Mumbai,Lafarge India recently announced the launch of the Health and Safety Month 2010 celebrations across all its plants, expansion sites, warehouses and offices in India.
Themed around the concepts of Housekeeping and Road Safety, various programs will be organized throughout the month to raise awareness about health and safety at workplace, on the roads and at home among employees, subcontractors and the local communities living near Lafarge Indias facilities.
Awareness programs for women and children, first aid trainings, health check up and eye testing camps, competition on housekeeping initiatives have been planned for this year. Also on offer will be Contractors Safety Meet and Road Safety Training for drivers, villagers, transporters and employees. To ensure family participation different contests for children and programs for employee spouses are being organized.
Health and Safety Month is celebrated across all Lafarge BUs around the world, in the 78 countries in which the Group operates.
Speaking about the occasion Uday Khanna, CEO Lafarge India said, For Lafarge, the health and safety of its employees and subcontractors is an absolute priority. This year we plan to create awareness about how a clean and organized workplace can result in decreased accidents and incidents. Also it will be our endeavor to educate everyone about the safety aspects related to road travel. We sincerely hope that these initiatives will contribute in achieving zero fatal accident rate and zero work related illness rate so that Lafarge can have one of the best health and safety records among global industrial groups.
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About Lafarge in India
Lafarge is one of the major producers of Cement in Eastern and Central India with its leading brands - Concreto and Duraguard. It currently has four cement plants in India: 2 plants in the state of Chattisgarh and a grinding plant each in Jharkhand and West Bengal. Lafarge has several green-field projects in the pipeline, which will expand its national footprint in the coming years.
In addition to Cement, Lafarge is also present in India in its other businesses namely, Aggregates and Concrete and Gypsum plasterboard. Following the acquisition of L&Ts Ready-mix Concrete business in 2008, Lafarge is the market leader in the segment and currently has around 78 plants across the country. The company has also setup its first Greenfield gypsum plasterboard plant at Khushkhera near Rajasthan having an annual production capacity of 10 million m² where it produces its brand of LaGyp plasterboard - which provides the best green substitute for interiors and contributes to green accreditation of buildings under the LEED system.
About Lafarge
Lafarge is the world leader in building materials, with top-ranking positions in all of its businesses: Cement, Aggregates & Concrete and Gypsum. With 78,000 employees in 78 countries, Lafarge posted sales of Euros 15.8 billion in 2009.
In 2010 and for the sixth year in a row, Lafarge was listed in the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World. With the worlds leading building materials research facility, Lafarge places innovation at the heart of its priorities, working for sustainable construction and architectural creativity.
