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National Safety Awards (NASA)
This National AGC and Carolinas AGC safety
recognition program was developed many years ago. This program compares members’ safety records
with others in like classifications and similar man-hours exposure. The AGC’s Safety Awards requests that
certain information from your OSHA 300 Log, which must be posted on your job
sites by the first of February, be transferred to a short reporting form adding
total man-hours worked by your company’s employees during the previous year and
mailed to the Carolinas AGC. Applications for this award are usually
made available to members in December of
each year.
Download the 2007 NASA Application HERE!
Construction Safety Excellence Awards (CSEA)
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This National AGC and Carolinas AGC
safety recognition program was developed several years ago and focuses on more
detailed information compared to the National AGC Safety Awards (NASA).
This program attempts to identify those
contractors that demonstrate exemplary safety programs that involve all employees
from upper management to the newest laborer employed.
This program is broad in scope--Injury rates are important but are not the only
criterion used to determine winners.
The Judges look for:
- Direct evidence of upper management/owner commitment,
- Worker training,
- Active participation at the grass roots level,
- Creativity and uniqueness in a company's program.
Candidates must not only present a
formal written summary of their safety program, in December they make a verbal
5-minute presentation in Charlotte to a panel of judges which includes
representatives of NC and SC OSHA and several safety
professionals. IMPORTANT—creative safety approaches is key to
becoming a finalist.
Finalists are honored at the Carolinas AGC Annual
Convention and forwarded to AGC of America to represent Carolinas AGC on a
National level. If chosen as a finalist
on the National level, winners will repeat their 5-minute presentation to a
National committee at AGC of America’s Annual Committee meeting.
Congratulations to B.R.S. Inc., who was awarded a first place CSEA award in the Municipal Division on March 20, 2006 at the AGC's 87 th Annual Convention. They were also finalists competing for the Grand Award, the "Best of the Best" in the Construction Safety Excellence Awards program. This was the second year in a row a CAGC member firm has received a national first place award. Ashmore Bros. Inc. won first place in the Highway Division last year.
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 Building Star-NC OSHA Voluntary Protection Program
North Carolina Department of Labor/OSHA
has expanded the Carolina Star, a program recognizing companies for
establishing safe workplaces, to include the construction industry.
Construction companies can now earn a “Building Star,” which recognizes
construction worksites that have “Carolina Star” quality safety and health
programs but require demonstration of approaches and procedures that differ
from current “Carolina Star” requirements set up for general industry.
This program was developed in conjunction and
agreement with Carolinas AGC.
Companies receiving the designation
must meet several criteria, including a comprehensive safety program, excellent
injury and illness rates and employee participation in the safety process.
In “Building Star,” management, labor, and OSHNC establish a cooperative relationship
at the workplace. Management agrees to operate an effective program that meets established
criteria. Employees agree to participate in the program and work with management to ensure a safe
and healthful workplace. OSHNC verifies that the program meets
“Building Star” criteria, publicly recognizes the site's
exemplary program, and removes up to three of the company's construction sites per year from programmed OSHNC
compliance inspections.
Businesses that earn the Building Star
may stay in the program for three years.
Companies can re-apply after the third year of Star status as long as
the workplace continues to maintain a solid safety and health program and
submits required annual information, such as injury and illness rate data.
Advantages of Building Star stated by NCOSHA's:
- Improved employee motivation to work safely
- Participants generally record reductions in workers'
compensation costs
- Safe and healthful working conditions
- Reduced absenteeism and turnover
- Reduced employee complaints to OSHNC Compliance
- Avoidance of costly OSHNC penalties
- More efficient operations
- Increased productivity
- Improved employee morale
- Recognition
Companies seeking a Star program application or
additional information about the programs should contact Lamont Smith, Star
program manager with the Department of Labor, at 1-800-NC-LABOR.
Smith’s e-mail address is
lsmith@mail.dol.state.nc.us.
Click here to view and print application.
Building Star Recipients
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