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There are a growing number of resources available to help organizations and individuals understand the details surrounding suicide, start a conversation, and play a role in supporting friends, co-workers and family members.
The construction industry has one of the country’s highest suicide rates. The resources on this page can help construction employers, unions and workers quickly find information on suicide prevention.
Mental health issues are affecting construction workers at alarming rates. Rates of both opioid use and suicide have risen dramatically in the U.S. over recent years, and these are areas of particular concern to the construction industry.
Using data from CPWR and other trusted sources, these infographics raise awareness of occupational hazards and solutions. They can be downloaded as PDFs or JPEGs for use in social media, presentations, print materials, and on job sites.
Topics in Construction Safety and Health is a series of annotated, interdisciplinary bibliographies of academic research on major topics in construction occupational safety and health, from Asbestos to Training.
Falls remain the leading cause of fatalities in construction. Visit stopconstructionfalls.com for resources to to prevent fatal falls from roofs, ladders, and scaffolds.
In the construction industry, suicide is now a leading cause of death. This Hazard Alert card offer workers key information about how to protect themselves and help their co-workers in a pocket card or PDF.
The construction industry has one of the highest suicide rates among all industries. This Toolbox Talk uses elements like case studies and discussion questions to educate workers on identifying and responding to this issue.
This key finding summarizes efforts to address the gap between construction workers having one of the highest suicide rates of workers in any industry, and limited studies of the characteristics of those who die by suicide.
This study analyzed publicly available data on state “paid-leave” policies and suicide rates to understand how employment laws and community-level factors influence suicide rates among construction workers.