Over the past five years, there has been a significant increase in the volume of specific communication about the importance of suicide prevention in the construction industry. This has corresponded with an uptick in the level of communication about suicide and suicide prevention throughout society, including media coverage and entertainment programming. The construction industry has experienced one of the highest suicide rates across all industries, so heightened communications about this growing public health issue has never been more important or timely.

CSDZ’s Cal Beyer, VP of Workforce Risk and Worker Wellbeing, spoke to this in an article in Construction Executive titled ”Why and How to Communicate About Suicide Prevention.”