AK Tube Plant Recognized for Outstanding Safety Performance
05/21/2014 - The Walbridge, Ohio, plant of AK Tube LLC, a subsidiary of AK Steel, has been recognized for outstanding safety performance by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, Division of Safety and Hygiene.
The recognition is part of a collaborative safety awareness program established by the Northwest Ohio Safety Council.
“We are honored to be recognized by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, Division of Safety and Hygiene, an achievement that speaks volumes about our culture of safety at AK Steel,” said James L. Wainscott, chairman, president and CEO of AK Steel. “We congratulate all of our employees at AK Tube in Walbridge for their continued dedication to outstanding safety performance.”
The Walbridge plant of AK Tube received the “Special Award for Safety” for operating 1,254,772 man-hours without a lost-time injury between 17 March 2009 and 13 June 2013. This is the fifth time that the plant has received this award.
AK Steel’s corporate-wide safety performance led the steel industry by a wide margin for the full-year 2013.
“We are honored to be recognized by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, Division of Safety and Hygiene, an achievement that speaks volumes about our culture of safety at AK Steel,” said James L. Wainscott, chairman, president and CEO of AK Steel. “We congratulate all of our employees at AK Tube in Walbridge for their continued dedication to outstanding safety performance.”
The Walbridge plant of AK Tube received the “Special Award for Safety” for operating 1,254,772 man-hours without a lost-time injury between 17 March 2009 and 13 June 2013. This is the fifth time that the plant has received this award.
AK Steel’s corporate-wide safety performance led the steel industry by a wide margin for the full-year 2013.
