Mike Pearson's Adventures on a Pale Blue Dot

  A Collection of News Articles About Sam Fitzpatrick's 2009 Death on a Kiewit Project Squamish Chief Newspaper https://www.squamishchief.com/local-news/squamish-man-dies-at-toba-inlet-3338076 The WorkSafeBC report on the Sam Fitzpatrick workplace death on Kiewit project http://thetyee.ca/Documents/2013/04/07/Toba Inlet Worksafe Report.pdf Sam Cooper/ The Province Newspaper https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-province/20120513/281655367103737?srsltid=AfmBOoqo12MWnxyhX_L0rJuuBG2Sj0Bf1uA9_hpqJ3GAayAoEeIpXs1e Construct Connect https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/others/2009/03/kiewit-rock-scaler-dies-at-toba-inlet-project-dcn032848w The Tyee https://thetyee.ca.nmsrv.com/Analysis/2019/09/02/Death-On-Job-Criminal-Trial-Contractor/ CBC Bethany Lindsay https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-sam-fitzpatrick-death-kiewit-eleventh-anniversary-1.5469468 Construct Connect https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/ohs/2021/09/timeline-the-case-of-kiewit-and-sam-fitzpa...

I wrote this song several years after my friend, Brian Fitzpatrick died. Press play in the above Youtube video. For my friend, Brian Fitzpatrick ( Fitz) by Mike Pearson Brian's son, Sam Fitzpatrick was killed on a Kiewit corporation project in the steep mountains of Toba Inlet in 2009. Fitz and I went into battle against the giant American corporation when they refused to take any responsibility for Sam's death. Fitz fought heroically, and with dogged determination. The battles with the WorksafeBC system...The very flawed WCAT appeal process all took a toll.All the challenges were met with intelligence, good humour and the belief that we were on the right side. After years of bureaucratic struggle, Fitz finally persuaded the RCMP to lay charges against the company and two supervisors, Tim Rule and Jerry Karjala. This was a game changer...nothing like this had ever happened with a workplace death in BC. Sam Cooper's 2012 article in the Province Newspaper....this story g...