Headline: Juneau Earns ABC's Gold STEP Award for Safety

Juneau Earns ABC's Gold STEP Award for Safety
Posted: 5/25/2010

Every year, ABC recognizes member companies that demonstrated outstanding safety performance the previous year. Entries are evaluated based on the type of member company - general contractor, subcontractor or supplier - and the total number of manhours worked. Juneau Construction Company was honored this year with the Gold STEP Award for Safety.

The Associated Builders and Contractors of Georgia, Inc. (ABC) presented its 2010 Safety Award to Juneau at its annual luncheon held May 17. The association’s National STEP and Georgia Chapter Safety Awards are given yearly to Georgia contractors who have achieved the lowest rate of on-the-job accidents in the state, and have demonstrated the highest commitment to safety.

ABC's Safety Training and Evaluation (STEP) Awards recognize members who achieve effective safety practices at their firms, and are based on 20 key elements of contractor safety programs such as management commitment, safety responsibilities of personnel, and budget. The STEP process, developed and written by contractors for contractors, is a tool designed to objectively evaluate safety programs, policies, procedures and training.

“Studies have shown that STEP participants consistently out-perform the National BLS averages for fatalities, injuries and lost time,” said 2010 ABC Safety Forum Chairman John Ambrosia, Trainer with H B Training & Consulting, who announced the award recipients.

ABC heightened requirements for achieving various STEP award levels in 2010. To achieve Gold, a company must have an incidence rate equal to or less than 1½ times the NAICS average.

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