The American Institute of Steel Construction is pleased to honor more than 130 structural steel fabricators and erectors for their outstanding safety records in 2022.
“The dedicated people who work in fabrication shops and on jobsites across the country are what really sets domestically fabricated structural steel apart,” said AISC Senior Director of Engineering Tom Schlafly. “AISC is proud to recognize those who truly put safety first to protect our industry’s greatest asset: talented, passionate workers.”
Most of this year’s winners have earned the Institute’s top safety award, the Safety Award of Honor, which is presented for a perfect record of no disabling injuries (DART=0–see below for more info about DART data).
“A culture of workplace safety only works if everyone in the organization, from top to bottom, actively participates and commits to looking out for one another,” said AISC Safety Committee Chair John Schuepbach. “When leaders take ownership and make safety a top priority, it encourages employees at all levels of the company to do the same–and it’s a lot of work on everyone’s part. This year’s Safety Award recipients deserve a lot of credit for their dedication to safety in the field and in the shop.”
AISC relies on information that companies also report to OSHA to determine Safety Award recipients: their Days Away, Restricted or Transferred (DART) rates. The DART measures the number of recordable lost work cases per 200,000 man 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 (a DART of zero). 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.
The 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. In order to be eligible to win an award, the member company must submit a copy of their OSHA 300A form for verification purposes.
AISC features Safety Award recipients online, in Modern Steel Construction, and at NASCC: The Steel Conference–which this year incorporates the first-ever SafetyCon. SafetyCon and the Steel Conference will take place in Charlotte, N.C., April 12 to 14.
The specialty conference’s 11 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. To see all 11 sessions, search the session list for the safety track.
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) – Fabrication
- AF Steel Fabricators, Chandler, Ariz.
- Alamo Structural Steel, Waco, Texas
- Alpha Iron, Ridgefield, Wash.
- Apollo Steel LLC, Jaffrey, N.H.
- Associated Steel Fabricators Inc., Tomball, Texas
- B & B Welding Co. Inc., Fort Howard, Md.
- BENCHMARK Fabricated Steel, Terre Haute, Ind.
- C & F Steel Co. Inc., Hamilton, Texas
- Chesapeake Bay Steel Inc., Norfolk, Va.
- Cianbro Fabrication & Coating Corp., Pittsfield, Maine
- Continental Steel Works Inc., Butte, Mont.
- Crowder Industrial Construction, Spartanburg, S.C.
- Delta Steel Inc., Saginaw, Mich.
- Diversatech-Metalfab LLC, Gridley, Ill.
- Dixie Southern Industrial Inc., Polk City, Fla.
- Eddy’s Welding Inc., Ellicott City, Md.
- F.A. Wilhelm Construction Co. Inc., Indianapolis
- FabSouth LLC, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
- Fiedeldey Steel Fabricators Inc., Cincinnati
- Florida Structural Steel, Gibsonton, Fla.
- Fresno Fab-Tech Inc., Sanger, Calif.
- G2 Metal Fab Inc., Livermore, Calif.
- George’s Welding Services, Inc., Miami
- Gibson Industrial Inc., Richmond, Va.
- Gira Steel West, Columbia, S.C.
- GMF Industries Inc., Lakeland, Fla.
- Gremp Steel Co., Posen, Ill.
- Hall Industries Inc., Ellwood City, Pa.
- High Plains Steel Services LLC, Windsor, Colo.
- Hillsdale Fabricators, a Division of Alberici Constructors, St. Louis
- Iowa Engineered Processes Co., Independence, Iowa
- J.R. Hoe and Sons, Middlesboro, Ky.
- Jonquil Steel and Construction Inc., Mableton, Ga.
- Larwel Industries, Bedford, Texas
- Lee’s Imperial Welding Inc., Fremont, Calif.
- Levan Associates Inc., Emmaus, Pa.
- LMC Industrial Contractors, Avon, N.Y.
- M & J Steel LLC, Trussville, Ala.
- Maccabee Industrial Inc., Belle Vernon, Pa.
- Mast Farm Service, LTD, Millersburg, Ohio
- McClean Iron Works, Everett, Wash.
- McCombs Steel Co. Inc., Statesville, N.C.
- New Industries LLC, Morgan City, La.
- NOVA Group Inc., Napa, Calif.
- Ogeechee Steel Inc., Swainsboro, Ga.
- Penn Steel Fabrication Inc., Bristol, Pa.
- Phoenix Fabrication & Supply Inc., Peotone, Ill.
- Pioneer Erectors, Grand Rapids, Mich.
- Premier Fabrication LLC, Congerville, Ill.
- Prospect Steel, a Division of Lexicon Inc., Armorel, Ariz.
- RCC Fabricators Inc., Paterson, N.J.
- Resolute Performance Iron Inc., Tempe, Ariz.
- Rochester Rigging & Erectors Inc., Bloomfield, N.Y.
- Rochester Structural LLC, Rochester, N.Y.
- Rocky Mountain Steel Inc., Olathe, Colo.
