Premiership player Darren Glass has spent the last week living, eating and sleeping next to the workers at BHP's Port Haven camp as part of a partnership between the club and company to support physical and mental health and wellbeing of the regional workforce.
Customised training sessions, mentoring, nutrition, resilience and goal setting advice have all been part of the program, with 2006 flag-winning hero Glass among a host of Eagles swapping the blue and gold for orange.
Mr Glass said the opportunity to see how teams much larger than the Eagles work together to achieve a common goal had inspired and motivated him.
"We've come up here to help support he workers through a pretty tough time, everyone has had tremendous changes to their daily life in the last few months," he said.
"With a lot of these guys and girls now working longer rosters it's important we help maintain mental wellbeing and encourage a healthier life for anyone going through trouble.
"It's been great meeting everyone - there's a fair few Eagles fans up here, but even the Dockers fans have been super welcoming."
BHP WA Iron Ore Acting Asset President Tim Day said the partnership would enable BHP's regional workforce to train with elite health and fitness coaches to keep them motivated, fit and healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We have enlisted some of the Eagles' top performers to come up to our camps on a two-on, two-off roster to help keep our teams fit and healthy," he said.
Mr Day said BHP's workforce remained resilient to the changes that have been implemented concerning social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Our people have shown amazing resilience and diligence during the pandemic, acting swiftly to implement all measures necessary to keep each other safe," he said.
"With restrictions on social gatherings now easing we anticipate this new health and fitness program will have significant uptake within our camps and we can't wait to see our people out training with the Eagles crew."
The program has also seen former players Drew Petrie, Ross Glendinning and Jacob Brennan hold similar sessions for BHP workers.
