October 08, 2008

Tube City IMS receives 35 safety awards from NSA

Tube City IMS LLC a provider of products and services to steel mills and foundries announced that several of the Company's sites received a total of 35 Safety and Industry Best Practices awards from the National Slag Association for 2007.

Overall, Tube City IMS received 50% of the awards recognizing "Job Sites with at Least 200,000 Hours since the Last Recordable Accident" and 60% of the awards presented for "Lowest Incident Rate, 11-50 Employees."
Mr Raymond Kalouche president & COO of IMS Division for Tube City IMS said that "The Company is honored to receive these prestigious awards. They stand as testimony of our teammates' active participation in safety and innovation throughout our organization. We will continue to look for new ways to improve safety programs. I am extremely proud of all our colleagues for their dedication and commitment to safety."

The NSA Safety awards recognize superior performance as measured against Occupational Safety and Health Administration recordable injury rates. The awards were recently presented to the Company during the NSA's annual spring meeting in Las Vegas.

Tube City IMS, LLC is a leading provider of outsourced steel services, including raw materials procurement, scrap management, raw materials optimization, slag processing, metal recovery and surface conditioning services to integrated steel mills, mini mills and foundries. Tube City IMS has operations at 69 plants throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, South America and Asia.