The health, safety, and well-being of our people are of paramount importance to CEMEX and are critical to our ability to conduct our business. We are continually monitoring our safety progress to ensure that our programs are working as effectively as possible.
The effort and commitment of everyone across our UK operations, to look after themselves and each other is reflected in our current improving injury performance statistics:
- 5 years since our last recordable fatality. While fatality free performance should be expected and non-negotiable, it’s worth noting this is the longest fatality free period in the UK Operations.
- 18 months since our last CEMEX employee lost time injury (LTI).
- Of our more serious injuries since the start of January 2021, over 80% have involved contractors, either on site or hauliers – a focus area for us.
- Slips, trips and falls account for over one third of our major injuries.
- 3 LTIs in the first half of 2021, the same as last year, but a 70% reduction in TRI (Total Recordable Injuries), down from 10 YTD in 2021 to three this year.
During the first half of 2022 we have celebrated many LTI milestones. Lost Time Injury (LTI) milestones demonstrate that ZERO is possible, especially in CEMEX’s challenging environments and working processes. With the right level of focus and attention to Health & Safety, our Zero4Life objective can be met and sustained. Congratulations to everyone in these teams for these fantastic achievements so far this year and to everyone for making Health & Safety their number one priority!
January 2022
- North East Materials achieved 5 years LTI free
- Midlands Materials achieved 4 years LTI free
February 2022
- Supply Chain Building Products achieved 13 years LTI free
- Materials North West achieved 2 years LTI free
- UK Asphalt West team achieved 8 years LTI free
March 2022
- London Materials achieved 14 years LTI free
- Rugby Cement plant achieved 1 year LTI free!
- Home Counties Materials achieved 17 years LTI free
May 2022
- Building Products achieved 1 Year LTI free
- Kensworth quarry achieved 13 Years LTI free
June 2022
- Tilbury Grinding plant achieved 1 year LTI free
- Berkswell achieved 20 years LTI Free
- Urbanisation Solutions Europe achieved 1 year LTI free
- Cement Supply Chain achieved 2 years LTI free
Finally, here are some key things we could all do to minimise the potential for injury:
- Follow the Safety Essentials, including those relating to housekeeping and Get a Grip.
- Take 5 and Stop & Think before starting a new task.
- Step In and Take 5 Together if we see an activity we think may be unsafe.
- Report all near misses and hazards, especially those with high potential for injury.
- Look after ourselves and each other. Our injury performance continues to improve, but that relies on each of us putting health and safety first.