The Safety Training and Evaluation Process (STEP) is a safety self-audit and awards program for contractors. The Platinum level is designed to provide special recognition to Gold Level STEP Members. Applications for the Platinum level are included in the STEP application form. Members may submit applications to the San Diego Chapter office through June of each year.
To qualify for STEP Platinum, the member company must have received a Gold level in the previous year with a score of 120 or higher in the self-evaluation section of that year's application. Submittal of an OSHA 200 summary log (or equivalent log summarizing OSHA recordable events), a statement from an insurance company supporting the STEP self-evaluation score.
Platinum level achievement provides a special certificate of recognition, and serves as an automatic application for ABC's National Safety Award. Platinum achievement also includes participation in a national promotional campaign that consists of advertisements in other than ABC publications, targeting construction-service users. Step Winners average 70% fewer citations!
2010 STEP Applications are available at the San Diego Chapter Office, and in the Safety Section of ABC National's website at www.abc.org ...Please take advantage of the great power-point helpers that are available there. Submit your completed STEP application to the San Diego chapter; we will sign it, log it, and forward it to National ABC for award processing.
Platinum STEP Awards
- Ahrens Corporation
- I.E. Pacific, Inc.
- Good & Roberts
- Gould Electric Inc.
- Helix Electric Inc.
- Straub Construction Co. Inc.
- Western Summit Constructors
Gold STEP Awards- Pacific Building Group
- Collins Plumbing Inc.
- C.W. Driver
- Cutting Edge Drywall
- Reno Contracting
- Western Fire Protection
For current CAL/OSHA Consultation and Partnering information Click here
Come and join us at ABC's monthly
Safety Forum on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at ABC's Poway office, 7am to 8am.
ABC's Construction Safety Review by Bob Harrell, Safety Management Services, Inc. Fall Protection Gear warnings and recalls for all safety officers to be aware of:
click here to review and also read about
harness failuresContractors, review this document:
LEAD paint hazards continue Contractors, be aware: beginning
April 22, 2010, contractors could face fines of up to $37,500 for not complying with federal regulations aimed at protecting them and consumers from exposure to dust from lead-based paints.
Construction Trenching Safety: Once Trenching work begins on a project, a “competent person” must make a daily inspection of the trench or excavation and the protective systems. See this important article!
ABC's CURT CISE Awardis CURT’s equivalent to ABC’s National Safety Excellence Award (NSEA) and is awarded each November at the CURT annual meeting. ABC member companies routinely win this prestigious award and, as has been the case before, swept all of the constructor safety awards last year. ABC views the CURT CISE award as a validation, if you will, of our own NSEA award and of our members’ tremendous commitment to the“culture of safety.”
For information, or an application for ABC's Curt Cise Award, Click...