Steel Mills
March 30, 2014
USS Great Lakes Steelmaking Suspended Due to Roof Collapse
Written by John Packard
US Steel’s Great Lakes (Ecorse) facility suffered a roof collapse at the #2 BOP on Thursday evening which has ceased steelmaking operations at the plant. According to our sources, the USS Great Lakes facility in Ecorse, Michigan only has one basic oxygen process plant (BOP) which is fed molten pig iron from the blast furnaces to make steel. The #2 BOP at Ecorse is rated at 3.9 million tons of steel production annually.
According to USS media relations, “A collector main collapsed onto and through the roof of the #2 BOP Shop at Great Lakes Works yesterday evening. There were no injuries and all persons were accounted for. Operations have been temporarily suspended due to the incident. We are still investigating the incident and assessing its impact on operations.”
