WEST CHESTER, Ohio,
June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The
Walbridge, Ohio plant of AK Tube
LLC, a subsidiary of AK Steel (NYSE: AKS), has been recognized for
outstanding safety performance by the Ohio Bureau of Workers'
Compensation, Division of Safety and Hygiene. The recognition
is part of a collaborative safety awareness program established by
the Northwest Ohio Safety Council.
"We are honored to be recognized by the Ohio Bureau of Workers'
Compensation, Division of Safety and Hygiene, an achievement that
speaks volumes about our culture of safety at AK Steel," said
James L. Wainscott, Chairman,
President and CEO of AK Steel. "We congratulate all of our
employees at AK Tube in Walbridge
for their outstanding safety performance."
The Walbridge plant of AK Tube
received the "100% Award for Safety" for operating the entire year
of 2011 without any lost-time injuries or illnesses. The
recognition marks the fourth time that the plant has received this
award. In addition, the plant also received a "Special Award
for Safety" for operating 808,581 hours without a lost-time injury
between March 17, 2009 and
December 31, 2011. This is the
third time that the plant has received this award.
The Walbridge plant also
received the "Safety Award of Merit" in 2012 from the Fabricators
and Manufacturers Association, International (FMA), a leading trade
organization that serves the metal forming and fabricating
industry. With a total OSHA recordable injury rate of 0.63
for the full-year 2011, the safety performance for AK Tube in
Walbridge was 9.5 times better
than the rolled steel shape manufacturing industry
average.
AK Steel's corporate-wide safety performance was about six times
better than the steel industry average for the full-year 2011.
AK Steel
AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical
steels, primarily for automotive, infrastructure and manufacturing,
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.
AK Coal Resources, Inc., another wholly-owned subsidiary of AK
Steel, owns or leases metallurgical coal reserves in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. AK Steel
also owns 49.9% of Magnetation LLC, a joint venture headquartered
in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, which
produces iron ore concentrate from previously mined ore
reserves.
SOURCE AK Steel