Bethlehem Steel labor and worker injuries

Tom's 1975 employment data point (45% labor, 45% materials, 10% profit, vs. 1980s 55% labor and 10% loss). Foreman pay comparison. Suicide-in-the-bath anecdote. Bethlehem PA hospital "for maimed steel workers." Bethlehem Steel near-bankruptcy in early 1960s. Burns Harbor as last US private integrated steel mill.

We went from labor-intensive in 1975, when I worked for Bethlehem Steel — labor was 45 percent, materials 45, and they actually made a 10 percent profit. In the 1980s it was 55 percent and they made a 10 percent loss. That's another story. Raw materials and energy intensive today. That's what it takes to make steel. Doesn't take much labor — we're down to 20 minutes per person-ton.