Safety Philosophy

• All injuries, incidents, and occupational illnesses are preventable.

• Preventing incidents and injuries to assure all employees go home safe everyday is our most important business objective.

• Safety is line management’s responsibility, including first line supervisors.

• Occupational Health and Safety training will be given to all employees: educating all employees on safe work practices.

• We will be in compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations.

• Working safely is a condition of employment.

• Employees have the right and obligation to stop unsafe operations.

 

 

2009 Recipient of ABC's Safety Training and Evaluation Process Platinum Award

In the construction industry, no resource is greater than our employees, and ABC members take pride in sending their workers home safe every night. Safety is everyone’s priority, and improving jobsite safety is a continuous process that ABC member companies participate in every day. 

 
That’s why ABC created the Safety Training and Evaluation Process (STEP) – to not only recognize ABC member companies who consistently excel in the field of safety, but—more importantly—to provide an evaluation tool to help identify areas in which contractors can work to reach the ultimate goal—sending every worker home safe to their families every day.
  
What is the STEP Program?
o        STEP was created in 1989 by the ABC National Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) Committee to recognize ABC member companies with exceptional safety records.
o        There are four levels of achievement in the STEP program: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum.
o        STEP Platinum recipients represent:
§         Companies with a proven track record of safety—those who have achieved the STEP Gold or Platinum level the previous year
§         Around 850 ABC member companies, or about 4% of all ABC members
§         Companies with OSHA recordable incident rates well below the national average
o        STEP Platinum winners are automatically eligible for the ABC National Safety Excellence Awards (NSEA), ABC’s highest level of recognition in the field of safety training. Platinum winners are also eligible for the Construction Users’ Round Table (CURT) Construction Industry Safety Excellence (CISE) award.
o        STEP provides ABC contractor members with a consistent, effective tool to evaluate safety training programs by using 20 standard “key components” of safety. Each key component focuses on specific safety and training areas essential to a successful, effective safety training program.
o        STEP highlights not only a company’s safety and training successes, but also helps to identify areas where companies can improve their efforts to build a stronger safety program.
o        STEP recognizes companies that go above and beyond OSHA requirements for a safe workplace!