DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,116

STANDARD FUSEE CORPORTATION
d/b/a ORION SAFETY PRODUCTS
SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness
Act of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of an investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on March 25, 2002, and filed by the company on behalf
of workers at Standard Fusee Corporation d/b/a Orion Safety
Products, South Beloit, Illinois. The workers produce highway
and railway fusees (flares).


The investigation revealed that sales and production at the
subject firm declined absolutely from 2000 to 2001. The subject
firm closed in April of 2002.
A Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's major
customers revealed increases in imports of highway and railway
fusees (flares) during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Standard
Fusee Corporation d/b/a Orion Safety Products, South Beloit,
Illinois contributed importantly to the decline in sales or
production and to the total or partial separation of workers of
that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:









"All workers of Standard Fusee Corporation d/b/a Orion
Safety Products, South Beloit, Illinois engaged in
employment related to the production of highway and railway
fusees (flares), who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 19, 2001, through two
years from the date of certification are eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 26th day of June, 2002.




/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance