STEP: Roadmap to Safety Success

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STEP Roadmap to Safety Success

• ABC National Environment, Health Safety
  Committee

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What is STEP?

• Created in 1989 by the ABC National Environment,
  Health Safety (EHS) Committee to recognize ABC
  member companies with exceptional safety
  records.
• Four levels of achievement in the STEP program
  Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum.
  
• 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.

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Benefits of STEP

• Helps members evaluate their safety training
  programs and identify areas of improvement.
  
• Helps companies reduce workers compensation
  costs by building a stronger, more effective
  safety training program.
  
• Provides recognition for ABC members who
  consistently provide a safe work environment not
  only to employees, but to customers as well.

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What do I need to get involved?

• Current-year STEP application workbook
• Completed OSHA Form 300A (Summary of
  Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses)
  
• http//www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/new-osha300form1
  -1-04.pdf
  
• Complete knowledge of your companys safety
  training program
  
• Pen, pencil or computer
• 30 minutes or less
• Thats ityoure ready to get started!

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Section 1 Company Information

• Company Name. Companys official name as
  indicated in ABC member database
  
• Business Unit. Enter specific branch office /
  division of company if you are applying separate
  from parent company or national office
  
• NAICS Code. Refer to chart in application book
  for NAICS code which best describes type of
  construction activity company performs
  
• Work Type. Percentage of residential, commercial
  and / or industrial work performed by applicant
  
• Proximity of Work to Headquarters. Amount of work
  performed within 0-100, 101-250 beyond 250
  miles from applicants main office /
  headquarters
• ABC Chapter. List ABC chapter of record which
  company is currently a member
  

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Section 2 Safety Performance Data

• Lines a through h Use your competed 2007 OSHA
  Form 300A (Summary of Work-Related Injuries and
  Illnesses) to provide this data. Information in
  parentheses refers to lines on the OSHA Form
  300A.
• Note that (b) and (c) ask for CASES, while (e)
  and (f) ask for DAYS. Also, complete (g) and (h)
  using this information from your 2007 OSHA Form
  300A.
• Line i Contact your workers compensation
  insurance carrier to obtain your Experience
  Modification Rate (EMR, or mod factor).
  
• Line j Add the results of lines a,b,c, and d to
  find your total number of OSHA recordable injuries

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Section 2 Safety Performance Data

• Focus Four data. Use your completed 2007 OSHA
  Form 300 to enter the number of recordable
  incidents that involved falls, caught in/between
  injuries, struck-by injuries and electrical
  injuries. Enter these numbers into the
  respective blanks.
• Number of Federal/State OSHA citations issued in
  2007. Count all citations issued originally,
  regardless of whether or not any/all were
  eventually deleted or dismissed. In cases where
  a specific location or division of a company is
  submitting this application individually, include
  only the number of citations issued to your
  specific location or division.
• Number of Federal/State OSHA citations tossed out
  in 2007. Enter the total number of OSHA
  citations that were completely tossed out
  (deleted or dismissed) as a result of subsequent
  negotiations or court proceedings. Do NOT count
  citations that have been simply reclassified or
  reduced in penalty. In cases where a specific
  location or division of a company is submitting
  this application individually, include only the
  number of citations tossed out for your specific
  location or division.

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Section 2 Safety Performance Data

• Length of Safety Orientation (in minutes).
  Indicate the length of your companys safety
  orientation, or the number of minutes devoted to
  safety during your companys new employee
  orientation.
• Frequency of Toolbox Talks Indicate whether or
  not you conduct regular (no less than monthly)
  toolbox safety talks, and how frequently they are
  conducted. If you do not conduct Toolbox Talks,
  enter N/A
• Do you have a substance abuse program? Indicate
  whether or not your company has a program
  designed to screen for substance and alcohol
  abuse.
• Scope of Operations Enter the percentage of work
  performed within local area (100 miles), regional
  area (101-250 miles) and of national scope
  (beyond 250 miles) of your location.

