More Than 180 AISC Members Receive 2023 Safety Awards
CHICAGO – The American Institute of Steel Construction is honoring more than 180 structural steel fabricators and erectors for their outstanding safety records in 2023. And the majority of this year’s Safety Award recipients will get the Safety Award of Honor, AISC’s top safety honor.
“Avoiding accidents is not an accident,” said AISC Senior Director of Engineering Tom Schlafly. “Structural steel fabrication shops and construction sites are busy places with many activities occurring simultaneously. Skill, experience, and planning are required to accomplish those activities safely. AISC is proud of those companies whose employees worked through 2023 with few or no Days Away, Restricted or Transfer (DART) injuries.”
AISC relies on DART rates that companies also report to OHSA to determine safety award recipients. The DART rate measures the number of recordable lost work cases per 200,000 hours worked. AISC bases the awards on cases, not days, as reported to OSHA on the 300A form, along with the hours worked in the year.
AISC presents a Safety Award of Honor to fabricators and erectors with perfect records. Those with excellent records (0<DART≤1) earn a Safety Award of Merit, and Safety Commendations recognize companies with DARTs greater than one and less than or equal to two.
“I’m encouraged to see more companies make safety a priority at all levels of their company,” said AISC Safety Committee Chair John Schuepbach of Phoenix Solutions Group International. “Prioritizing safety enhances productivity, bottom line profits, employee-company relationships, and reputation, and is a key factor in creating a sustainable workplace. We are pleased to see that many companies are aware of these broad benefits of prioritizing safety within their workplace and in the field. We appreciate these companies’ dedication to protecting their employees and keeping them healthy.”
The safety awards program is open to all AISC member fabricators and erectors, and applications for the program are solicited annually. Awards are issued separately for fabrication and erection companies. To win an award, the AISC member company must submit a copy of their OSHA 300A form for verification purposes.
AISC features Safety Award recipients online, in the April issue of Modern Steel Construction, and at NASCC: The Steel Conference–which incorporates SafetyCon. The 2024 Steel Conference and SafetyCon are set to take place in San Antonio March 20 to 22.
SafetyCon’s 13 sessions focus on crucial topics like mental health and suicide prevention, OSHA’s lockout/tagout standard, how to prepare for and manage an OSHA inspection, and much more.
For more information and resources on safety for the fabricated and erected structural steel industry, visit aisc.org/safety.
Safety Award of Honor (DART = 0) – Fabricators
3 Sons’ Steel, Inc., Tarboro, N.C.
AF Steel Fabricators, Chandler, Ariz.
Affton Fabricating & Welding Co., Inc., Sauget, Ill.
Arc Rite Welding & Fabrication, LLC, Pipe Creek, Texas
Aristeo, Livonia, Mich.
Arlington Structural Steel Company, Inc., Arlington Heights, Ill.
Associated Steel Fabricators, Inc., Tomball, Texas
B & B Welding Company, Inc., Sparrows Point, Md.
Blue Atlantic Fabricators, LLC, East Boston, Mass.
Bohling Steel, Inc., Lynchburg, Va.
C.T. and S. Metalworks, Irving, Texas
Chesapeake Bay Steel, Inc., Norfolk, Va.
Continental Steel Works Inc., Butte, Mont.
Cooper Steel South LLC, Childersburg, Ala.
Corebrace, LLC, West Jordan, Utah
Crowder Industrial Construction, Spartanburg, S.C.
Delta Steel Inc., Saginaw, Mich.
Design Build Structures, LLC, Peosta, Iowa
Diversatech-Metalfab LLC, Gridley, Ill.
Dixie Southern Industrial, Inc., Polk City, Fla.
Doral Corporation, Milwaukee
Douglas Steel Company, Lansing, Mich.
Douglas Steel Fabricating Corporation, Lansing, Mich.
East Coast Metal Structures, Corp., Riviera Beach, Fla.
Edco, Inc., Mount Vernon, Wash.
Eddy’s Welding, Inc., Ellicott City, Md.
Forney Welding, Inc., Albuquerque, N.M.
Garbe Iron Works, Inc., Aurora, Ill.
Gibson Industrial Inc., Richmond, Va.
GMF Steel Group, Lakeland, Fla.
Hartland Building & Restoration Co., East Granby, Conn.
Haskell Corporation, Bellingham, Wash.
Hershberger Bros. Welding Inc., Las Vegas
High Plains Steel Services, LLC, Windsor, Colo.
Hubbard & Drake Inc., Decatur, Ala.
Industrial Maintenance and Fabrication, Mead, Colo.
Intermark Steel LLC, Price, Utah
J.B. Steel, Tucson, Ariz.
J.R. Hoe and Sons, Middlesboro, Ky.
