Columbus Stainless recently celebrated Safety Week in commemoration of World Steel Safety Day with the motto “Our People, Our Priority: Safety First.” Various activities took place throughout the company’s Middelburg offices and plant, with a specific focus on the main causes of accidents in the steel industry.
Many of the activities undertaken involved employees and their families to highlight the value of “Safety as a way of life”. Primary school children reminded their parents of the importance of coming back home safely. Children between the ages of 6 and 10 years old were hosted and treated to a plant tour to experience the vastness of the factory.
The tour was hosted by the Steel Plant Senior Manager Dirk Kruger and Occupational Health, Safety & Environment Senior Manager Johan du Toit. The children were excited when they thought they saw “Lava” but it was actually a transfer ladle full of molten steel being picked up by a metal crane to be charged into the Argon Oxygen Decarburisation (AOD) vessel. Another activity targeted secondary school students in the form of a social media safety competition. Interested students, whose parents work for Columbus Stainless, submitted a 90-second video on why safety is important to them. All videos received underwent a rigorous judging process. The creativity was enormous, and the judges finished with a joint third place. The four students were invited to the prestigious recognition and awards ceremony where the prizes sponsored by Nashua Mpumalanga and Columbus Stainless were handed out in the presence of their parents.
THE WINNERS FOR THE NIGHT WERE AS FOLLOWS: 1ST PRIZE, LAPTOP: 2ND PRIZE, TABLET: |