WEST CHESTER, Ohio,
March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AK
Steel's (NYSE: AKS) Ashland,
Kentucky coke plant has received the Max Eward Safety Award
from the industry's leading trade association, the American Coke
and Coal Chemicals Institute (ACCCI). Employees at the plant
worked the entire year of 2009 without a single OSHA recordable
injury, leading all ACCCI-member companies in safety performance.
This accomplishment marks the fifth consecutive year that the
plant has earned the award, and the 12th time in the past 13 years
that an AK Steel cokemaking facility has received this prestigious
recognition.
"Earning the Max Eward Safety Award for the fifth consecutive
year speaks volumes about AK Steel's commitment to workplace
safety," said James L. Wainscott, AK Steel chairman, president and
CEO. "We congratulate everyone at our Ashland coke plant for their outstanding
safety performance – an achievement that reflects AK Steel's
commitment to safety at all of our plant operations."
AK Steel's company-wide safety performance was about eight times
better than the steel industry average for the year 2009.
"The employees at AK Steel's Ashland coke plant are role models for safety
in the workplace," said Bruce
Steiner, ACCCI president. "We congratulate them, and
the company, for promoting a culture of safety that continues to
produce outstanding results."
In addition to 2009, AK Steel's Ashland and Middletown, Ohio coke plants shared the Max
Eward Safety Award in 2008, an unprecedented achievement. The
company's Middletown coke plant is
an eight-time recipient of the award.
About AK Steel
AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical
steels, primarily for automotive, appliance, construction and
electrical power generation and distribution markets. The
company employs about 6,200 men and women in Middletown, Mansfield, Coshocton and Zanesville, Ohio; Butler, Pennsylvania; Ashland, Kentucky; Rockport, Indiana; and its corporate
headquarters in West Chester,
Ohio. Additional information about AK Steel is
available on the company's web site at www.aksteel.com.
AK Tube LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of AK Steel, employs
about 300 men and women in plants in Walbridge, Ohio and Columbus, Indiana. AK Tube produces
carbon and stainless electric resistance welded (ERW) tubular steel
products for truck, automotive and other markets. Additional
information about AK Tube LLC is available on its web site at
www.aktube.com.
SOURCE AK Steel