UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA

Fatality Report – 2000Page 524. On August 16, Steve Ewing, 33, an employee of Hudson Bay Mining andSmelting in Fin Flon, Manitoba, Canada, died of burns he suffered when a furnace he wasworking on experienced a hot metal and water explosion. Brother Ewing was a member ofLocal Union 7106 in District 3.25. On August 17, Jerry Nelson, 56, an employee of Geneva Steel in Provo, Utah,died when a blast furnace scale car dropped a load of pellets on him. Brother Nelson was amember of Local Union 2701 in District 12.26. On August 22, Nathaniel Payne, 43, a general mechanic at Alcoa Aluminum inDavenport, Iowa, was killed when a cable broke on an overhead crane, causing the block to falland strike him. Brother Payne was a member of Local Union 105 in District 11.27. On September 2, Charles Smith, 46, a tire builder at Bridgestone Corp.;Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. in Des Moines, Iowa, was injured when he was caught in a tirebuilding machine, which recycled unexpectedly. He died 33 days later. Brother Smith was amember of Local Union 310L in District 11.28. On September 4, Gary Stoudt, 44, a welder instructor at Dana Corp.; ParishDivision in Reading, Pennsylvania, was killed when an overhead grantry descended, strikingthe victim on the head. Brother Stoudt was a member of Local Union 3733 in District 10.29. On September 8, David Jones, 25, a coke oven benchman at NKK Corp.(Japan); National Steel, Subsidiary; Granite City Steel Division in Granite City, Illinois,was seriously injured when he was caught between the hot car and a handrail. He died onOctober 8 from his injuries. He was a member of UFCW Local Union 50, which representsworkers in the coke and ironmaking areas of the plant. The remaining bargaining unitemployees at Granite City Steel Division are members of USWA Local Union 67 in District 7.30. On October 13, Clarence Brant, 59, a tractor operator at Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.;Pick Mather, Subsidiary in Hibbing, Minnesota, was seriously burned in a hydraulic oil firewhich got into the cab of the cat-dozer tractor he was operating. He died November 2. BrotherBrant was a member of Local Union 2705 in District 11.31. On October 22, Kirk Steinhagen, 50, a maintenance man at AlleghenyTechnologies, Inc.; Allegheny Ludlum Steel Division in Brackenridge & Natrona,Pennsylvania, was killed when he fell from a ladder. Brother Steinhagen was a member ofLocal Union 1196-01 in District 10.32. On October 31, William Tipton, 60, a truck driver for Overpeck Trucking, anoutside contractor working at Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. magnesia plant in Woodville,Ohio, was killed when a tractor-trailer overturned on him. Bargaining unit employees atMartin Marietta are represented by Local Union 12965 in District 1.5