AK Tube Honored for Perfect Safety Record
05/08/2008 - The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International has awarded AK Tube’s Columbus, Ind., plant its Safety Award of Honor for having no recordable illnesses or injuries in 2007.
The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA) has awarded AK Tube LLC’s Columbus, Ind., plant its Safety Award of Honor.
Plant employees earned the award for their perfect safety record of having no recordable illnesses or injuries in 2007. FMA noted that the award "recognizes the company's commitment to providing a safe work environment for its most valuable assets, the employees."
“Congratulations to our AK Tube Columbus, Ind., employees for their 2007 safety performance,” said James L. Wainscott, Chairman, President and CEO of AK Steel. “Working an entire year without experiencing a single recordable injury is truly an exceptional safety achievement.”
The Columbus plant was previously awarded FMA's Safety Award of Merit award for its 2006 safety performance. The Columbus plant also participates as a Star site in the Indiana Department of Labor's Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). The VPP Star signifies that the plant's employee programs go above and beyond Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements, and reflects a cooperative relationship between management, employees, and OSHA.
Overall, AK Steel had a corporate-wide total injury rate 12 times better than the industry average in 2007, according to data compiled by the American Iron and Steel Institute.
With more than 2000 members, FMA is the leading educational association serving the metal forming and fabricating industry. FMA is headquartered in Rockford, Ill.
AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels, primarily for automotive, appliance, construction and electrical power generation and distribution markets. The company employs about 6500 men and women in Middletown, Mansfield, Coshocton and Zanesville, Ohio; Butler, Pa.; Ashland, Ky.; Rockport, Ind.; and its corporate headquarters in West Chester, Ohio.
AK Tube LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of AK Steel, employs about 300 men and women in plants in Walbridge, Ohio, and Columbus, Ind. AK Tube produces carbon and stainless electric resistance welded (ERW) tubular steel products for truck, automotive and other markets.
