STAND UP

There are approximately three job site fatalities in construction every day and an estimated 10 to 12 suicides among construction workers. In the construction industry, mental health awareness and suicide prevention are just as important as job safety issues.

Now is the time for the industry to STAND Up for suicide prevention and address it as a health and safety priority by creating safe cultures, providing training to identify and help those at risk, raising awareness about the suicide crisis in construction, normalizing conversations around suicide and mental health, and ultimately decreasing the risks associated with suicide in construction.

What does it mean to stand up?

SAFE: Creating a culture in which team members feel safe to ask for help if they are having suicidal thoughts or if they are concerned that their fellow workers are at risk of suicide.

TRAINING: Make suicide prevention training available to all team members so that they can recognize the warning signs and be equipped to help those at risk.

AWARENESS: Raise awareness by sharing the message of suicide prevention through such organizational activities as trainings, safety, meetings, toolbox talks, team meetings, newsletters and social media posts.

NORMALIZE: Normalize the topic of suicide prevention as a health and safety priority by talking about suicide , suicide prevention and mental health.

DECREASE: Decrease the risk of suicide in construction by ensuring that all team members have access to an awareness of our EAP/MAP, behavioral health benefits, screening tools, community crisis support, the Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and Crisis Text Line.

What You Can Do

Download STAND Up Toolbox Talks (click on each word to open a download)

Safe - Training - Awareness - Normalizing - Decreasing

Contractors, unions, industry associations, industry service providers, and project owners must work together. Pledge to STAND up for suicide prevention. Promote the principles outlined in the pledge. Connect your people with the resources so they know how to ask the right questions and get the right help safely.

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