Construction Safety
Mental Health and Suicide Prevention: The Next Dimension in Safety
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $10 full members; $25 partial members and nonmembers
Continuing Education Hours: 2.0
Course Description
Addressing mental health and suicide prevention are part of the next dimension in building a best-in-class safety culture. The construction industry has a suicide rate 4x the national average for working-age adults, and 5x as many construction workers die by suicide each year than die by jobsite fatalities. This session will address the factors that put the construction workforce at a heightened risk of suicide and educate leaders on ways to build in practical protective factors to help minimize these risks. It will demonstrate the many benefits of building a caring culture where employees feel safe to ask for help for themselves or their co-workers, as well as equip participants with information on warning signs that someone may be struggling or at risk of suicide, and ways to start a productive conversation and offer help.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn the statistics around construction suicide
- Learn the risk factors associated with construction
- Learn the warning signs and how to recognize them
- Learn how to have a conversation around mental health and suicide prevention
- Learn the resources
About the Trainer
