Struck by falling object
EE's working to clean the mainframe arm on primary crusher. During the lift, the rigging assembly appears to have failed, striking the EE who was located in the line of fire.
Holcim LtdController
MSHA Controller ID: 0119681
- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 813
- Mines on record
- 74
- Period
- —
Top causes
- MACHINERY1 fatality · 87 non-fatal
- HOISTING1 fatality
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS285 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON137 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)119 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE47 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
35
2024
77
2023
71 (1f)
2022
76
2021
78
2020
80
2019
85 (1f)
2018
75
2017
76
2016
110
2015
50
Operators under this controller
- Amrize Cement Inc.470
- Lafarge North America Inc.59
- Amrize Mid-America Inc.52
- Amrize South Central Inc.34
- Amrize West Central Inc.33
- Lafarge Building Materials Incorporated29
- Amrize Midwest Inc.28
- Amrize Mid-Atlantic Inc.22
- Meyer Material CO, LLC16
- Amrize Northeast Inc.15
- Holcim (Texas) LP15
- Amrize Southwest Inc.13
- Amrize Great Lakes Inc.12
- Lafarge West, Inc10
- Lafarge Midwest5
Mines on record
- Amrize Theodore PlantAL
- Sun City PitAZ
- Amrize Portland PlantCO
- Amrize Canon City QuarryCO
- Amrize Morrison QuarryCO
- Amrize Daniels Sand Pit # 1 & 2CO
- Amrize Platte Valley PlantCO
- Amrize Distel PlantCO
- Amrize Crystal River QuarryFL
- Amrize Rosiclare QuarryIL
- Amrize Cave In Rock QuarryIL
- Amrize Joppa PlantIL
- Amrize Elburn Sand & GravelIL
- Amrize McHenry Pit #26IL
- Holcim Algonquin Pit #5IL
- Holcim Sheridan PlantIL
- Amrize Utica Stone PlantIL
- Amrize Conco Western StoneIL
- Amrize Aux Sable PlantIL
- Amrize Joliet S & G Underground Mine # 1IL
- Amrize The R S & D MineIL
- Amrize Kendall Co. QuarryIL
- Amrize Fredonia QuarryKY
- Amrize Three Rivers QuarryKY
- Amrize Honey Island OperationsLA
- Amrize Hagerstown FacilityMD
- Amrize Rockville QuarryMD
- Amrize Kirby Road Sand & GravelMD
- LaPlata Sand & GravelMD
- Amrize Accokeek Sand & GravelMD
- Amrize Peabody PlantMA
- Amrize Swampscott QuarryMA
- Amrize Wrentham QuarryMA
- Amrize Littleton QuarryMA
- Amrize Alpena PlantMI
- Amrize Presque Isle AggregatesMI
- Sweet/Pullman PlantMI
- Amrize Dundee QuarryMI
- Amrize Kalamazoo West PlantMI
- Amrize Battle Creek PlantMI
- Amrize Larson PlantMN
- Amrize Nelson PlantMN
- Amrize Lakeland PlantMN
- Amrize Pit #52MN
- Amrize Empire PlantMN
- Amrize Elk River PlantMN
- Amrize Cedar Rapids Jaw Crusher P-117MN
- Amrize Suzy Kost Pit #21MN
- Amrize 6 X 20 Wash Plant P-186MN
- Amrize HP 300 PlantMN
- Amrize Ste Genevieve PlantMO
- Select Materials Midwest, LLCMO
- Amrize Sloan Quarry #1001NV
- AMRIZE RAVENA PLANTNY
- Amrize Lockport QuarryNY
- Amrize Paulding PlantOH
- Amrize Marblehead AggregatesOH
- Holcim (US) Inc-Ada PlantOK
- Amrize Stringtown QuarryOK
- Amrize Thackerville Sand PlantOK
- Amrize Whitehall PlantPA
- Amrize South Bend QuarryPA
- Amrize Holly Hill PlantSC
- Amrize Ambrose Sand PlantTX
- Amrize Midlothian PlantTX
- Amrize Rosser Sand PlantTX
- Glen Rose Sand and GravelTX
- Amrize Devil's Slide PlantUT
- Amrize Utelite SiteUT
- Amrize Mattaponi PlantVA
- Holcim - MAR, Inc. Charles City PlantVA
- Amrize New Kent Sand & GravelVA
- Seattle PlantWA
- Amrize Millville QuarryWV
Fatalities under this controller
2 recordedCaught in, under or between running or meshing objects
A contractor was servicing the Alimak elevator at the fourth level of the pre-heater tower. The contractor was on top of the elevator and a mine employee was inside the elevator assisting. The person inside the elevator heard a clicking sound and the elevator started a downward descent. The contractor on top of the elevator received crushing injuries when the elevator moved.