TPT November 2008

I ndustry N ews

Steel Tube Institute and MTS sign safety support service agreement

Multimedia Training Systems Inc was founded in 1996 by a group of steel mill safety professionals. The safety materials and videos they provide are industry specific and relate to basic steel making and processing, scrap processing, pipe and tube manufacturing, and rebar production. The company has assembled a library of more than 74,000 video clips totaling over 1,500 hours of digital footage. They currently serve over three quarters of all US and Canadian steel mills and produce videos in five languages. Among their clients are US Steel, ArcelorMittal, Nucor and CMC. The company provides safety training via DVD, CD and the web. The Steel Tube Institute was founded in 1930. It sponsors cooperative efforts to improve manufacturing techniques, safety and best practices in the welded steel tubing industry. STINA informs customers and fabricators about the utility and versatility of steel pipe and tubing products. Steel Tube Institute – USA Fax : +1 305 443 1603 Website : www.steeltubeinstitute.org

The Steel Tube Institute of North America (STINA) has signed a strategic services agreement with Multimedia Training Systems Inc, which will provide monthly safety information and video clips for STINA’s website. New safety information will be provided every month, while previous months’ topics will be archived for easy access. The agreement is part of the STINA’s safety task force mission to help STINA’s member companies focus on and improve their safety performance by sharing safety information and best practices. Since being formed in September 2006, the task force has held a series of safety meetings at member company’s facilities. The group has focused on twelve key safety issues that were identified in a survey of safety personnel of member companies. The topics included: head injuries, machine guards, use of robots, modified work programs, mill roll zinc build-up, pinch points, turning tubes and hydro blowouts.

Mr Bill Wolfe, executive director of the Steel Tube Institute, said, “Our agreement with MTS is another step in our safety task force’s effort to help members reduce injuries and save lives. Each of the monthly topics will relate to a safety issue relevant to the steel pipe and tube industry.” Each month, a new safety issue will be placed on STINA’s website. The focus will be on OSHA topics such as lockout/tagout, and respiratory and hearing issues. The postings on the website will include a video clip and an opportunity to get more detailed information on each topic. In discussing the benefits of partnering with the Steel Tube Institute, David K Coffaro, president of MTS, said: “This is an opportunity for us to open a positive dialogue with safety personnel throughout the industry. The videos and topics we will be placing on STINA’s website will be specific to their industry. Video clips include interviews with injured people; we also have the ability to recreate accidents with animation.”

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