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Safety & Health

Accidents and workplace safety in the steel sector.

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Mechel Reports Joint Project With Russia's Federal Labor and Employment Service

17 April 2014 - Mechel OAO announced the launch of a pilot project on stepping up the efficiency of measures for improvement of labor conditions at the Group's enterprises.

worldsteel Calls for Industry-Wide Safety Audit

14 April 2014 - The World Steel Association (worldsteel) is calling for an industry-wide safety audit across the steel industry on the occasion of the Steel Safety Day on 28 April.

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.

U. S. Steel's Lone Star Tubular Operations Receives CEO's Safety Excellence Award

28 March 2014 - United States Steel Corporation president and CEO Mario Longhi honored the employees of U. S. Steel's Lone Star Tubular Operations with the presentation of the 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.

Accident in Arkansas Steel Plant Leaves One Dead

20 February 2014 - One man is dead after an accident at a Newport, Ark. steel plant where a ladle of liquid steel apparently spilled while being moved in the facility's melt shop, Arkansas Online reports.

AK Steel Coke Plant Recognized For Outstanding Safety Performance

12 February 2014 - AK Steel’s Middletown (Ohio) Works coke plant has received the Max Eward Safety Award from the American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute (ACCCI), a leading industry trade organization.

AK Tube Plant Recognized for Outstanding Safety Performance

28 May 2013 - 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. 

AK Steel's Coshocton Works Recognized for Outstanding Safety Performance

20 May 2013 - AK Steel's (NYSE: AKS) Coshocton (Ohio) Works has been recognized for outstanding safety performance by the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Division of Safety and Hygiene.

AK Steel's Zanesville Works Recognized for Outstanding Safety Performance

25 March 2013 - AK Steel's Zanesville Works in Ohio has been recognized for outstanding safety performance by the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Division of Safety and Hygiene.

AK Tube Plant Recognized for Outstanding Safety Performance

03 June 2012 - 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.

AK Steel's Coshocton Works Recognized for Outstanding Safety Performance

25 April 2012 - The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Division of Safety and Hygiene has recognized AK Steel's Coshocton Works for operating 2,952,729 hours without a lost-time injury between February 20, 2008 and August 5, 2011.

AK Steel's Zanesville Works Recognized for Outstanding Safety Performance

02 April 2012 - The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Division of Safety and Hygiene has recognized AK Steel's Zanesville Works for Outstanding Safety Performance.

AK Tube Plants Recognized for Outstanding Safety Performance

04 March 2011 - AK Tube’s Columbus, Ind., and Walbridge, Ohio, plants have been recognized for outstanding safety performance by the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, International.

AK Tube Plants Recognized for Outstanding Safety Performance

23 April 2010 - The Columbus, Ind., and Walbridge, Ohio, plants of AK Tube have received the Safety Award of Merit from the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, International. The award annually recognizes companies for outperforming their industry's injury and illness rate by at least 10%.

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