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
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Amrize Ltd
MSHA operator ID: 0051046
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- Fatalities
- 9
- Total incidents
- 1456
- Mines on record
- 22
- Years on record
- 2001–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
11,937
citations
2,308
significant & substantial
$14,905,019
proposed penalties
$12,002,466
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality · 172 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 37 non-fatal
- HOISTING 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 353 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 131 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 124 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
18
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
56
Mines on record
- Amrize Alpena Plant MI
- Amrize Whitehall Plant PA
- Amrize Joppa Plant IL
- Amrize Ada Plant OK
- Amrize Ste Genevieve Plant MO
- Amrize Crystal River Quarry FL
- AMRIZE RAVENA PLANT NY
- Amrize Portland Plant CO
- Amrize Midlothian Plant TX
- Amrize Holly Hill Plant SC
- Amrize Theodore Plant AL
- Amrize Devil's Slide Plant UT
- Amrize Hagerstown Facility MD
- Amrize Paulding Plant OH
- Amrize Cave In Rock Quarry IL
- Trident Plant & Quarry MT
- Holcim (US) Inc NY
- Mason City Plant & Quarry IA
- CLARKSVILLE PLANT MO
- DUNDEE PLANT MI
- Holcim Artesia Plant MS
Fatalities under this operator
9 recorded
December 3, 2019
SC · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
Fatality · HOISTING
Amrize Cement Inc.
· Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
January 27, 2012
MD · Metal/Non-Metal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Amrize Cement Inc.
· Drowning
While operating a skid steer loader in reverse, it overturned in body of water.
Amrize Cement Inc.
· Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
Employee fell approximately 100 feet while dismantling a suspended Safway Systems scaffold. The accident is still under investigation.