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Section 3 20 Key Components Self-Assessment

• Use the STEP application workbooks 20 Key
  Components section to rate your companys
  current safety training efforts
  
• Enter scores from each question into
  corresponding blanks on STEP application and
  enter total score
  
• RememberBE HONEST! All information on your STEP
  application is CONFIDENTIAL. The goal of STEP is
  to help you determine what areas you can improve
  upon to make your company and jobsites safer!

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Section 4 Company / Chapter Certifications

• The person who certifies that the information on
  this form is complete and accurate should print
  their name and title, and sign on the appropriate
  lines. If that person also completed this form,
  another management-level employee should confirm
  the application.
• ABC Chapter representative confirmation After
  you have completed your STEP application, forward
  the STEP Submittal Sheet to your local ABC
  chapter. Once received, your ABC chapter
  representative will endorse the form and forward
  it to the ABC National safety office.
  Applications received without the endorsement of
  the local ABC chapter will not be considered.

Thats it! Your STEP application is now complete.
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Applying for STEP Platinum - Benefits

• STEP Platinum award winners are eligible for
  ABCs National Safety Excellence Award (NSEA), as
  well as for the Construction Users Roundtable
  Construction Industry Safety Excellence
  (CURT/CISE) Award.
• STEP Platinum level is open to applicants who
  received Gold or Platinum STEP level the previous
  year.

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Applying for STEP Platinum - Requirements

• Received STEP Gold or STEP Platinum award in
  previous year.
  
• Have a Twenty Key Components score at or above
  the Platinum qualifying level.
  
• Have an Incidence Rate in year 2005, 2006 or 2007
  that is equal to or less than the industry
  average for your NAICS code, as listed in Table 1
  on page 5.
• Total number of OSHA Recordables x 200,000
  
  
• Incidence Rate Total Hours Worked by All
  Employees
  
• Have written site-specific safety and health
  programs.
  
• Incorporate employee involvement into the safety
  health program (i.e. participation in
  self-audits, site inspections, job hazard
  analyses, safety and health program reviews,
  safety training, near-miss investigations, etc.).

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Applying for STEP Platinum - Requirements

• Have effective employee training for avoidance of
  hazards specific to the contractors
  worksite(s).
  
• Provide construction site supervisors with
  training equivalent to the OSHA 10-hour
  construction safety course.
  
• Have designated safety personnel who, through
  training and experience, are able to recognize
  work hazards and have the authority to take
  prompt corrective action (training curriculum
  equivalent to the OSHA 30-hour Construction
  Safety course will be deemed to be
  satisfactory).
• Have no fatalities or catastrophic incidents
  (in-patient hospitalization of 3 or more
  employees) in the past three years, which
  resulted in OSHA citations.
• Submit the Insurer Support Statement attesting
  to the STEP score.
  
• Submit a copy of their 2007 OSHA 300A Form with
  STEP application
  
• Note STEP Platinum applications require a
  REFUNDABLE 165 preparation / review fee
  

If you apply for--but do not achieve--STEP
Platinum, your preparation / review fee WILL BE
REFUNDED!

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Accredited Quality Contractor

• If your company is certified as STEP Gold or
  Platinum, youre already halfway to earning your
  AQC accreditation.

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Accredited Quality Contractor

• Benefits
• Contractors that successfully qualify as
  "Accredited Quality Contractors" are accredited
  for one year.
  
• Accredited Quality Contractors receive a plaque
  and other benefits, including
  
• Wide recognition within the industry, the
  business community and the public.
  
• National and local recognition in publications.
• Authorization to use AQC language in bid
  documents.
  
• Permission to use the AQC logo on letterhead,
  business cards and jobsite signs.
  
• In addition, Accredited Quality Contractors are
  acknowledged in ABC's national membership
  directory, www.FindContractors.com, as being AQC
  certified.

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Accredited Quality Contractor

• How to Apply
• Get your AQC application from the ABC website at
  www.abc.org/AQC.
  
• For more information, contact ABC at (703)
  812-2061 or email aqc_at_abc.org.
  

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Questions?

• Get your STEP application from your local ABC
  Chapter or at www.abc.org/step
  
• Contact ABC Nationals Safety Department at (703)
  812-2016 or email step_at_abc.org for more
  information.