Safety is a top priority for the Group and for Lafarge Malawi. A stringent safety policy is in place to promote a culture of safety that establishes Lafarge as one of the world's leading companies in this domain. Lafarge Malawi also participates in health programs that benefit its employees as well as local communities.
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Since 2002, the Lafarge Group has achieved a significant reduction in both the frequency and the gravity of work-related accidents. These improvements are due in part to the Group's Health and Safety management system, which defines the minimum safety levels required for all Lafarge sites. A great deal remains to be done to become one of the safest industrial groups in the world. For this reason, employee safety is the Group's n°1 priority.
To reach its target of zero fatal accidents and keep lost time injuries to a minimum, Lafarge Cement Malawi:
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![]() Targeting zero accidentsEast Africa: Driving for excellence Lafarge places its employees' safety at the heart of its concerns and extends its best practices to the service providers involved in its activity. In 2006, Lafarge launched its "Driving for Excellence" program in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. This is a comprehensive program:
Since 2006, not a single truck operating for Lafarge in East Africa has been involved in a fatal accident.
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