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20 September, 2000U.S. steel company must pay for over one thousand health and safety violations.
USA: The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined Rocky Mountain Steel, a subsidiary of Oregon Steel Mills Inc., the amount of US$487,000 for more than 1,000 health and safety violations.
Two fatalities, a double amputation and a severe scalding have occurred in recent years while the company was in a long-term dispute with the IMF-affiliated United Steelworkers of America over working conditions in the steel plant. The number of fatalities at the steel plant rose dramatically when the management unlawfully replaced its experienced workforce with untrained labour during a contract dispute which started in 1997.
The OSHA began its inspection of the steel plant in February 2000, less than one week after the second death had occurred within 12 months.
Company management claimed the citations were the result of their attempts to update the antiquated steel mill and stated that most of the problems have now been eliminated.
Rocky Mountain Steel Mills, situated in Pueblo, Colorado, produces a wide range of steel items such as rails, wire rods/bars and semi-finished billets. It as well as Oregon Steel make up the two divisions of Oregon Steel Mills, Inc.
Two fatalities, a double amputation and a severe scalding have occurred in recent years while the company was in a long-term dispute with the IMF-affiliated United Steelworkers of America over working conditions in the steel plant. The number of fatalities at the steel plant rose dramatically when the management unlawfully replaced its experienced workforce with untrained labour during a contract dispute which started in 1997.
The OSHA began its inspection of the steel plant in February 2000, less than one week after the second death had occurred within 12 months.
Company management claimed the citations were the result of their attempts to update the antiquated steel mill and stated that most of the problems have now been eliminated.
Rocky Mountain Steel Mills, situated in Pueblo, Colorado, produces a wide range of steel items such as rails, wire rods/bars and semi-finished billets. It as well as Oregon Steel make up the two divisions of Oregon Steel Mills, Inc.