ArcelorMittal Temirtau JSC | DuPont Safety and Sustainability Awards 20131. Through ArcelorMittal Temirtau JSC – which was founded in its original domestic incarnation in 1960 – ArcelorMittal is
among the largest players in Kazakhstan’s steel and mining sector. Owning and operating one of the world’s biggest
single-site integrated steel plants in Temirtau, eight coal mines in the Karaganda region and four iron ore mines in
central and northern Kazakhstan, the company achieved an overall production output of 3.6 million tons of liquid steel,
10.6 million tons of coal and 3.5 million tons of iron ore in 2011.
Aligned with ArcelorMittal’s firm-wide commitment to
becoming the world’s safest steel and mining corporation
embodied in the ‘Journey to Zero’ campaign, ArcelorMittal
Temirtau JSC embarked upon a comprehensive revamp of
health and safety processes at its facilities in Kazakhstan
through a multifaceted focus on staff training, the roll out
of a housekeeping program in line with the influential
‘5S’ implementation method, the establishment of a four
step safety control system and the institution of a
disciplined scheme of shop floor audits.
in
1996
in
2011
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Together, these initiatives not only resulted in cleaner and
tidier workplaces subject to more proactive safety
monitoring and risk management, but also an improved
sense of collective responsibility for removing occupational
hazards via mandatory training and involvement of
managers and shop floor personnel alike. Most importantly,
in concrete terms the ensuing cultural shift saw an
impressive reduction in the number of recorded industrial
accidents, which declined from 1475 in 1996 to 34 in 2011.
ArcelorMittal Temirtau JSC, a Kazakh subsidiary
of the world’s leading steel producer ArcelorMittal,
has been selected as a winner for the DuPont
Safety and Sustainability Awards owing to the
company’s achievements in driving a cultural
evolution in safety and sustainability.
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accidents
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One of the world’s biggest
single-site steel plants
in the Karaganda region
IRONOREMINES
in central and northern Kazakhstan
JOURNEYTOZEROCAMPAIGN
The roll out of a housekeeping program in line with
the influential ‘5S’ implementation method
A multi-faceted focus on staff training
Aligned with their
ArcelorMittal Temirtau JSC embarked upon a
comprehensive revamp of health and safety
processes through:
The establishment of a four step safety control system
The institution of a disciplined scheme of shop
floor audits