Construction workers have highest rate of suicide among American workers | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC
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- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in its Nov. 16 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report identified construction and extraction as the occupational group with the highest rate of male suicide among American workers.
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One of the ways that the construction industry has responded to the high rate of worker suicides is through the creation of the Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention. Comprising groups like the Construction Financial Management Association, Associated General Contractors of America, Associated Builders and Contractors, Dodge Data & Analytics and several local chapters of the International Union of Operating Engineers, the alliance provides information about mental health services and other resources.
"In addition to working through this coalition," said Brian Turmail, AGC vice president of public affairs and strategic initiatives, "we also have been working aggressively to educate our chapters and members about suicide within the industry and to provide resources to them on ways they can help identify at-risk workers and what to do once they have identified them."
Some of the AGC's efforts include:
- Holding suicide prevention sessions at the AGC's Annual Convention
- Annual safety meetings
- Annual meetings of chapter leaders
- Covering the issue in the AGC's Constructor Magazine
- Sharing information and updates about the issue via various member newsletters
"At the same time," Turmail said, "we continue to seek better information about the root causes of the industry’s too-high suicide rate and columbus oh dump truck company to identify or, if needed, create additional resources for our member firms. We can, and must, do a better job as an industry to prevent suicides within our workforce."