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Lafarge North America Inc.Operator

Controlled by Holcim Ltd
MSHA Operator ID: L18663
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
567
Mines on record
29
Years on record
2001–2020

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
#363of 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

Get an email the moment a new MSHA-reportable accident lands at any mine on file under Lafarge North America Inc.. Useful for 105(c) defense intake, FMSHRC docket prep, and active client monitoring.

Top causes

  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 101 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS194 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)76 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY73 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE26 non-fatal
  • OTHER18 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2020
1
2019
2
2018
12
2017
13
2016
20
2015
19
2014
25
2013
22
2012
30
2011
24 (1f)
2010
20
2009
24
2008
44
2007
53
2006
52
2005
46
2004
59
2003
65
2002
27
2001
9

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
Lafarge North America, Inc.
Fall from machine

Employee was changing screen material in a triple deck screen when he fell over the hand rail. He fell approximately 56 feet to the ground below.