August 2021 Volume 3

INDUSTRY NEWS

Other notable facilities that achieved a safety rate below the group average for 2020 are: Group I (up to 80 employees) • Dayton Forging &Heat Treating Co. • Schaefer Equipment – AWabtec Company • Phoenix Forging Company, Inc. • Edgerton Forge, Inc. Group II (81-175 employees) • American Axle &Manufacturing, Inc. Ft. Wayne Manufacturing Facility • Ellwood Texas Forge Navasota

• Asahi Forge Group • Ellwood Texas Forge

Wesley Clifton & Eric Modrynski, ATI Forged Products

• Ellwood National Forge Corry • Scot Forge Co. – Clinton Division • Modern Forge Indiana, LLC • American Axle &Manufacturing, Inc. Minerva Manufacturing Facility • Finkl Steel • Finkl Steel – Sorel

IV); Walker Forge, Inc. (Group III); Columbus McKinnon Forge Operations – Chattanooga, TN (Group II); and Phoenix Forging Company, Inc. along with Solmet Technologies, Inc. (Group I). To determine the Safety Award winners, FIA placed all facilities that participated in the survey into one of four groups based on number of employees. The facilities in each group with the lowest recordable incident rates were eligible for awards, provided their DART rates were less than the group average. These rates were calculated using data from OSHA Form No. 300 or Canadian Workers’ Compensation Reports.

Group III (176-325 employees)

Pat Burke, Whitcraft In addition, facilities from each group also were recognized with an Improvement Award. These facilities showed the greatest improvement in theirDART(days away fromwork, work restrictions and job transfer cases) rates as compared to their previous three- year averages. Companies recognized with Improvement Awards include FRISA Forjados S.A. de C.V. – Superalloys Plant (Group

Kent Paul, Forge Resource Group The Occupational Injury & Illness Survey is part of FIA’s dynamic benchmarking platform. The platform enables participants to log in at any time and customize reports to show only the information they need, which helps streamline the benchmarking process. For more information about FIA’s 2020 Safety Awards, please contact James Warren at (216) 781-6260 or jwarren@forging.org. ■

Will Walker, Walker Forge

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