Mental Health Safety Talk – Week of August 12, 2024

Some people do not report experiencing “depression” to their loved ones or doctors because they equate depression with feeling sad. Instead, people who tend to be more stoic and self-reliant who are also living with depression are more likely exhibit certain changes...

Safety Bulletin – August 9, 2024

A journeyman was working on lighting retrofit installations within an existing building.  A new foreman to the project, gave direction to our journeyman to do work inside a junction box and warned the journeyman that there may be energized circuits within the box. ...

Weekly Safety Minute – Week of August 5, 2024

Why We All Should Care Achieving a safe workplace takes effort from every single person who is employed there. Safety cannot be achieved through the effort of one or two people, even if it is the CEO who is putting forth the most effort in working towards having safe...

Safety Bulletin – August 5, 2024

Recently, one of our Encore team members was replacing fire alarm (F/A) modules, when they encountered an unexpected electrical hazard. Working in the elevator lobby, the electrician found two ceiling-mounted modules with different wiring methods leading into the...

Weekly Safety Minute – Week of July 29, 2024

External and Internal Pressures to Complete Work  As employees we all have tasks that need to be completed each day in order to contribute to continuing business operations. With the necessity of having to complete tasks there can be pressure put onto workers from...

Mental Health Safety Talk – Week of July 29, 2024

Am I a Hot Head? Anger Self-Screening Use the anger self-screening tool in English or Español to measure how anger is affecting you. If you feel that some of these are true for you consider connecting with a mental health resource to learn about anger...