Staff who were served steaks infested with maggots are threatening to quit a renewable energy build, it is claimed.
The Snowy Hydro 2.0 project in Australia's Kosciuszko National Park will provide an underground power station connected to 17 miles of tunnels.
However, employees have criticised safety standards and revealed photos of food riddled with maggots.
The Australian Workers’ Union released pictures of the maggot-infested steak, which they say was served to workers.
AWU New South Wales secretary Tony Callinan said that the catering highlighted broader problems with the way the site is being run, while claiming that prisoners receive better meals than staff on site.
“Supermax prisoners are served better food than the workers building Snowy Hydro 2.0,” Callinan said in a statement reported by 7news.com.au.
“You have workers living, literally locked up in a camp with limited recreational facilities in the middle of nowhere, being fed maggot-infested food.
“The site has an abysmal safety record. It’s an absolute pressure cooker right now.”
Callinan went on to claim that many of the workers had resorted to eating tinned tuna and two-minute noodle packs.
He also accused the joint venture overseeing the project of penny pinching in order to maximise profits.
Staff have reportedly regularly highlighted serious safety issues, with Callinan calling the site “a tragedy waiting to happen”.
