. And work at the loading berths, always cold as there came the influence of the open water. That duffle-bag of winter gear given out at Basic Training when hired, always used in Valdez and on the pipeline, it remained in the locker. But what was a challenge we could not get used to and really not part of the job, day-in and day-out putting up with inebriated crewmen returning from the Pipeline Club after an all-night bender. Funny, that the “Yellow Cab” with a crew of un-able bodied seamen could get through the Dayville Road “Security Gate” easier then when Nelson showed up - it’s all about attitude! And we also had to contend with the Barrett “White Supremacy” nationalist movement - that was being shoved down our throats on-the-job and off-the-job, unabated it seemed. Look, under-the-influence was one thing and any confrontations at the berths with unruly crewmen quickly halted by the showing of a Rigid-18” pipe wrench, well that “White Supremist” movement in our face was not so easy to put aside and no matter how much friction this Barrett “White Supremist” movement disrupted our peace and quiet in tranquility we are not interested in “bigotry”, it appeared the local Valdez-Alyeska management was frightened away from stepping up to the plate and stopping it. So we got sick and tired of the Barrett literature that was handed out on-the-job like candy, sometimes at “plant wide safety meetings” with wording to the effect; “those who were once citizens to Puerto Rico, Mexico, Israel, the Orient, and Africa, non-whites especially blacks, were inferior. The Negro race... possess[es] no creativity of its own [and] pulls the vitality away from civilization. We advocate sterilization and abortions of the "unfit”(Barrett 1982). Stuff re-copied, stuff that reeked in Neo-Nazism copied on Alyeska “copy machines” on company time. For real, one time I was called to the Thermal Oxidizers because of “black smoke” coming out of the stacks, looked great against the serene snow-covered mountains surrounding the “Terminal”. Only to find the control room abandoned by the “white supremist” lead operator busy at the copy machine in the OMS office and try to convince this “bigot” his stuff was out-of-control? Best get used to the “N” word and “F” word - where’s the soap! And IMAGINE receiving a “Hot Work Permit” to work on the “Oxidizer” that was approved with a swastika stamp? The reason we finally went fed up and when McArthur said he gave it all he had to get management to fix these problems, it was then that we decided our only protection was to “Unionize”. And we understood the repercussion with that our own “movement” to fight the “bigotry” and drunks, but we were desperate for help, even if it meant interference from “outsiders”. And when we decided it time for a concerted effort to be represented on-the-job, it wasn’t about the pay and benefits but sick and tired of the “bigotry” and instead of Alyeska hearing out our cries and heeding a warning, they put up resources to fight our plight which meant the Barrett movement continued on as did the drunk tanker crews get more brazen. Then came the EXXON Valdez “wreck”, could have should have been avoided as the tanker crew drinking was well known about - as Valdez was a small town as was the Barrett “White Supremacy” never timely addressed, as it started in 1979 and was not “killed” until 1989. Yes, 10-years after! Alyeska was very generous to the Valdez community, especially with things like a kid “Halloween Party” open to Alyeska workers and anybody needing something to do with kids, but when the kid of the Alyeska manager thought a KKK hood was a costume for the occasion? And it was just more of the same sentiment “boys will be boys” and for me? “You can take this job and shove it”…I tried moving North, to get away from the “bigotry” only to find more problems, like “nepotism”and a cut-throat management style…so “I ain’t working here no more”! IMAGINE, Corporate Responsibility that sounded great when the Filth Floor Bragaw executives showed up at the Anchorage Rotary Club “luncheon” when for 10-years drunks roamed the “Terminal” harassing the dedicated workers as did the Barrett “Bigotry” survive a reign of terror in “harassment”. So much for a “Code of Conduct”, especially the Chapter on “Shoot the Messenger”!