Sergio Menendez is the new CEMEX President for Europe. Health & Safety is his top priority and he gave this weekly update on how the region performed last week.  Unfortunately in the UK there was an incident on a Plant, please read on to find out more from Sergio….

“I am glad to report an LTI free week across Europe operations for all employees and contractors.  We had, however, a sad fatality of an Aggregates Contractor Driver who passed away as a result of cardiac arrest in one of our Asphalt Plants in the UK after completing a delivery. These incidents highlight the importance of taking care of our health doing preventive medical check-ups and following a healthy life style. Also, it is relevant to have defibrillators available in our sites or close public areas, ready to be used and with people trained.

Additionally, we suffered two employee TRIs in Europe. First, a Medical Treatment injury in UK – West Europe Materials, when an employee that was greasing a machine had an injury in his hand. And second, a Restricted Work Injury in Germany – Central Europe Materials, an employee injured his right index finger when he slipped while he was removing frozen material from the sand conveyor belt. Investigations are ongoing and we will share learnings when they are finished. We need to increase risk awareness between our employees, Stop and Think before doing any task and step in to Look After Each Other. Always comply with Safety Essentials is key to improve our performance significantly this year so Europe will come back to be the safety leading Region in CEMEX.

Have a safe and healthy day.”

Sergio