The management of Western Steel & Forgings Limited (WSFL) has debunked allegations that it has commenced production in contravention of a government directive to cease production until certain conditions are fulfilled.<\/p>\n
The factory was closed down by the Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, Mr. E.T. Mensah after three incidents in which a number of workers were injured.<\/p>\n
According to a statement released by Nana Ofosua Tamakloe, Corporate Affairs Director of WSFL, the company at this stage was only undertaking test runs with the permission and consent of the Factories Inspectorate Department of the Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are law abiding and will not at any time flout a government directive\u201d she empahsised.<\/p>\n
Nana Tamakloe explained that \u201cthe test run which begun on Tuesday is under the supervision of the Factories Inspectorate Department and is designed to ensure that Safety and Personal Protective Equipment standards, as well as other industry standards are fully met\u201d.<\/p>\n
The test run, she also noted, will help to gauge the efficiency and effectiveness of the Fume Extractor designed by Gratis.<\/p>\n
WSFL is Ghana\u2019s Premier Steel & Forging Company, with a steel ingot manufacturing facility that produces 3,500mt ingots per month. The company has a 16\u201d automatic mill and can roll 6000mt of iron rods per month. It forges balls for Gold Mines and has the capacity to produce 2000mt of forged balls per month. It also and has an oxygen plant and drum making plant that produces 15000 drums per month.<\/p>\n
WSFL, a solely owned Ghanaian company was established in 2005 and is one of four steel mills operating in the country. It currently has a workforce of about 600 workers, made up of 440 permanent staff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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