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.
Amrize Cement Inc.Operator
Controlled by Amrize Ltd
MSHA Operator ID: 0051046
- Fatalities
- 3
- Total incidents
- 1,000
- Mines on record
- 21
- Period
- —
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Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 173 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 36 non-fatal
- HOISTING1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS355 non-fatal
- MACHINERY130 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)125 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
12
2025
58
2024
61
2023
47
2022
46
2021
60
2020
49
2019
66 (1f)
2018
37
2017
29
2016
33
2015
38
2014
15
2013
22
2012
27 (1f)
2011
37
2010
42
2009
88 (1f)
2008
101
2007
70
2006
62
Mines on record
- Amrize Theodore PlantAL
- Amrize Portland PlantCO
- Amrize Crystal River QuarryFL
- Amrize Cave In Rock QuarryIL
- Amrize Joppa PlantIL
- Mason City Plant & QuarryIA
- Amrize Hagerstown FacilityMD
- DUNDEE PLANTMI
- Amrize Alpena PlantMI
- Holcim Artesia PlantMS
- CLARKSVILLE PLANTMO
- Amrize Ste Genevieve PlantMO
- Trident Plant & QuarryMT
- AMRIZE RAVENA PLANTNY
- Holcim (US) IncNY
- Amrize Paulding PlantOH
- Holcim (US) Inc-Ada PlantOK
- Amrize Whitehall PlantPA
- Amrize Holly Hill PlantSC
- Amrize Midlothian PlantTX
- Amrize Devil's Slide PlantUT
Fatalities under this operator
3 recordedCaught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Drowning
While operating a skid steer loader in reverse, it overturned in body of water.
Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
Employee fell approximately 100 feet while dismantling a suspended Safway Systems scaffold. The accident is still under investigation.