HARRISBURG, Sept. 23, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Worldwide industrial services and products company Harsco Corporation (NYSE:HSC) announced today that its Heckett MultiServ division, the world's largest provider of outsourced services to steel mills and other metallurgical producers, has been named by international steel and metals company Corus to receive their 2001 Chief Executive's Award for contractor health and safety.
The award recognizes Heckett MultiServ for its role at the Corus Tuscaloosa (Alabama) steel plant, where Heckett MultiServ has successfully worked over 547,000 man-hours over three years without experiencing a lost time injury. Corus Tuscaloosa is a leader in the production of high quality carbon coil and steel plate. The mill has implemented the DuPont STOP System (Safety Training Observation Program) to promote and encourage all parts of its operation to observe, identify and correct unsafe conditions and behaviors. Heckett MultiServ provides Corus Tuscaloosa with a range of on-site mill services, including scrap yard management, slag handling and metal recovery, operating on a 24-hour a day, seven day a week basis with more than 50 full-time employees.
Gene Iannazzo, Heckett MultiServ's Executive Vice President for North America, said, "We are indeed honored and proud to be recognized by Corus as its safest industrial services contractor. Harsco's worldwide SafeGuard program is built on the belief that all injuries and occupational illnesses are preventable. We make no compromise when it comes to safety. We're a company that understands that safety adds value to our customers and stockholders as well as our employees."
In 1999, Heckett MultiServ was similarly honored by British Steel, a predecessor to Corus, in recognition of Heckett MultiServ's overall management of safety and its safety-related policies and procedures, and for having completed seven years without a lost time injury at British Steel's Aldwarke, Rotherham mill in the United Kingdom.
Heckett MultiServ operates at more than 160 mills in over 30 countries, providing a broad range of on-site, customized outsourced services to many of the world's leading carbon and stainless steel producers, as well as the non-ferrous metals industry.
Harsco Corporation is a $2.1 billion diversified provider of industrial services and products with market-leading businesses serving the worldwide infrastructure development, steel and metals, railway transportation, and gas and energy industries. The company employs approximately 18,000 people in more than 40 countries of operation. Additional information about Harsco, including its Heckett MultiServ division, can be found at www.harsco.com.