The American Institute of Steel Construction is pleased to recognize more than 70 steel fabricators and erectors for their outstanding safety records in 2021.
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).
“AISC’s annual Safety Awards program recognizes excellent records of safety performance, and we commend these facilities for their effective accident prevention programs,” said Tom Schlafly, AISC’s director of safety. “Periodic recognition of safety in the workplace has been demonstrated to provide worker incentive and a reminder of the importance of safe practices.”
In order to facilitate data collection and make statistics meaningful in terms familiar to safety professionals, AISC’s Safety Awards program uses data that companies also report to OSHA as measured in terms of Days Away, Restricted or Transferred (DART) rate. 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.
To learn more about the awards, visit aisc.org/safetyawards. 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
- Associated Steel Fabricators Inc., Tomball, Texas
- Ben Hur Steel Worx LLC, St. Louis
- BENCHMARK Fabricated Steel, Terre Haute, Ind.
- Center Point Contractors Inc., Bentonville, Ark.
- Champion Bridge Co., Wilmington, Ohio
- Covenant Steel Warehouse Inc., Dothan, Ala.
- Custom Metals, a Division of Lexicon Inc., Little Rock, Ark.
- Design Build Structures LLC, Peosta, Iowa
- Dixie Southern Industrial Inc., Polk City, Fla.
- Douglas Steel Fabricating Corp., Lansing, Mich.
- East Coast Metal Structures Corp., Riviera Beach, Fla.
- Eddy’s Welding Inc., Ellicott City, Md,
- F.A. Wilhelm Construction Co. Inc., Indianapolis
- Gayle Manufacturing Co., Caldwell, Idaho
- Geiger & Peters Inc., Indianapolis
- George’s Welding Services Inc., Miami
- Gerace Construction Co. Inc., Midland, Mich
- Industrial Resources Inc., Fairmont, W.V.
- J.R. Hoe and Sons, Middlesboro, Ky.
- Kienlen Constructors, St. Louis
- Larwel Industries, Bedford, Texas
- Lyndon Steel Co., Winston-Salem, N.C.
- Maccabee Industrial Inc., Belle Vernon, Pa.
- McPeak Supply LLC, Roanoke, Va.
- Mike Owen Fabrication Inc., Bakersfield, Calif.
- Miscellaneous Steel Industries Inc., Kyle, Texas
- Mobil Steel International Inc., Houston
- Newport Industrial Fabrication Inc., Newport, Maine
- NOVA Group Inc., Napa, Calif.
- PAX LLC, Gonzales, La.
- Phoenix Fabrication & Supply Inc., Peotone, Ill.
- Pikes Peak Steel LLC, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- Prospect Steel, a Division of Lexicon Inc., Little Rock, Ark.
- RCC Fabricators Inc., Paterson, N.J.
- Rens Welding & Fabricating Inc., Taunton, Mass.
- Rochester Rigging & Erectors Inc., Bloomfield, N.Y.
- Rochester Structural LLC, Rochester, N.Y.
- Schuff Steel Midwest, Overland Park, KS
- Scott Steel Services Inc., Crown Point, Ind.
- Shure Line Construction, Kenton, Del.
- Southwest Steel LLC, Henderson, Nev.
- Steel Service Corporation, Jackson, Miss.
- Steel Specialty, Inc., Belmont, N.C.
- Structural Steel & Plate Fabrication Co., North Salt Lake, Utah
- Systems Fab & Machine Inc., El Dorado, Ark.
- The Arthur Louis Steel Co., Geneva, Ohio
- The Gateway Company of Missouri LLC, St. Louis
- The Haskell Co., Jacksonville, Fla.
- TrueNorth Steel, Fargo, N.D.
- Twin Brothers Marine LLC, Morgan City, La.
- United Weld Services LLC, York, Pa.
- Universal Steel of NC LLC, Thomasville, N.C.
- Western Slope Iron & Supply Inc., Grand Junction, Colo.
- Zimkor LLC, Littleton, Colo.
Safety Award of Honor (DART=0) – Erection
- Diversified Metalworks, Orange, Calif.
- Dixie Southern Industrial Inc., Polk City, Fla.
- East Coast Metal Structures Corp., Riviera Beach, Fla.
- F.A. Wilhelm Construction Co. Inc., Indianapolis
- Ideal Contracting, Detroit
- Kienlen Constructors, St. Louis
- National Steel City LLC, Plymouth, Mich.
- North Alabama Fabricating Co. Inc., Birmingham, Ala.
- Rens Welding & Fabricating Inc., Taunton, Mass.
- ROC Steel LLC, Suffolk, Va.
- Rochester Structural LLC, Rochester, N.Y.
- Shure Line Construction, Kenton, Del.
- Systems Fab & Machine Inc., El Dorado, Ark.
- The Arthur Louis Steel Co., Geneva, Ohio
- United Weld Services LLC, York, Pa.
Safety Award of Merit (0<DART≤1) – Fabrication
- Corebrace LLC, West Jordan, Utah
- DIS-TRAN Steel LLC, Pineville, La.
- Jesse Engineering Co., Tacoma, Wash.
- Metal Pros LLC, Wichita, Kan.
- North Alabama Fabricating Co. Inc., Birmingham, Ala.
- Prospect Steel, a Division of Lexicon Inc., Armorel, Ark.
- Schuff Steel Co., Eloy, Ariz.
- SME Steel Contractors Inc., West Jordan, Utah
- Transco Ind. Inc., Portland, Ore.
- Veritas Steel, Palatka, Fla.
Safety Award of Merit (0<DART≤1) – Erection
- Ben Hur Steel Worx LLC, St. Louis
- Derr Steel Erection Co., Euless, Texas
- SME Steel Contractors Inc., West Jordan, Utah
- Southwest Steel LLC, Henderson, Nev.
Safety Commendation (1<DART≤2) – Fabrication
- Ford Steel LLC, Porter, Texas
- Johnson Machine Works Inc., Chariton, Iowa
- JPW Structural Contracting Inc., Syracuse, N.Y.
- Padgett Inc., New Albany, Ind.
- Schuff Steel Co., Phoenix, Ariz.
- Steel Fabricators of Monroe, Monroe, La.
- Steward Steel Inc., Sikeston, Mo.
Safety Commendation (1<DART≤2) – Erection
- Padgett Inc., New Albany, Ind.