Elevate your company’s reputation by leading the industry in health and safety. The ABC Health and Safety Alliance—a prestigious mark of excellence—features members who actively participate in the ABC STEP® Health and Safety Management System annually, demonstrate a long-term commitment to health and safety and uphold health and safety as a core company value. Under the ABC Health and Safety Alliance are all ABC’s health and safety programs including STEP, National Health and Safety Excellence Awards, ABC’s Total Human Health initiative and the ABC Health and Safety Leadership Forum.
STEP Health and Safety Management System
STEP is an industry-leading health and safety management system that dramatically improves health and safety performance among participants regardless of company size or type of work.
Total Human Health
ABC members care about their employees. Not only do they want to send them home safe at the end of the shift, they also want them to live a healthy lifestyle and enjoy the abundance life has to offer through their careers and beyond. The Total Human Health Initiative encompasses multiple dimensions of health organized within four, simple and easy to remember categories: Body, Heart, Mind, and Soul.
ABC’s Health and SafetyPerformance Report
Read ABC’s 2025 Health and Safety Performance Report to understand the impact of STEP participation on health and safety performance. Packed with infographics and practical takeaways, the report documents the dramatic impact of using proactive health and safety practices to reduce recordable incidents by up to 83%, making the best-performing companies nearly seven times safer than the industry average.
Through participation in the ABC National Health and Safety Excellence Awards, ABC is proud to recognize companies that continually strive to maintain industry-leading safety training programs. Learn more about the ABC National Health and Safety Excellence Awards.
Health and Safety Training
ABC offers a variety of safety training opportunities through its 67 chapters nationwide. Locate an ABC chapter!
ABC Health and SafetyLeadership Forum
Empowering Executives To FosterTransformational Cultures The ABC Health and Safety Leadership Forum is the premier event for visionary C-suite leaders dedicated to transforming their organization’s health and safety culture. This exclusive forum is a deep dive into ABC’s STEP Health and Safety Management System,® insights into its key components and the direct correlation of leadership commitment and industry-leading health and safety cultures.
ABC Health and Safety Alliance FAQs
On Oct. 30, ABC submitted post-hearing comments to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration in response to OSHA’s informal public hearing on its Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings proposed rule. On June 18, ABC participated in the informal public hearing and was asked a series of questions by OSHA, which ABC’s comments address.
Sept. 17, the U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce passed the ABC-supported H.R. 2844, Michael Enzi Voluntary Protection Program Act, The bill makes VPPs permanent and requires the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration to allocate a minimum of 5% of its annual budget to the program. ABC believes that encouraging collaborative partnerships between the regulated community and OSHA, such as VPPs, is a win-win approach.
Joe Xavier, ABC senior director of health and safety, testified on Wednesday, June 18 before the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration in a public hearing on OSHA's Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings Proposed Rule.
Construction Safety Week is now in its 11th year and remains dedicated to promoting a stronger safety culture in the construction industry. In 2014, 40 companies recognized the need to elevate the conversation around safety. Despite being industry competitors, they united under the shared mission of bringing everyone home safely from every jobsite.
Post your 2024 Occupational Safety and Health Administration 300A form by Feb. 1, 2025, and keep it posted through April 30, 2025.
Contact ABC's Safety Department at:
Joe Xavier Senior Director, Health and Safety [email protected] (202) 905-2103
Aaron Braun Manager of Health and Safety Programs and Initiatives [email protected] (202) 595-1855