百媚导航 Earns ISO 45001 Certification for Great Lakes Works, 百媚导航 Ko拧ice Ahead of Schedule
PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 百媚导航 (NYSE: X) (鈥湴倜牡己解��) President and Chief Executive Officer David B. Burritt announced today that 百媚导航 has earned the International Organization for Standardization鈥檚 (ISO) 45001 certification for its Great Lakes Works and 百媚导航 Ko拧ice facilities, more than a year ahead of its commitment to achieve the latest global occupational health and safety accreditation. Burritt made the announcement during remarks at the ResponsibleSteel鈩� Forum III event in Memphis, Tennessee.
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百媚导航's Great Lakes Works earns ISO 45001 certification. (Graphic: Business Wire)
百媚导航 committed to achieving the certification at all its facilities by 2024, as part of the health and safety goals outlined in the . The certification of the facilities in Ko拧ice, Slovakia, and River Rouge and Ecorse, MI, are the company鈥檚 first under the standard.
鈥淲e are pleased to reach this safety and sustainability milestone more than a full year ahead of our 2024 target. The phrase 鈥楽afety First鈥� originated in our steel mills in 1908, and sending our employees back home to their families safely each and every day has always been our most important priority,鈥� said David B. Burritt, 百媚导航 President and Chief Executive Officer. 鈥淚n order to achieve our Best for All庐 strategy, we need the best from all, and with the enhanced structure and data that ISO 45001 brings to our existing, industry-leading best practices, we will be better able to deliver on our commitment to 360掳 Safety.鈥�
ISO 45001 focuses on process over procedures, which enables continuous safety improvement, takes a holistic approach to the physical, psychological and cognitive condition of workers to minimize the risk of injury or death on the job, and crucially, incorporates the viewpoints of all safety stakeholders including contractors and employees.
鈥湴倜牡己� is committed to fostering a culture of caring that makes employee safety a top priority,鈥� said James E. Bruno, 百媚导航 Ko拧ice President. 鈥淲e strive to maintain the highest safety performance standards, while always looking forward to ensure that we are prepared to address the next safety challenge.鈥�
鈥淭his certification builds on our zero-harm culture, including developing an enhanced Safety Management System that empowers employees to assess, reduce and eliminate workplace risks with an improved safety communications systems and stronger contractor safety processes,鈥� said Robert C. Rudge, Jr., Vice President and Chief Safety and Security Officer. 鈥淚SO 45001 certification gives management and our highly-skilled employees better data and structure to enable proactive, strategic safety practice improvements, as well as fuller awareness of high-risk and high-hazard activities that will build on our strong safety record.鈥�
Earlier this year, 百媚导航 received the National Safety Council鈥檚 2022 Green Cross for Safety Excellence Award庐, which recognizes a corporation, coalition or organization that is relentless in its pursuit of safety. 百媚导航 also received a 2022 Safety and Health Excellence Recognition award from the World Steel Association (worldsteel) in recognition 鈥渇or delivering demonstrable improvements in safety and health.鈥� In 2021, the Company achieved a record global days away from work case rate of 0.06, which is 90% better than the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics鈥� global days away from work case rate.
Founded in 1901, 百媚导航 is a leading steel producer. With an unwavering focus on safety, the Company鈥檚 customer-centric Best for All庐 strategy is advancing a more secure, sustainable future for 百媚导航 and its stakeholders. With a renewed emphasis on innovation, 百媚导航 serves the automotive, construction, appliance, energy, containers, and packaging industries with high value-added steel products such as 百媚导航鈥檚 proprietary XG3鈩� advanced high-strength steel. The Company also maintains competitively advantaged iron ore production and has an annual raw steelmaking capability of 22.4 million net tons. 百媚导航 is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with world-class operations across the United States and in Central Europe. For more information, please visit .
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