Tube City IMS Corp. announced that several of the company's IMS Division sites received a total of 24 safety awards from the National Slag Association (NSA) for 2006.

The company's Mingo Junction, Ohio, operation received the following three NSA awards:

• "Most Improved Job Sites for Safety."
• "Job Sites with at Least 200,000 Hours Since the Last Recordable Accident."
• "Lowest Incident Rate, 76+ Employees."

Operations in Beaumont, Texas, and Monessen, Pa., each received the following two safety awards:

• "Job Sites with at Least 200,000 Hours since the Last Recordable Accident."
• "Lowest Incident Rate, 11-50 Employees."

An award for "Lowest Incident Rate, 1-10 Employees" was granted to IMS Division sites in Bridgeville, Johnstown, and Parkersburg, Pa., Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio, Jackson, Mich., Longview, Texas, and Selkirk, Man., Canada. An award for "Lowest Incident Rate, 11-50 Employees" was awarded to the company's operations in Auburn, N.Y., Cartersville, Ga., Kankakee, Ill., McMinnville, Ore., Midland, Pa., Monroe, Mich.; Sand Springs, Okla., and Saukville, Wis., while the company’s Cayce, S.C., operation received an award for "Lowest Incident Rate, 51-75 Employees."

In addition, David Moore, Shift Foreman at the company's Braddock, Pa., operation received an award for his safety slogan, "The Safe Way or No Way." The NSA selected Mr. Moore's slogan from 176 entries to be its 2007 safety slogan.

"Each of these operations has done a tremendous job and all of our teammates are to be commended for their outstanding performance and dedication to safety," said Ray Kalouche, President and Chief Operating Officer, Tube City IMS, IMS Division. "We are honored to receive these awards. There is no higher priority than the safety of our teammates at Tube City IMS."

Tube City IMS, through its Tube City Division and IMS Division, is a leading provider of outsourced steel services, including raw materials purchasing and sales worldwide, scrap management, scrap optimization, and slag processing and metal recovery services to integrated steel mills, minimills and foundries. Tube City IMS has operations at 67 plants throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe. The company's Tube City Division is headquartered in Glassport, Pa., and its IMS Division is headquartered in Horsham, Pa.

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