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PRIDE Award

Safety PRIDE

Pride Award logoThe purpose of the AGC Safety PRIDE (Program Recognition Indicating Dedication & Excellence) designation is to recognize members who are willing to continuously improve and who are innovative industry leaders in safety. Oregon-OSHA recognizes this program under Program Directive A-264 (Focused Inspections in Construction).

Application Process

Employers who achieve the PRIDE award do so as members of a cohort. AGC members who “graduate” from PRIDE by passing all phases of the program receive their formal award notification email on or about November 1 annually. PRIDE is recognized by Oregon OSHA on a calendar-year basis for purposes of the focused inspection criteria outlined in Program Directive A-264. The overall annual timeline for PRIDE season is as follows:

  • March 1: PRIDE opens
  • July 31: Deadline for application submission
  • September 30: PRIDE closes
  • November 1: Formal achievement email sent to PRIDE winners
  • January 1–December 31 of the following calendar year: Oregon OSHA applies the focused inspection criteria to PRIDE winners

PRIDE marketing materials include the year the focused inspection criteria is applicable on the PRIDE logo. For example, an employer successfully completes the PRIDE process in 2025. They are eligible for the focused inspection criteria in 2026; the PRIDE logo distributed to the employer for marketing purposes will show the year “2026.” The slider for their award trophy will be engraved with “2025,” indicating that it is the year the award was earned.

Program Phases

The AGC Safety PRIDE program consists of three sequential phases.

Qualification Application

Initial submission with statistical thresholds and a high-level Y/N/N/A checklist on core safety elements. This serves as a gatekeeper to ensure basic eligibility.

Program Audit

Detailed review of your company’s safety program, policies, and procedures. Conducted jointly with an AGC safety management consultant (SMC) after application approval.

Jobsite Audit

Field verification of program implementation at active job sites. Performed by an AGC SMC, focusing on observable conditions and employee/supervisor confirmations. Job site audits validate real-world application of written programs and policies, with an emphasis on ensuring no Focus Four hazards are identified.

WHY APPLY FOR PRIDE?

  • Publicly recognize employer achievement in attaining and maintaining effective safety management programs.
  • Increase the number of employers with effective safety and health management programs.
  • Assist participating employers in establishing self-sufficient safety and health management programs.
  • Increase safe work environments for employees.
  • Increase employee safety awareness.
  • Decrease the number of injuries, illnesses, and fatalities affecting participating employers.
  • Improve lost workday and incidence rates.
  • Positively impact experience modification rates, resulting in reduced workers’ compensation costs.
  • Limit Oregon-OSHA to focused inspections only of AGC Safety PRIDE-designated contractors.
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WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS?

Minimum requirements to be considered for PRIDE include:

  • Safety Statistics
  • An Experience Modification Rate (EMR) ≤ 1.0 for the current year
  • An average Incurred Loss Ratio (ILR) ≤ 40% over the course of the last three policy years
  • A Days Away and Restricted or Transferred rate (DART) (three-year average) and Incident Rate (IR) (three-year average) that is equal to or less than Oregon's Department of Consumer & Business Services DCBS reported three-year average for your industry segment (based on your listed primary NAICS code)

  • OSHA Considerations
  • Zero fatalities in the previous three calendar years
  • Zero closed willful or repeat OSHA citations in the previous three calendar years

Additional minimum criteria include being an AGC member in good standing, with a NAICS code within Construction (beginning with “23”). The application packet outlines additional minimum requirements for safety program administration.

Please contact the PRIDE Awards coordinator, Holt Andron, if you have any questions about the PRIDE program.

What Needs to be in my Application Packet?

  • A completed and signed application form.
  • A completed “PRIDE Application Statistics Form” Excel file.
  • A copy of your safety and health policy.
  • Copies of your company’s 300 logs (with names omitted) for the previous three calendar years.
  • Copies of your company’s 300A forms for the previous three calendar years.

Note: If you have been a part of the AGC/SAIF Workers’ Compensation Group for less than four policy years or are currently not a part of the group, you are required to include documentation from your agent or carrier verifying your company’s EMR and Incurred Loss Ratio for the previous four completed policy years.

2026 Program Documents: (Coming Soon!)

  • PRIDE Application
  • PRIDE Application Statistics Form
  • PRIDE Program Review Form
  • PRIDE Job Site Audit Form

Past PRIDE REcipients

11/01/2023–10/31/2024

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