Safety & Health
Health and safety-related news items focusing on maintaining wellness in the industrial workplace.
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NLMK Group Expands Funding for Social Programs
04 April 2014 - In 2013, the NLMK Group increased funding for social programs by 6% to RUB 2.3 billion.
U. S. Steel’s Lone Star Tubular Operations Awarded CEO’s Safety Excellence Award
02 April 2014 - United States Steel Corporation announced that Lone Star Tubular Operations is the recipient of the company's annual Chief Executive Officer's Safety Excellence Award.
AK Steel's Zanesville Works Recognized For Outstanding Safety Performance
27 March 2014 - AK Steel's Zanesville (Ohio) Works has been recognized for outstanding safety performance by the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Division of Safety and Hygiene.
Universal Stainless Achieves OHSAS 18001:2007 Certification for North Jackson Facility
05 March 2014 - Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. has achieved OHSAS 18001:2007 certification at its North Jackson, Ohio, facility for the occupational health and safety activities related to melting, forging, heat treatment, and finishing metal products.
worldsteel to Launch Steel Safety Day
03 March 2014 - The World Steel Association (worldsteel) will hold its first Steel Safety Day on 28 April 2014.
SpiderLine Provides Complete Fall Protection to ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor
26 February 2014 - Spider, a division of SafeWorks, LLC, recently sold 900 feet of SpiderLine™ temporary horizontal lifeline system to provide complete fall protection for leading edge work at the ArcelorMittal steel mill in Burns Harbor, Ind.
Hyundai Motor to Invest US$466 Million for Steel Mill Safety
10 February 2014 - Hyundai Motor Group chairman Chung Mong-koo has ordered 500 billion won (US$465.68 million) to be invested at the conglomerate's steel mill to bolster safety after a string of deaths and injuries, Yonhap News Agency reports.
ArcelorMittal Ostrava Reduces Workplace Injuries to Lowest Level in its History
03 February 2014 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava is pleased to announce that it has just five lost time injuries in 2013.
Insteel Reports Fire at Gallatin, Tenn., Manufacturing Facility
27 January 2014 - Insteel Industries, Inc. announced that a fire occurred at its Gallatin, Tenn., prestressed concrete strand (PC strand) manufacturing facility on 21 January 2014.
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Reports Power Failure at Nagoya Works
20 January 2014 - At the Nagoya Works of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) in Japan, a power failure occurred around 11:50 a.m., Friday, 17 January 2014, due to a failure in the substation facility of its power plant.
Cintas and ASSE Seek Nominations for Safety Innovation Award
06 January 2014 - In collaboration with the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), Cintas Corp., a leading provider of on-site safety services and training solutions, announced a call for nominations for the inaugural Innovation Award in Occupational Safety Management.
Mikhailovsky GOK Confirms Compliance of Management Systems with International Standards
27 December 2013 - Mikhailovsky GOK (part of Metalloinvest) confirmed compliance of its integrated management systems with international standards of quality, occupational health and safety, and environmental protection.
POSCO Introduces Supplier Quality Certification
25 December 2013 - POSCO introduced the POSCO Supplier Quality Certification, POSQC, for the first time this year, and will award quality certification certificates to material providers and external partner companies that receive excellent results.
Metalloinvest Receives Diploma for Achievements in Healthcare
25 December 2013 - Metalloinvest presented its program for the measurement and management of workers’ health disorders at the 12th All-Russia Occupation and Health Congress in Moscow.
Bloomberg: U. S. Steel Plant Explosion Near Detroit Kills Worker, Injures 2
16 December 2013 - An explosion early on the morning of 15 December 2013 at a United States Steel Corporation plant near Detroit killed one worker and injured two others, according to a Bloomberg report.
NLMK Improves Occupational Health and Safety Across Russian Sites
11 December 2013 - NLMK Group has launched new occupational health and safety (OHS) programs at all of its Russian sites.
Don B. Daily Memorial Fund Selects 2013–2014 Recipients
04 December 2013 - The Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) Foundation and the Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA) are proud to announce the 2013–2014 recipients of the Don B. Daily Memorial Fund to Promote Steel Industry Safety and Health.
ArcelorMittal Safety Barriers Help Protect Motorcyclists
02 December 2013 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava has developed special safety barriers that help better protect motorcyclists in the event of an accident.
Outokumpu Exec's Long-Term Study on Cancer at Steel Mills Published in Medical Journal
21 November 2013 - The British Medical Journal has published an article by Outokumpu’s chief medical officer Markku Huvinen.
ArcelorMittal South Africa Unveils Special HIV/AIDS Medical Centre
14 November 2013 - ArcelorMittal South Africa recently unveiled a state-of-the-art hospital that is being donated to the Sebokeng district of the Vaal Triangle; the result of a partnership between ArcelorMittal Foundation South Africa and the Gauteng department of health.
