Every incident is preventable. Strive to be six times safer than the industry average. 

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STEP Overview

What is STEP? Established in 1989, ABC's Safety Training Evaluation Process (STEP) is a safety benchmarking and improvement tool that dramatically improves safety performance among construction industry participants regardless of company size or type of work. 
Why participate? Every ABC member wants to send its workers home safely every night. Take the first step towards achieving world class safety by participating in STEP, whether you are beginning your safety journey or continuing to strengthen your performance. Getting started with STEP is free and can help you lower your workers compensation insurance rates.
Who should participate? Contractors and suppliers that want to commit to achieving world-class safety performance 

• Commercial and industrial contractors that perform work in the:
  • Construction of buildings (NAICS code 236)
  • Heavy and civil engineering construction (NAICS code 237)
  • Specialty trade (NAICS code 238) 

• Suppliers that perform work in the:
  • ​Other construction merchant material wholesalers (NAICS code 423390)
  • Ready-mix concrete manufacturing (NAICS code 327320)
  • Lumber, plywood, millwork, and wood panel merchant wholesalers (NAICS code 423310)
  • Metal service centers and other metal merchant wholesalers (NAICS code 423510)
  • Brick, stone, and related construction material merchant wholesalers (NAICS code 423320)

How does STEP work? Participating companies score their level of achievement for each component on a weighted point scale and document their incident rates (TRIR and EMR). Companies receive recognition level of Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze or Participant based on this date.

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ABC Pelican 2018 STEP Recipients

Diamond Level:
Apache Industrial Services
Barriere Construction Company
Beard Construction Group
Bengal Crane & Rigging
The Brock Group
Cajun Industries
Classic Industrial Services
EXCEL Group
ISC Constructors
Jacobs
MMR Constructors
Ohmstede
PCL Industrial Construction
Performance Contractors 
Primoris Services Corporation
REPCON
STARCON International
The Lemoine Company
Triad Electric & Controls
Turner Industries Group
Westgate

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Platinum Level:
Bluewater Constructors
Group Industries

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Gold Level:
APTIM
Ernest P. Breaux Electrical
F. L. Crane & Sons
Kostmayer Construction
McDermott
Pala-Interstate
Trade Construction 
Tradesmen International

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Silver Level:
New Industries
SJB Group

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​Ready to begin your journey to world-class safety?

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The deadline to apply for STEP is Friday, May 31, 2019

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ABC 2018 Safety Performance Report

Until now, relatively few studies have been conducted on the correlation between the use of measures companies can take to keep workers safe on jobsites—leading indicators—and the number of incidents, accidents and injuries that occur—lagging indicators. In 2015, ABC created the Safety Performance Report to address this issue. The charts and summaries in the 2018 edition present the clearest picture yet of the remarkable impact that leading indicator use has on a company’s safety performance: fewer disrupted or lost lives and a safer, more productive jobsite regardless of the size of the company. In fact, companies that engage in leading indicator use are, statistically, considerably safer than their peers.

Download the 2018 ABC Safety Performance Report

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Questions and Contact Information

Please email Kacie at kblanchard@abcpelican.com with any questions regarding STEP.
Click here to check out these frequently asked questions, which includes how to begin the application process and how to fill out application.