Truck drivers on Mineral Resources’ crash-plagued haul road have been pressured to work beyond regulated hours and falsify their timesheets in order to keep to the loss-making miner’s breakneck iron ore shipment schedule, a whistleblower has alleged.
“Systemic driver fatigue driven by coercion, unsafe directives, and a workplace culture that prioritises production over safety ... are putting drivers and the public at serious risk,” the former driver at MinRes subsidiary CSI Mining Services cited in a complaint to Western Australia’s work safety watchdog.
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Mark Di Stefano is Rear Window columnist, based in the Sydney newsroom. He previously worked at BuzzFeed, the Financial Times and The Information before joining the Financial Review as a media and tech correspondent. Connect with Mark on Twitter. Email Mark at [email protected]
Mark Wembridge covers resource companies for The Australian Financial Review, based in Perth. He formerly worked for the Financial Times in London and Hong Kong. Connect with Mark on Twitter. Email Mark at [email protected].
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