United States Steel Corp. recently highlighted the company’s safety performance for 2019 and thanked employees for their commitment to safety.
“U. S. Steel coined the term ‘Safety First’ in 1912, and safety remains our primary core value today,” U.S. Steel President and CEO David B. Burritt said. “Every employee who works in one of our facilities has the right to return home safely at the end of every day, and I am grateful to all of our employees for the extraordinary safety performance in 2019. I would like to thank the United Steelworkers for their leadership in this effort, which brings us ever closer to achieving our ultimate goal of zero injuries companywide.”
In 2019, the company ended the year with an Occupational Safety and Health Administration Days Away From Work case rate of 0.10. This is better than the industry average, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
At U. S. Steel Košice and U. S. Steel’s Tubular Operations, there were no cases. All the company’s other facilities exceeded safety targets and improved their year-over-year performance.
The company’s recordable injury rate was nearly three times better than the industry average of 2.7.
U. S. Steel operates in both the United States and Central Europe.