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Steel Manufacturers Association Recognizes Three for Safety Achievements
18 August 2017 - The Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA) has named two people and a steel facility as the recipients of the 2017 Don B. Daily Achievement in Safety award, the association's highest safety recognition.
Report: Two Killed in Coke Oven Explosion
16 August 2017 - Two people were killed and 10 others were injured Tuesday in a coke oven explosion at a Gerdau SA plant in Brazil, according to the Reuters news service.
Plate Mill Restarts After Seven-Month Outage
08 August 2017 - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. has restarted the plate mill at its Oita Works more than seven months after a fire burned up an electrical room, the company has announced.
Breakout Reported at Illinois Bar Mill
07 August 2017 - Firefighters were summoned to the Alton Steel meltshop early Saturday morning after 100 tons of molten steel broke out of a ladle, according to The (Alton, Ill.) Telegraph.
Six Injured in Accident at U. S. Steel's Great Lakes Works
01 August 2017 - Six people were injured Tuesday morning in what is being called an explosion at United States Steel Corporation’s Great Lakes Works in Michigan.
Kentucky Scrap Facility Wins OSHA Safety Recognition
19 May 2017 - U.S.-based River Metals Recycling has announced that its Somerset, Ky., scrap yard has earned a special safety certification from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
2016 Was a Very Safe Year for AK Steel's Zanesville Works
27 March 2017 - AK Steel Corp.’s Zanesville Works in Ohio has notched another safe year, running all of 2016 without any lost-time injuries or illnesses, according to the company.
Filter Maker, Baghouse Contractors Enter Strategic Alliance
03 November 2016 - The maker of GORE-TEX fabric and two leading baghouse services contractors have formed a strategic alliance around a new filter bag designed specifically for the steel and metals industries, the companies have announced.
POSCO Trades the Safety Goggles for Electronic Goggles Through Virtual Tours
27 September 2016 - Using some emerging technology, POSCO is giving its customers a chance to see its steel plants without having to travel to them.
U. S. Steel Revises Injury Reporting Policy
21 July 2016 - United States Steel Corp. is changing its injury-reporting policy to allow workers to give notification after they’ve realized an injury has occurred, the United Steelworkers union has announced.
Explosion Causes US$5 Million in Damage to Ohio Mill
10 May 2016 - North Star BlueScope Steel is continuing to produce steel following a weekend explosion and fire at its Ohio, USA, sheet mill.
Steel Manufacturers Association Announces Winners of Safety, Innovation Awards
27 April 2016 - The Steel Manufacturers Association has named Gerdau’s Midlothian, Texas, plant as the recipient of the Don B. Daily SMA Achievement in Safety, its highest safety award.
AK Steel Wins Safety Honors from Ohio Workers' Compensation Bureau
04 April 2016 - The state of Ohio has recognized AK Steel Corp.’s Zanesville Works for its safety performance during the previous 13 years, the company has announced.
Steel Shortage Forces Toyota to Temporarily Halt Production in Japan
03 February 2016 - The world’s leading automaker plans to halt all of its domestic assembly lines next week because of a parts shortage, which was brought on by an accident at an affiliated steel mill.
10 Killed in Accident at Chinese Plant
30 November 2015 - Chinese authorities are investing a gas leak that killed 10 people at a steel plant during the weekend, according to reports.
Steam Explosion Reported at TimkenSteel Plant
22 October 2015 - A TimkenSteel plant in Ohio, USA, is continuing to operate following an apparent steam explosion Wednesday night.
Report: Plant Fire Appears To Be Accidental
25 August 2015 - A large fire that broke out at an idled Japanese mill on 24 August may have been caused by workers who were using gas burners to dismantle the facility, reports Singapore’s The Straits Times newspaper.
Firefighters Summoned to Blaze At Japanese Steel Plant
24 August 2015 - A large fire broke out at an idled steel pipe plant in Kawasaki City, Japan, on 24 August, according to news reports.
Three Dead, Six Injured in Explosion at Esfahan Steel Co. in Iran
15 July 2015 - At least three workers were killed and six others were injured on 9 July in an explosion at Iran's largest steel producer, a factory official said.
Contractor Electrocuted at AK Steel Ashland Works Dies
26 June 2015 - According to a report by the Huntington Herald-Dispatch, officials believe electrocution caused the death of a contractor performing tests on substations at AK Steel Ashland Works on 23 June.
