The CFMEU has slammed the Trade Unions Royal Commission for making recommendations on safety without consultation.
National Construction Secretary Dave Noonan says neither he nor any rank and file members or developers were called to give evidence about working with the union to improve safety.
"How can you make findings about an organisation when you didn't even bother to ask the equivalent of the CEO any questions about it is just extraordinary," he told reporters in Sydney on Wednesday.
Recommendations from the commission include changes to right of entry laws which permit union officials entering worksites in the event of safety breaches, after finding CFMEU officials sometimes ignored entry rules or abused Fair Work inspectors.
But Mr Noonan said the safety of workers was a priority and there were cases where the union could provide photo and video evidence of serious safety breaches that would put the lives of workers at risk.
"(Dyson Heydon) has never worked on a building site, wouldn't know safety if he fell over it. The most serious risk he faces at work is a paper cut or indigestion after a big lunch and I think that it's an absolute disgrace that he's made recommendations that are designed to make safety in the construction industry worse," he said.
The report also identified six CFMEU officials to be referred to prosecutors.
"I want to make it clear when it comes to corruption our union has absolutely no tolerance for it, we've acted in the past before this royal commission, we've acted during the royal commission and we'll act in the future where we have to," he said.
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