NSW: Union says M5 project is putting profits before safety

AAP General News (Australia)
01-17-2001
NSW: Union says M5 project is putting profits before safety

A construction union has accused a major building company of putting profits before
workers' safety, following an accident in Sydney's south last week in which a worker lost
part of his leg.

The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union has criticised Baulderstone Hornibrook
of using bully boy tactics to get work back on track.

A company spokesman says the union has raised vexatious safety concerns after an accident
on site near Brighton-Le-Sands last Friday, when a crane driver was trapped for …