Safety Awards
Associated Builders and Contractors STEP (Safety Training and Education Process) Award recognizes the efforts of ABC members that strive to achieve effective safety practices at their firms and provides contractors with a tool to objectively evaluate their safety programs, policies, procedures and training.
2007 Platinum
2006 Platinum
2005 Platinum
2004 Platinum
2003 Platinum
2002 Platinum
Workers Compensation experience MOD Rating
.93 for 2006 .84 for 2008
.83 for 2007
An Introduction to our Safety Policy:
Many benefits accrue to Wade Electric Company, Inc. by conducting our field operation in a safe and orderly manner. Our competitive positions can be enhanced considerably by reduced cost of insurance, labor, and field operations. Because there are few other job site activities with greater capacity for building goodwill, our safety program can serve as an effective public relations tool as well.
Obviously the value of safety cannot be measured entirely in dollars and cents. No one who has witnessed the injury, maiming or death of a construction worker can avoid the feeling of shock and indignation. A serious job accident can gravely undermine a contractor's reputation, and the publicity and popular opinion can undo years of favorable public relations. Certainly the humane benefit to the worker and his family is a primary advantage to be realized from accident prevention. Associated with this is worker morale, a potent factor in achieving high production and low costs. The employee who feels that the employer is genuinely concerned with his safety and who sees around him tangible evidence attesting this concern is more apt to be a loyal and cooperative worker.
Although the inherently dangerous nature of construction work makes it highly unlikely that accidents will ever be completely eliminated, certainly the frequency and severity of these accidents can be reduced. Accidents are caused, they don't just happen. The mere presence of a dangerous situation cannot be used to justify the omission of a single preventive step that can reduce the waste and suffering caused by accidents.
