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Safety & Health
Accidents and workplace safety in the steel sector.
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Rio Tinto and the Cargo Train that Could ... Drive Itself
04 October 2017 - Iron ore miner Rio Tinto said it has executed Australia’s first-ever fully autonomous, heavy-haul train trip, with a driverless train successfully making a 100 km pilot run between Wombat Junction and Paraburdoo in Western Australia.
Explosion at Gerdau Mill Injures Four
21 September 2017 - Gerdau has halted operations at its Wilton, Iowa, USA, mini-mill following a Wednesday night explosion that injured four people.
SBQ Meltshop Returns to Service
31 August 2017 - Production has resumed at an Illinois meltshop after a breakout disrupted operations for slightly more than two weeks.
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.
Three Killed in Steel Plant Accident
07 May 2017 - Three people were killed and three others were injured at an Indian steel mill after a ladle accidentally tipped and spilled 25 to 30 metric tons of molten metal, according to the Hindustan Times newspaper.
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.
Japanese Steelmaker Restarts Damaged Bar Mill
22 March 2016 - Toyota-affiliated Aichi Steel Corp. has restarted a bar mill that was damaged by a gas explosion earlier this year, the company has announced.
Indian Blast Furnace Restarted Following Accident
12 October 2015 - JSW Steel’s Salem works in Mecheri, Tamil Nadu, India, has restarted operations after being ordered closed following an accident in September, according to reports.
Italian Senate Approves Measure To Keep Furnace Operating
07 August 2015 - Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has won a confidence vote in the Senate on emergency measures to, among other things, keep open a steel plant that has been deemed unsafe, according to a Reuters report.
Worker Killed In Mill Accident Identified
31 July 2015 - Officials have identified a man who was killed July 25 at Nucor Corp.'s Berkeley mill in South Carolina.
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.
Taranto's Ilva on the Verge of Total Shutdown
23 June 2015 - According to a report by Kallanish, Ilva's Taranto plant could be on the verge of a total shutdown after the public prosecutor’s office ordered the seizure of the operation’s blast furnace no. 2 (BF2) on Thursday 18 June.
Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America (MCFA) Supports 2nd Annual National Forklift Safety Day
09 June 2015 - Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc. (MCFA), a leading manufacturer of forklifts under the Cat® lift trucks, Mitsubishi forklift trucks and Jungheinrich® brands, will host its second annual National Forklift Safety Day on Tuesday, June 9 at their Houston, Texas headquarters.
Johannes Huebner Giessen Presents the Next Generation of Its Universal Encoder System U-ONE-SAFETY
18 May 2015 - With U-ONE-SAFETY the specialist for robust encoder and drive technologies, Johannes Huebner Giessen offers the next generation of the universal encoder system U-ONE to support machine builders and system operators in their endeavours to prevent accidents.
