Firms honored for 2024 Group Retro Performance

Congratulations to AGC Seattle District’s AGCW Group Retro members who received recognition awards at the Seattle/Southern district combined annual retro-refund breakfast meeting. Members were recognized for their excellence in safety and loss control reflected in their experience modification rate (EMR) and cumulative milestone refunds earned. Many members also earned a claims-free premium discount from Labor and Industries (up to 40%) for tracking at least three continuous years without a timeloss or impairment injury case.

AGC Group Retro members celebrated $82,597,811 million in combined refunds for the three years in cycle. “This year over half of our retro participants are earning refunds of 50% or more in each of the three years in cycle with top refunds at 58% on the final year, 56% on the second adjustment year and 55% on our first adjustment year. Results like this reflect the caliber of companies in the plan, our stringent underwriting, each company’s efforts to create a culture of safety top down and bottom up, their upfront investments to keep injured people on salary and offer light-duty along with our hands on help,” said Lauren Gubbe, Retro Program director.

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At the meetings, Gubbe gave special recognition to Brian Sorensen of Exxel Pacific for his service and representation on the WISHA/DOSH Labor and Industries (L&I) Advisory Committee. In addition, she gave kudos to Representative Schmidt and L&I’s Tammy Fellin for help in securing most of AGCW’s recommended changes to a bill that goes into effect 1/1/25 that, among other things, increases employer’s Stay at Work reimbursement for half of light-duty wages paid on each claim from “up to 66 days at $10K per claim” to “up to 120 days at $25K per claim.” The bill allows injured workers to participate in expanded skills such as ESL, basic computer literacy, GED certification and more during light-duty and/or vocational retraining. Gubbe advised, “Some of the offerings in the bill, such as GED and basic math, are already available through AGCW light duty centers.”

Seattle/Southern District Lowest EMR Awards
Malcolm Drilling Co. EMR .45
BNBuilders: EMR .50
Turner Construction: EMR .53
Andersen Construction: EMR .55
ASI Structures, LLC: EMR .55
Anning-Johnson Company: EMR .57
KLB Construction, Inc. (Northern Dist): EMR .57
Howard S. Wright: EMR .58
DMB Contractors, Inc.: EMR .58
Garco Construction: EMR .58
Snyder Roofing: (Northern Dist.) EMR:.58

Seattle/Southern District “As Low As You Can Go” .60 EMR and achieving a “Claims-Free Discount for tracking at least three years without a time-loss or impairment claim:
Accrete Construction, LLC
Aldrich & Associates, Inc.
Advanced Technology Construction
Air Systems Engineering, LLC
Alliance Environmental Group
Allied Construction, LLC
Apply-A-Line, Inc.
Becker Blacktop LLC
Bravo Environmental Services, LLC
Buchanan General Contracting Company
Chick of All Trades, LLC
Cornerstone General Contractors
Danard Electric, Inc.
Eagle Harbor Associates, LLC
Henderson Partners, LLC
Johansen Mechanical, Inc.
JTM Construction
Lacey Glass
Liberty Electric
Marvin Sheet Metal
Marios Construction & Framing, Inc.
McDonald Excavating
Mountain Construction
NessCampbell Crane & Rigging
Northwest Metal & Salvage Service, Inc.
Olympic Concrete Finishing, Inc.
Omega Morgan
Orion Marine Contractors
Pacific Building Envelope, Inc. (Northern Dist at Seattle meeting)
Pease Construction, Inc.
Penhall Company
Puget Sound Mechanical, Inc.
R Miller .Inc.
Rainier Asphalt & Concrete
Rogers Machinery Company, Inc.
Sargent Construction Services
Schwiesow Construction, Inc.
Superior Steel & Ironworkers
Tacoma Glass Manufacturing
Turnstone Construction, Inc.
Unico Properties LLC
Westmark Construction, Inc.
Winchester Construction

Seattle/Southern District Most Improved – Achieved OVER a 25% Decrease in EMR:
BlackRock Construction Group LLC a 55% reduction in their EMR from 2023 to 2024
Allied Construction received a 49% reduction in their EMR from 2023 for 2024

Seattle/Southern District Most Improved – Achieved a 25% Decrease in EMR
All New Glass, Inc.
Cannon Companies
Cascade Construction Company, Inc.
EC Company
Gudmundson Company Painting Contractors, Inc.
Interior Technology Inc.
Marshbank Construction, Inc.
Max J. Kuney Company
Miller Sheetmetal, Inc.
National Glass Industries
NetCompliance Environmental Services, LLC
Northwest Tower Crane Service, Inc.
Pape & Sons Construction, Inc.
Poe Construction, Inc.
Superior Gunite
Tunista Construction
Turner Construction
Unity Electic
Universal Refrigeration, Inc.
Watts Constructors, LLC

Top Performers’ Consecutive Refunds — All Years in the Plan
Exxel Pacific, Inc. (Northern District) – 28 Years Consecutive Refunds
Foushee & Associates Company, Inc. – 25 Years Consecutive Refunds
Leonard & Company – 26 Years Consecutive Refunds

Companies reaching One Million Cumulative Refunds due to Safety & Light Duty Efforts & Tenure in the plan:
Anning-Johnson Company
DBM Contractors, Inc.
Greenberry Industrial LLC
Kulchin Foundation Drilling
Malcolm Drilling, Inc.

Companies reaching Two Million Cumulative Refunds due to Safety & Light Duty Efforts & Tenure in the plan:
BNBuilders
Quigg Bros., Inc.

Companies This Year Three Million Cumulative Refunds due to Safety & Light Duty Efforts & Tenure in the plan:
Garco Construction
Wayne’s Roofing, Inc.

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