Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has released its 2025 Health and Safety Performance Report, a vital annual guide spotlighting best practices for safer construction jobsites. The report reinforces ABC’s call to action for building a stronger safety culture industry-wide.
The report highlights the measurable impact of ABC’s STEP Safety Management System, showing that top-performing participants achieve incident rates 658% safer than the industry average, with an 85% reduction in total recordable incidents. STEP, launched in 1989, provides contractors and suppliers with a proven framework for tracking safety performance and benchmarking against peers.
Key findings from over 1 billion work hours tracked in 2024 reveal essential strategies for improving safety:
- Comprehensive new hire orientations lowered incident rates by over 50%.
- Strong substance abuse prevention programs cut incidents by more than half.
- Daily toolbox talks resulted in a 78% reduction in injuries.
- Executive-level engagement improved safety outcomes by up to 52%.
- Use of leading indicators helped reduce recordable and lost time incidents by nearly 60%.
The 2025 report serves as a blueprint for contractors and suppliers to lead with intention, commit to continuous improvement, and help every worker return home safer and healthier.