Jeffords Steel & Engineering Co., Potsdam, N.Y.
JGM Fabricators & Constructors, LLC, Coatesville, Pa.
Larwel Industries, Bedford, Texas
Lee’s Imperial Welding Inc, Fermont, Calif.
Levan Associates Inc., Emmaus, Pa.
LMC Industrial Contractors, Avon, N.Y.
Lyndon Steel Company, Winston-Salem, N.C.
McCombs Steel Company, Inc., Statesville, N.C.
Mechanical & Industrial Steel Services, Inc., Chicago
Missouri Fabricators, Fulton, Mo.
Mobil Steel International, Inc., Houston
NOVA Group, Inc., Napa, Calif.
Ogeechee Steel, Inc., Swainsboro, Ga.
Phoenix Fabrication & Supply, Inc., Peotone, Ill.
Precision Build, LLC, Gibsonton, Fla.
Premier Fabrication, LLC, Congerville, Ill.
Quality Welding and Fabrication, Elida, Ohio
Reinicke Athens Inc., Athens, Ga.
RBD Holdings LLC, Alexander, Ark.
RNGD, LLC, Metairie, La.
Rochester Structural, LLC, Rochester, N.Y.
Rocky Mountain Steel, Inc., Olathe, Colo.
San Joaquin Steel Co., Inc., Stockton, Calif.
Sanpete Steel Corporation, Moroni, Utah
SC Steel, LLC, Taylors, S.C.
Schuff Steel Company, Stockton, Calif.
Schuff Steel Company, Ottawa, Kan.
Schuff Steel Company, Bellemont, Ariz.
Shure Line Construction, Kenton, Del.
Simko Industrial Fabricators, Chesterton, Ind.
SME Steel Contractors, Inc., Pocatello, Idaho
SME Steel Contractors, Inc., West Jordan, Utah
Southwest Architectural Metals, Henderson, Nev.
Standard Iron Works, Scranton, Pa.
Steel Specialty, Inc., Belmont, N.C.
Stud Welding, Inc., Centerville, Tenn.
T.W.S. Fabricators, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Talley Metal Products, Inc., Hagerstown, Md.
The Gateway Company of Missouri LLC, St. Louis
The Haskell Company, Jacksonville, Fla.
Tipton Structural Fabrication, Tipton, Iowa
Tipton Structural Fabrication, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
TrueNorth Steel, Lubbock, Texas
TrueNorth Steel, Mandan, N.D.
Turner Construction Company, Huntsville, Ala.
Twin Brothers Marine, LLC, Morgan City, La.
United Structural Works, Inc., Congers, N.Y.
Universal Steel of NC, LLC, Thomasville, N.C.
USA Structural Steel & Foundations, Sarasota, Fla.
Viking Steel Fabricators, Fredericksburg, Va.
VM Ironworks & Structural Steel Corp., Palm City, Fla.
Safety Award of Honor (DART = 0) – Erectors
AF Steel Fabricators, Chandler, Ariz.
American Steel Fabricators, LLC, Greenfield, N.H.
B & B Welding Company, Inc., Sparrows Point, Md.
Ben Hur Steel Worx, LLC, St. Louis
Black Cat LLC, Cheyenne, Wyo.
Bowen Engineering Corp., Indianapolis
Cooper Steel, Nashville, Tenn.
Douglas Steel Fabricating Corporation, Lansing, Mich.
East Coast Metal Structures, Corp., Riviera Beach, Fla.
Eddy’s Welding, Inc., Ellicott City, Md.
Gibson Industrial Inc., Richmond, Va.
GMF Steel Group, Lakeland, Fla.
Hartland Building & Restoration Co., East Granby, Conn.
High Plains Steel Services, LLC, Windsor, Colo.
Hubbard & Drake Inc., Decatur, Ala.
Industrial Maintenance and Fabrication, Mead, Colo.
J.B. Steel, Tucson, Ariz.
JGM Fabricators & Constructors, LLC, Coatesville, Pa.
March-Westin Company, Inc., Morgantown, W.V.
Mechanical & Industrial Steel Services, Inc., Channahon, Ill.
Meco Kentucky LLC, Louisville, Ky.
Mid-Ohio Mechanical, Inc., Granville, Ohio
NMI Industrial Holdings Inc., Sacramento, Calif.
North Alabama Fabricating Company, Inc., Cullman, Ala.
Peterson Beckner Industries, Inc., Houston
Peterson Beckner Industries, Inc., Frisco, Texas
Precision Build, LLC, Tampa, Fla.
Reinicke Athens Inc., Athens, Ga.
RBD Holdings LLC, Alexander, Ark.
RNGD, LLC, Metairie, La.
