'Why weren't we told?' Orica's community reference group members want answers

Picture shows Orica Community Reference Group members Keith Craig (top left) and John L Hayes (bottom left). Main picture by Jonathan Carroll.

Members of Orica's community reference group say they were kept in the dark over the exposure of Kooragang Island workers to extremely high levels of potentially deadly cobalt dust.

The company was fined $1.2 million after pleading guilty to repeatedly exposing workers to high-risk dust particles known to cause serious illness and death.