WEST CHESTER, Ohio,
March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AK
Steel's (NYSE: AKS) Zanesville (Ohio) Works 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 Muskingum County Safety Council and Chamber of
Commerce.
"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
Zanesville Works employees for their
outstanding safety performance."
AK Steel's Zanesville Works
received the "100% Award for Safety" for operating the entire year
of 2012 without any lost-time injuries or illnesses. The
plant also received a "Special Award for Safety" for operating
4,248,816 man-hours without a lost-time injury between April 21, 2003 and December 31, 2012.
AK Steel's corporate-wide safety performance was five times
better than the steel industry average for the full-year 2012.
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 6,100 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, controls and is developing 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