LafargeHolcim is the parent company of Aggregate Industries. We have previously posted about The terrible human cost of LafargeHolcim’s operations:
A staggering 201 people have lost their lives whilst working for LafargeHolcim over the past 3 years – 50 in 2015, 86 in 2016 and 65 in 2017– including direct employees, contractors and subcontractors.
Unions claim LafargeHolcim has "the worst health and safety performance in the industry".
LafargeHolcim says its performance has since "improved significantly..." (LH Sustainability Report 2018 p55]
One employee and 18 contractors lost their lives in 2018.
Over the last 4 years, that works out at an average rate of 55 deaths each year, and, given that LafargeHolcim has some 75,000 employees, a rate of 73 deaths per 100,000 employees. Compare this with the crime epidemic in our capital, which according to bellingcat.com:
the murder rate for London for 2018 is 1.52 per 100,000 population
More recently we’ve posted that the terrible cost of LafargeHolcim's operations is not confined to workers: Disaster near LafargeHolcim quarry, and Cyclist in her twenties crushed by Aggregate Industries cement lorry in Battersea.
This month another tragedy has been reported from Canada:
A @LafargeHolcim worker fell to his death. The company, who has a long list or worker health and safety infractions, was fined $400,000. #canlab— Nora Loreto (@NoLore) September 20, 2019
A corroded section of the walkway collapsed and the worker fell almost 30 feet to the ground below. He later died from his injuries.
It’s the fifth time Lafarge has been convicted and fined for contraventions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. https://t.co/90NjFF6SkT— The Mississauga News (@MissiNewsRoom) September 22, 2019
