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National Safety Council
Honors Koppers
July 12, 2000, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — The
National Safety Council recently recognized the achievements in
safety of 16 North American Koppers' facilities with the 1999 Perfect
Record Award. Koppers, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., is a globally
integrated producer of carbon compounds and treated wood products
used in a variety of industries.
The award is conferred upon facilities
that complete a minimum of one calendar year without a fatality
or injuries resulting in
days away from work.
The award represents the accomplishment of the employees of 16
North American Koppers' facilities that logged a combined 4,206,560
safe employee hours accumulated over more than 59 total years.
The National Safety Council was founded in 1913
as an international public service organization concerned with
safety, health, and
the environment. Each year more than 4,000 organizations strive
to improve safety through the program, representing 42 principal
industries throughout the world.
Koppers locations earning the
Award include:
- Grenada, Miss.
- Florence, S.C.
- Harmarville, Pa.
- Portland, Ore.
- Guthrie, Ky.
- Somerville, Texas
- Galesburg, Ill.
- Superior, Wis.
- Feather River, Calif.
- Roanoke, Va.
- Woodward Tar, Ala.
- Montgomery, Ala.
- Denver, Colo.
- North Little Rock, Ark.
- Susquehanna, Pa.
- Gainesville, Fla.
Koppers is a global integrated producer of
carbon compounds and treated wood products for use in a variety
of markets, including
the railroad, aluminum, chemical and steel industries. The Company
operates 39 facilities in the United States, Australia, New Zealand,
the South Pacific (primarily Australia and New Zealand), Denmark
and the United Kingdom. The Company also maintains an indirect
ownership interest in a concrete rail tie facility in the United
States through its domestic joint venture KSA. Additionally, in
March 1999 the Company entered into a joint venture agreement with
Tangshan Iron & Steel Co. ("TISCO") to operate a
tar distillation facility in China; that joint venture is 60% owned
by the Company. The Company's stock is shared by a large number
of management investors and by majority equity owner, Saratoga
Partners of New York City. |
