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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.”
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:
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Steel Tube Institute and MTS sign safety
support service agreement