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Workers based at a Karratha mining camp were so sick, some “felt like they were dying” as a salmonella epidemic affected up to 50 FIFO workers, hospitalising at least 20 and leaving mattresses lining the porches of dongas.
Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union state secretary Mick Buchan believed poor camp conditions at Searipple Village had left subcontractors to a number of big mining companies seriously ill.
“It is a disgrace what is happening up there at the moment,” he said.
“This all goes down to the amenity providers and where their margins are being cut short.
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