Rochester Structural, LLC, Rochester, N.Y.
San Joaquin Steel Co., Inc., Stockton, Calif.
Schuff Steel Company, Stockton, Calif.
Schuff Steel Company, Lindon, Utah
Schuff Steel Company, Portland, Ore.
Schuff Steel Company, Bellevue, Wash.
Shure Line Construction, Kenton, Del.
Skanska Koch, Inc., Carteret, N.J.
SME Steel Contractors, Inc., West Jordan, Utah
Southwest Steel LLC Nevada, Henderson, Nev.
Stinger Bridge & Iron, Coolidge, Ariz.
Summit Industrial Construction, Houston
United Structural Works, Inc., Congers, N.Y.
United Weld Services, LLC, York, Pa.
USA Structural Steel & Foundations, Sarasota, Fla.
VM Ironworks & Structural Steel Corp., Palm City, Fla.
Safety Award of Merit (0<DART≤1) – Fabricators
Custom Metals, a Division of Lexicon, Inc., Little Rock, Ark.
DIS-TRAN Steel, LLC, Pineville, La.
Environmental Air Systems, LLC, High Point, N.C.
High Steel Structures LLC, Lancaster, Pa.
Lexicon Industrial Contractors, a Division of Lexicon, Inc., Little Rock, Ark.
MSD Building Corp., Pasadena, Texas
PKM Steel Service, Inc., Salina, Kan.
Prospect Steel, a Division of Lexicon, Inc., Little Rock, Ark.
Prospect Steel, a Division of Lexicon, Inc., Armorel, Ark.
Schuff Steel Company, Humble, Texas
Schuff Steel Company, Phoenix
Schuff Steel Company, Lindon, Utah
Schuff Steel Company, Eloy, Ariz.
Steel Fabricators of Monroe, Monroe, La.
Steel Service Corporation, Jackson, Miss.
Steward Steel, Inc., Sikeston, Mo.
Structural Steel & Plate Fabrication, Co., North Salt Lake, Utah
Systems Fab & Machine, Inc., El Dorado, Ark.
Team Industries Inc, Kaukauna, Wisc.
TrueNorth Steel, Billings, Mont.
W&W | AFCO STEEL, Lubbock, Texas
Safety Award of Merit (0<DART≤1) – Erectors
Aristeo, Livonia, Mich.
Bosworth Steel Erectors, LLC, Dallas
Building Zone Industries, Kanarraville, Utah
Derr & Gruenewald Construction, LLC, Brighton, Colo.
G.A. West & Co., Inc., Creola, Ala.
Ideal Contracting, Detroit
Kraemer North America, Plain, Wisc.
Schuff Steel Company, Phoenix
Schuff Steel Company, San Diego
W&W | AFCO STEEL- W&W Steel Erectors, New York
Safety Commendation (1<DART≤2) – Fabricators
American Steel Fabricators, LLC, Greenfield, N.H.
AFC Steel, LLC, Ennis, Texas
Ben Hur Steel Worx, LLC, St. Louis
Covenant Steel Warehouse, Inc., Dothan, Ala.
Drake-Williams Steel Inc., Omaha, Neb.
Environmental Air Systems, LLC, High Point, N.C.
Gayle Manufacturing Company, Caldwell, Idaho
Hillsdale Fabricators, a Division of Alberici Constructors, St. Louis
New Industries, LLC, Morgan City, La.
Patriot Erectors, LLC, Trinity North, Trinity, Texas
Patriot Erectors, LLC, Trinity South, Trinity, Texas
Precision Build, LLC, Tampa, Fla.
Ramar Steel Sales, Inc., Rochester, N.Y.
Sefton Steel, LP, Aldine, Texas
Southwest Steel, LLC, El Mirage, Ariz.
Stinger Bridge & Iron, Coolidge, Ariz.
Thomas Steel, Inc., Bellevue, Ohio
Thompson Metal Fab, Inc., Vancouver, Wash.
Western Slope Iron & Supply, Inc., Grand Junction, Colo.
Zimkor LLC, Littleton, Colo.
Safety Commendation (1<DART≤2) – Erectors
Ben Hur Steel Worx, LLC, Indianapolis
Ben Hur Steel Worx, LLC, Fairfield, Ohio
Davis Erection, Gretna, N.C.
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The American Institute of Steel Construction, headquartered in Chicago, is a non-partisan, not-for-profit technical institute and trade association established in 1921 to serve the structural steel design community and construction industry. AISC’s mission is to make structural steel the material of choice by being the leader in structural steel-related technical and market-building activities, including specification and code development, research, education, technical assistance, quality certification, standardization, market development, and advocacy. AISC has a long tradition of service to the steel construction industry of providing timely and reliable information.
