Southeast Regional Safety Director Brooke Hathaway accepted LeChase’s STEP award during a luncheon at the ABC Carolinas’ annual construction convention.
Posing with representatives from ABC and other construction firms, LeChase SE Regional Safety Director Brooke Hathaway (fourth from left) receives the company’s annual STEP award.
Founded in 1989 as a safety benchmarking and improvement tool, the Safety Training Evaluation Program, or STEP, has evolved into a world-class management system aimed at improving safety performance. Participating ABC member firms measure their safety processes and policies on 25 key components. The goal is to implement or enhance safety programs that reduce job site incidents.
Companies can earn STEP awards for several levels of safety performance. LeChase once again received a Diamond award – the highest possible recognition. To earn Diamond, a company must score appropriately on the 25 key components and have a total recordable incident rate at least 50% below the NAICS code average for the previous three years.
This year, ABC Carolinas presented STEP awards to more than 100 member companies. Together, they accounted for more than 75 million safe work hours.
For more about the STEP awards, click here.
