For more than 20 years, the America’s Safest Companies competition has sought to identify those characteristics that differentiate good safety programs from great ones, and to then celebrate the best practices and procedures that exemplify safety excellence.

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To be considered one of America's Safest Companies, organizations must be headquartered in the United States and must demonstrate:

  • Support from leadership and management for EHS efforts
  • Employee involvement in the EHS process
  • Innovative solutions to safety challenges
  • Injury and illness rates lower than the average for their industries
  • Comprehensive training programs
  • Evidence that prevention of incidents is the cornerstone of the safety process
  • Good communication about the value of safety
  • A way to substantiate the benefits of the safety process

Winners of America's Safest Companies Benefits:

  • Featured in the Fall issue of EHS Today, on the EHSToday.com website, and in various EHS Today newsletters.
  • Recognized at an awards presentation during the 2025 Safety Leadership Conference October 20-22, 2025 at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Resort & Spa.
  • Winners receive two free passes to the 2025 event. 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2024 AMERICA'S SAFEST COMPANIES WINNERS!

America’s Safest Companies Class of 2024 is:

  • Arcadis U.S.

  • AtkinsRealis US Nuclear

  • Brieser Construction

  • Burns & McDonnell

  • The Clorox Co.

  • D. C. Taylor Co.

  • United Engineers and Constructors

  • Victaulic