Evers & Sons Leads Construction Industry in Health and Safety, Says ABC Report

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Evers & Sons has achieved STEP PLATINUM in Associated Builders and Contractors’ STEP^® Health and Safety Management System for the 2026 year. STEP enables top-performing ABC members like Evers & Sons Inc. to achieve incident rates 278% safer than the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics construction industry average, reducing total recordable incident rates by 64%.

“Safety is more than a number or a requirement at Evers & Sons. Our goal is to create an environment where our employees feel supported in speaking up, identifying hazards and stopping work when something doesn’t look right. STEP gives us a framework to measure where we are, identify opportunities to improve and continue building a culture where everyone goes home safely to their families every day,” said Rudy Garza, HSE Director.

The real-world impacts of STEP are based on the findings in ABC’s 2025 Health and Safety Performance Report, an annual guide to construction jobsite health and safety best practices. Established in 1989, STEP provides contractors and suppliers with a robust, no-cost framework for measuring health and safety data and benchmarking with peers in the industry. “STEP will help any contractor or supplier reinforce their commitment to the well-being of their workforce,” said Greg Sizemore, ABC vice president of health, safety, environment and workforce development. “If we choose to lead, if we choose to commit and if we choose to transform, together we can ensure every construction worker goes home safer, happier, healthier and more fulfilled every single day.

“Transforming the status quo to set the expectation that all incidents are preventable creates a culture where health and safety are elevated to core values, a moral obligation for employers and employees,” said Sizemore. “Priorities change frequently, but values remain consistent. The tools in STEP, as detailed in ABC’s annual safety report, show the blueprint of how industry leaders and workers like those at Evers & Sons Inc. create a culture of health and safety and win and deliver work to communities without incident.”

Evers & Sons’ safety priorities focus on proactive hazard identification, employee engagement, field leadership and continuous improvement. Key practices include Safety Coach engagement with field crews, Risk Observation Cards, jobsite safety audits, leadership training and ongoing employee safety education. The company has achieved more than 6 million safe man-hours without a lost-time incident and has reached 3 million safe-hours. STEP participants measure their safety processes and policies on key components and the criteria for best practices through a detailed questionnaire, with the goal of implementing or enhancing safety programs that reduce jobsite incident rates.

Any company can participate in STEP. Visit abc.org/step to begin or continue your safety journey.

About Evers & Sons Inc.

Evers & Sons Inc. is a third-generation, family-owned energy services company with more than four decades of experience supporting energy infrastructure across the United States. Our divisions include Engineering, Facilities, Fabrication, Pipeline, Maintenance, and Decommissioning & Asset Abandonment. Together, we connect engineering expertise with proven field execution to help our customers plan smarter, build efficiently, and operate with confidence.

The information contained in this press release is available on our website at eversandsons.com.