U. S. Steel Earns ISO 45001 Certification for Great Lakes Works, U. S. Steel Košice Ahead of Schedule
01 November 2022 - 5:30AM
Business Wire
United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) (“U. S. Steel”)
President and Chief Executive Officer David B. Burritt announced
today that U. S. Steel has earned the International Organization
for Standardization’s (ISO) 45001 certification for its Great Lakes
Works and U. S. Steel Košice 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™ Forum III event in Memphis, Tennessee.
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U. S. Steel's Great Lakes Works earns ISO
45001 certification. (Graphic: Business Wire)
U. S. Steel committed to achieving the certification at all its
facilities by 2024, as part of the health and safety goals outlined
in the 2021 Sustainability Report. The certification of the
facilities in Košice, Slovakia, and River Rouge and Ecorse, MI, are
the company’s first under the standard.
“We are pleased to reach this safety and sustainability
milestone more than a full year ahead of our 2024 target. The
phrase ‘Safety First’ 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,” said David
B. Burritt, U. S. Steel President and Chief Executive Officer. “In
order to achieve our Best for All® 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° Safety.”
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.
“U. S. Steel is committed to fostering a culture of caring that
makes employee safety a top priority,” said James E. Bruno, U. S.
Steel Košice President. “We strive to maintain the highest safety
performance standards, while always looking forward to ensure that
we are prepared to address the next safety challenge.”
“This 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,” said Robert C. Rudge, Jr., Vice President and
Chief Safety and Security Officer. “ISO 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.”
Earlier this year, U. S. Steel received the National Safety
Council’s 2022 Green Cross for Safety Excellence Award®, which
recognizes a corporation, coalition or organization that is
relentless in its pursuit of safety. U. S. Steel also received a
2022 Safety and Health Excellence Recognition award from the World
Steel Association (worldsteel) in recognition “for delivering
demonstrable improvements in safety and health.” 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’
global days away from work case rate.
Founded in 1901, United States Steel Corporation is a leading
steel producer. With an unwavering focus on safety, the Company’s
customer-centric Best for All® strategy is advancing a more secure,
sustainable future for U. S. Steel and its stakeholders. With a
renewed emphasis on innovation, U. S. Steel serves the automotive,
construction, appliance, energy, containers, and packaging
industries with high value-added steel products such as U. S.
Steel’s proprietary XG3™ 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. U.
S. Steel is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with
world-class operations across the United States and in Central
Europe. For more information, please visit www.ussteel.com.
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