On-the-Job Deaths Vex Steel Industry

At a time when steel mills in the U.S. are running flat out to meet increasing demand, the steel industry is trying to unravel the causes of on-the-job accidents that resulted in more deaths in the first half of 2008 than in recent full years.

The increase in fatalities has prompted the world's largest steel maker by revenue and output, ArcelorMittal, to agree to tie more executives' compensation to plant safety performance and to establish joint health and safety committees in all of its facilities under an agreement with unions. ArcelorMittal has had four fatalities involving workers at four different ...