- Sanpete Steel Corp., Moroni, Utah
- Schuff Steel Co., Humble, Texas
- Schuff Steel Co., Ottawa, Kan.
- Shure Line Construction, Kenton, Del.
- Steel Fabricators of Monroe, Monroe, La.
- Steel Service Corp., Jackson, Miss.
- Steel Specialty Inc., Belmont, N.C.
- Stinger Bridge & Iron, Coolidge, Ariz.
- Stud Welding Inc., Centerville, Tenn.
- Talley Metal Products Inc., Hagerstown, Md.
- The Arthur Louis Steel Co., Geneva, Ohio
- The Gateway Co. of Missouri LLC, St. Louis
- The Haskell Co., Jacksonville, Fla.
- Tipton Structural Fabrication, Tipton, Iowa
- Tipton Structural Fabrication, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Triad Fabricators, LLC, Evansville, Ind.
- Trinity Fabricators Inc., New Albin, Iowa
- Troy Industrial Solutions, Brewer, Maine
- United Weld Services LLC, York, Pa.
- USA Structural Steel & Foundations, Sarasota, Fla.
- Welding Works, Madison, Conn.
- Zimkor LLC, Littleton, Colo.
Safety Award of Honor (DART=0) – Erection
- AF Steel Fabricators, Chandler, Ariz.
- Black Cat LLC, Cheyenne, Wyo.
- Building Zone Industries, Kanarraville, Utah
- Delta Steel Inc., Saginaw, Mich.
- Derr & Gruenewald Construction, Henderson, Colo.
- Eddy’s Welding Inc., Ellicott City, Md.
- F.A. Wilhelm Construction Co. Inc., Indianapolis
- Fresno Fab-Tech Inc., Sanger, Calif.
- Gibson Industrial Inc., Richmond, Va.
- Gremp Steel Co., Posen, Ill.
- High Plains Steel Services LLC, Windsor, Colo.
- Jonquil Steel and Construction Inc., Mableton, Ga.
- Lee’s Imperial Welding Inc., Fremont, Calif.
- McClean Iron Works, Everett, Wash.
- North Alabama Fabricating Co. Inc., Birmingham, Ala.
- Ogeechee Steel Inc., Swainsboro, Ga.
- Peterson Beckner Industries Inc., Houston
- Pioneer Erectors, Grand Rapids, Mich.
- Resolute Performance Iron Inc., Tempe, Ariz.
- Rochester Structural LLC, Rochester, N.Y.
- Shure Line Construction, Kenton, Del.
- Stinger Bridge & Iron, Coolidge, Ariz.
- Structural Services Inc., Albuquerque, N.M.
- The Arthur Louis Steel Co., Geneva, Ohio
- United Weld Services LLC, York, Pa.
- USA Structural Steel & Foundations, Sarasota, Fla.
- XLE Metals Corporation, Prospect Park, Pa.
Safety Award of Merit (0<DART≤1) – Fabrication
- Custom Metals, a division of Lexicon, Inc., Little Rock, Ark.
- Integrated Structural Engineering LLC, Cedarburg, Wis.
- Prospect Steel, a division of Lexicon Inc., Little Rock, Ark.
- Schuff Steel Co., Phoenix
- Schuff Steel Co., Bellemont, Ariz.
- Thompson Metal Fab Inc., Vancouver, Wash.
Safety Award of Merit (0<DART≤1) – Erection
- Davis Erection (Omaha), Gretna, Neb.
- Integrated Structural Engineering, LLC, Cedarburg, Wis.
- Williams Erection Co., LLC, Smyrna, Ga.
Safety Commendation (1<DART≤2) – Fabrication
- Able Steel Fabricators, Inc., Mesa, Ariz.
- Alamo Structural Steel, Victoria, Texas
- Cooper Steel, Shelbyville, Tenn.
- DIS-TRAN Steel, LLC, Pineville, La.
- Garrison Steel Fabricators, Inc., Pell City, Ala.
- Gayle Manufacturing Company, Caldwell, Idaho
- Metal Pros, LLC, Wichita, Kan.
- North Alabama Fabricating Company, Inc., Birmingham, Ala.
- Schuff Steel Company, Stockton, Calif.
- Schuff Steel Company, Eloy, Ariz.
- Schuff Steel Company, Lindon, Utah
- Summit Steel Works Corp, San Jose, Calif.
- Tampa Tank/Florida Structural Steel, Tampa, Fla.
- Thomas Steel, Inc., Bellevue, Ohio
- Western Slope Iron & Supply, Inc., Grand Junction, Colo.
Safety Commendation (1<DART≤2) – Erection
- Cooper Steel, Shelbyville, Tenn.
- Dixie Southern Industrial, Inc., Polk City, Fla.
- Garrison Steel Fabricators, Inc., Pell City, Ala.
- ROC Steel, LLC, Suffolk, Va.
- Stonebridge Inc., South Plainfield, N.J.
- Ideal Contracting, Detroit