Health & Safety

Integrated Health & Safety Management System -The Lafarge Approach

Lafarge India Pvt. Limited strives to be the Health & Safety (H&S) leader in Cement manufacturing. We want to operate in accordance with recognized H&S standards, not only complying with existing legislation but going beyond compliance in line with our commitment to sustainable development.  Our safety ambition is to be recognized as amongst the best in safety across all industries. Therefore we conduct our businesses with respect and with care for the Environment and without compromising on the Health and Safety of employees, customers, and citizens. The high quality of our practices, products, and services are the key elements with which we aim to make our customers successful and add value to our businesses.

Our H&S Policy, which applies to all businesses & functions is the foundation of our integrated H&S Management System. This system contains the key requirements along with the Lafarge Best Practices followed all over the company. 

Fig 1: Management Strategy for becoming world class organization

Lafarge H&S requirements are focused mainly on our efforts and decisions towards achieving continuous improvement of our H&S performance.

We believe H&S is a system driven process hence it must be implemented through a Management System which adds value to support processes.

The entire process is top driven hence it follows a structure as mentioned below:

Fig 2: Management System Model

Integration process of H&S must start at the inception of a project since H&S consideration must be addressed at the design stage, which also helps in optimizing the support process. In Lafarge, the H&S Strategy is implemented by supporting the value processes and other support processes.

Fig 3: Management System - Process Orientation

The processes are always dynamic hence their effectiveness depends upon regular reviewing; constant efforts towards improvement in the H&S front; and most importantly establishing a learning system in H&S for ongoing development. The main step of this process is effective reporting of all accidents and incidents (near misses). This gives insight on the area of improvement. Lafarge has developed a huge database on such reportin g system  which helps Lafarge sites to know the details of accidents & near misses, helps in taking corrective / preventive action without reinventing the wheels.

In the cement manufacturing process Lafarge has identified few critical areas like Conveyor Belt Safety, Lock out and Tag out (LOTO), road safety, working at height and working in confined space where constant upgradation in the working condition is the objective of all sites of the group.