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Lafarge Mid-Atlantic, Inc.Operator

Controlled by Lafarge S A
MSHA Operator ID: L16656
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
68
Mines on record
6
Years on record
2000–2008

Safety benchmark

Recorded fatalities relative to other operators with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 739 operators with at least one recorded fatality.

Fatality-count percentile
0th

More recorded fatalities than 0% of operators on file.

Rank
#319of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
0.6×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
1
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA operators with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.

For counsel + compliance teams

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Top causes

  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 6 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS21 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON14 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)10 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE8 non-fatal
  • DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)4 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2008
7
2007
3
2006
5
2005
14
2004
5
2003
12
2002
11 (1f)
2001
6
2000
5

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
Lafarge Mid-Atlantic, Inc.
Struck against a moving object

DRILLER WAS IN DRILL CAB PREPARING TO DRILL AN 18' DEEP ANGLE HOLE. DRILL HAD BEEN LEVELLED AND ALL JACKS HAD BEEN EXTENDED. DERRICK WAS BEING POSITIONED WHEN DRILL OVERTURNED ONTO RIGHT SIDE, TRAPPING DRILLER IN CAB.