ThyssenKrupp is a large German industrial conglomerate, with more than 200,000 employees. The corporation consists of 670 single companies worldwide. ThyssenKrupp is one of the world's largest steel producers. It operates worldwide in three business areas: steel, capital goods, and services. The steel unit concentrates on carbon steel and stainless steel, while the capital goods unit consists of three segments: elevators, automotive (parts, sub-assemblies, and modules), and technologies (machine tools, large-diameter bearings, and industrial doors). The services sector provides tailor-made materials, environmental services, mechanical engineering, and scaffolding services. The company is the result of the 1999 merger of Thyssen and Krupp. It is registered in Essen and Duisburg (both Germany). As of 2008 25.01% of the company shares are held by the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation.ThyssenKrupp is currently holding the European leader in dell'acciaieria and steel.
With headquarters in Essen in the Ruhr, began by producing guns for the army of the Third Reich.
With the advent of World War II, Krupp and Thyssen (then rival) began to produce the best German Panzer. Thyssen founded the Dutch bank Voor Handel en Scheepvart, and then entered the manufacturing sector.
In 1926, Thyssen & partner and Frederick Flick are the German steel trust. The cartel was founded at the initiative of Clarence Dillon, President in'20-'60's Dillon & Co, a major bank in New York. Under the agreements, the Dillon would flow right bank of the Trust and two representatives of Dillon would have entered the advice of the Community Trust. Chief Executive of the Trust was Albert Voegler, German industrial.
After the war the two industries now united and produce lifts, military vehicles, tanks, naval industry.
In Italy the main offices are in Turin and Terni, managed by the subsidiary ThyssenKrupp Acciai Speciali Terni SpA
The accident in Turin [Amendment]
In the night between 5 and 6 December 2007 seven workers of the factory in Turin is invested by a blaze caused by a leakage of hot oil [1]. The seven will die within a month, while another worker is injured in a non-serious. To the criticism were raised by several parties, and because some of the workers affected by the accident were working 12 hours, then having accumulated 4 hours of overtime, because according to the testimonies of some workers the security systems have not worked ( discharge fire extinguishers, water system, lack of skilled personnel) [2]. The company has denied that the origin of the fire is a violation of safety standards [3].
As reported by the newspaper La Stampa, in the investigation that followed, the Guardia di Finanza have seized the administrator delegate of Thyssenkrupp Italiana, Harald Espenhahn, a document that says that Antonio Boccuzzi, the only surviving witness, 'Should be stopped by legal action, as argued on television against allegations of heavy multinational. The document also claims that the fire is the fault of the seven workers who were distracted [4]. For the CEO will be made by prosecutors the option of the crime of murder with malice and arson, while five other executives will be charged with murder and arson, for all the omission of fraud-prevention systems. [5].
The July 2008 the family members of the seven victims have accepted the agreement with the company for damages for a total of 12 million and 970 thousand euros. With the agreement family members waive the right to build a civil party to the process management.
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- “At least twice as many people die from fatal injuries at work than are victims of homicide. What is remarkable about these unremarkable processes is how they attract little or no popular, political or academic attention. Just as remarkable here is the contrast between this deafening silence on the one hand and the ongoing moral panic that characterises social responses to most ‘mainstream’ violent crime on the other.” Absolutely, the way fatalities in the workplace are brushed under the carpet is obscene and the true figure is higher than the HSE gives. I mean, Workers’ Memorial Day is a time to the remember the dead and fight for the living (and it is a good slogan) but not enough is being done esp. in workplaces were health and safety are neglected. And also people who have worked with asbestos for example, they can end up a ticking time bomb as the cancer can take years to develop. More people die from asbestos related illnesses than die in traffic accidents. And yet when it to dealing with companies etc. to make them responsible the government runs shy. I mean, look at the Corporate Manslaughter legislation….
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