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Ohio Die Cast Manufacturer Cited for Safety Hazards
Government Affairs Conference in May -
Roomblock Registration Closes April 14!
Firefighters Respond to Blaze at Rome Die Casting
Die Casters...Partnering with your Local Tool Builder in a
Continuous Improvement Environment Leads to Success
Energy — Have You Made It a Priority?
Ohio Die Cast Manufacturer Cited for Safety Hazards
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The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Ohio
Decorative Products, a die cast metal products manufacturer in Spencerville, Ohio, with
$91,000 in proposed penalties for workplace safety violations.
OSHA opened an inspection in December 2009 after receiving a report that a worker was
scalped when his hair was entangled in an unprotected rotating shaft on a piece of
equipment. As a result of the inspection, the citations issued – one willful, one serious
and one repeat – were all for the employer failing to provide proper machine guarding on
equipment.
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Economist Peter Morici and Trade Policy Expert Richard McCormack to Speak at Government Affairs Conference in May
Richard McCormack, trade policy expert, author and editor of Manufacturing & Technology
News, will deliver opening remarks on the state of U.S manufacturing and recent actions
taken by the Obama Administration and Congress to assist the domestic manufacturing base in
these tough economic times at the May Metalcasters Alliance for Government Affairs
Conference. Economist Dr. Peter Morici, professor of International Business at the
University of Maryland, will provide the luncheon keynote address on the economic forecast
for the remainder of the year and into 2011.
The annual conference, cosponsored by the North American Die Casting Association (NADCA) and
American Foundry Society (AFS), will be held May 5-7 at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, Washington.
As a Washington, D.C. based journalist, McCormack has covered science, technology and
government for more than 20 years, specializing in economic competitiveness and
globalization.
This year’s conference will allow AFS and NADCA Corporate Members to bring a colleague from
the same company at a greatly reduced rate. Be sure to make your hotel reservation as the
hotel cut-off date is April 14.
There has never been a more crucial time for the metalcasting industry to unite and bring
its collective legislative input to Washington, D.C. To download the conference program and
register today, go to the NADCA website http://www.diecasting.org/meetings/gab/
Firefighters Respond to Blaze at Rome Die Casting
Firefighters responded to a report of a fire at Rome Die Casting LLC at 29 Westside
Industrial Blvd. Sunday afternoon.
Battalion Chief Troy Brock from the Rome-Floyd Fire Department said an external dust
collector caught on fire around 5:45 p.m. The first units to arrive on the scene said they
saw flames on the apparatus and proceeded to extinguish them.
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Die Casters...Partnering with your Local Tool Builder in a Continuous Improvement Environment Leads to Success
Lowering tool cost has been an objective for the die caster to increase
profits since die casting began. This goal sounds great, but it is really somewhat shortsighted. A better goal in the
big picture is to lower the cost of die cast finished goods. Improving tooling to increase productivity and extend tool
life through continuous improvement involvement with the tool builder accomplishes this goal much more effectively than
efforts to buy cheaper tooling. To read more about partnering with your tool builder,
click here to login and read this month’s issue of Die
Casting Engineer.
Energy — Have You Made It a Priority?
It’s easier to find ways to save energy than it is to find new profitable
business. On two separate recent occasions, NADCA asked for input from the membership regarding either case studies or gathering
the metrics of energy use. Thus far, we’ve received two case studies. One must therefore assume that the reader is busy with
other critical priorities, energy is not yet one of those priorities or you’ve got a great energy conservation program but don’t
have time to document the results internally or externally to NADCA. To read more about these two case studies and the importance
of becoming more energy efficient, click here to log in and read this month’s issue of LINKS magazine.
