EMCOR program lowers workplace accidents.

Underscoring its continued commitment to safety and its objective of zero employee workplace accidents, EMCOR Group, Inc. announced a 15.4% reduction in recordable accidents in 2006, helping the company to achieve a 36.5% reduction in recordable accidents since 2003.

This has been accomplished in the face of the company's increase in labor hours. During 2006, EMCOR companies worked more than 59 million hours, an increase of approximately 7% over 2005, while experiencing a decline in accidents to levels below those recorded in 1999, when the Company worked only 24 million labor hours.

"While we're extremely proud of our safety record and continued improvement in reducing the number of accidents across the entire company--resulting in increased productivity, higher morale and a better working environment for all our employees--it is not enough, nor will we be satisfied, until we achieve our goal of zero accidents," said Frank T. MacInnis, chairman and CEO of EMCOR Group.

"While our incident rate is one of the lowest in our industry, as tracked by the U.S. Department of Labor, EMCOR is unwavering in its belief that every employee should return safely home to their families and friends at the end of each workday. Therefore, constant improvement in safety will remain a key focus and passion for us in 2007."

As another key strategy to achieve zero accidents, EMCOR is launching a significant cross-company campaign, "Be There For Life," designed to educate employees and their families about the importance of safety.

Comprised of workplace posters, displays in operating company newsletters, mailings, and a number of other creative tactics designed to reach employees and their families, the "Be There For Life" campaign is another example of EMCOR's drive to create an industry-leading safe workplace. Coinciding with the 2007 rollout of this campaign and as part of its continuing education of employees in support its goal of zero accidents, EMCOR will be conducting regional "Target Zero" safety conferences, bringing together industry experts from its operating companies and partners to share information and successful strategies.

"Every day an EMCOR operating company prevents accidents by implementing the principles of our Zero Accident Program (ZAP)," said Dave Copley, vice president, Safety and Quality Management for EMCOR Construction and Facilities Services. "The result is that every month approximately half of our companies work without a recordable accident. We take great pride in this success."