Questions have been raised over Fortescue Metals Group Limited’s
(ASX:FMG) safety record after the company’s operations reported the third fatality in three years.
Special directions have now been issued from The West Australian Department of Mines and Petroleum to the Pilbara focussed iron ore miner geared at improving its safety procedures. Regulatory intervention comes after Fortescue yesterday informed the market a contractor employee had died from an accident.
The 23-year old male is understood to have been working in the heavy vehicle workshop at the Christmas Creek site in Western Australia when the accident occurred.
Fortescue voluntarily initiated a temporary suspension of surface mining operations following the incident and told the market it expected regulatory investigations to start immediately.
Fortescue Metals Group reported a net profit of $1.9 billion in the 2013 financial year.
