September is Suicide Prevention month. Which makes it a great time to focus on mental health and worker well being.
Did you know?
- Over 41,000 suicides occur each year making it the 10th highest cause of death for all ages (CDC).
- Each year, self-inflicted injury accounts for 836,000 emergency department visits (CDC).
- Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death for men 25-54 in the United States (CDC).
- More people die from suicide than from motor vehicle crashes (CDC).
- Men in high skill and high stakes occupations (i.e. supervisors of heavy construction equipment) are almost 1.5 times more likely to die by suicide (Business Insider).
- People in occupations requiring no education after high school are more at risk for suicide (Review of 34 Studies).
Resource to promote Suicide Prevention in your workplace:
- https://www.bethe1to.com/bethe1to-steps-evidence/
- Sign up for So AZ Suicide Prevention Walk
- CIASP – MindWise Screening (preventconstructionsuicide.com)
- Call or text 988 or text TALK to 741741
- International Association for Suicide Prevention – IASP
- Interventions database: here are proven solutions you can introduce on your jobsite to support worker wellbeing. – Construction Wellbeing Initiative
- VitalCog: Suicide Prevention in the Workplace – Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Depression Center (coloradodepressioncenter.org)
- How to Reduce Stigma Through Safe Language.pdf (hubspotusercontent00.net)
- How to Say the Right Thing to Someone Struggling – MindWise
- MindWise Library
- Mental health and substance use trainings for workplaces – MindWise
- 2023 SAFEBUILD VIDEOS – BTEA (bteany.com)
- Toolbox Talks – BTEA (bteany.com)
McCraren Compliance offers training on Suicide Prevention in the Workplace, Work Wellbeing, and Opioids in the Workplace. Call or email us to find out more.
