Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features Associated Builders and Contractors’ 2023 Safety Performance Report, an annual guide to safety best practices on construction jobsites and comprehensive study of the impact of the STEP Safety Management System.
ABC noted that its research on more than 850 million work hours completed in the construction, heavy construction, civil engineering and specialty trades in 2022 identified several best practices for proactive injury and hazard elimination, including: in-depth new hire safety orientations on safety culture, systems and processes yield incident rates that are 48% to 52% lower than just basic health and safety compliance topics; robust substance abuse prevention programs/policies with provisions for drug and alcohol testing where permitted lead to a 59% reduction in Total Recordable Incident Rates and a 62% reduction in Days Away, Restricted or Transferred Rates; and more.