September is Suicide Prevention Month

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.