2024 DCA Arthur T. Everham Safety Award

Safety excellence was recognized by several DCA contractor members for the effectiveness of their respective programs in 2024. The DCA established the Arthur T. Everham Safety Award in 1986 to recognize contractors with exceptional safety programs. The revised and updated judging criteria includes: the number of OSHA lost workday cases, number of OSHA restricted duty days, number of fatalities, the presence of a documented safety management system (SMS), the use of a drug-testing program, and the company’s root cause analysis (RCA) system.

The award is highly coveted as recipients are recognized and honored by competitors. For 2024, the categories awarded are: 

Under 250,000 Hour Category:
First Place – (a 4-way tie)
• Atlas Trenchless, LLC, Rockville, MN
• Brotherton Pipeline, Inc., Gold Hill, OR
• Eastern Utilities Services, Melville, NY
• R&R Pipeline, Newark, OH

Second Place
PE Ben USA, Inc., Houston, TX

250,000 to 700,000 Hours:
First Place 
Primoris Distribution Services, Dade City, FL

Second Place
Alex E. Paris Contracting Company, Inc., Atlasburg, PA

700,000 to 2 Million Hours:
First Place
Michels Utility Services Inc., Brownsville, WI

Second Place
Grace Industries LLC, Melville, NY

Over 2 Million Man Hours:
First Place
Q3 Contracting Inc., Little Canada, MN

Second Place
WSB LLC, St. Paul, MN