AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) – In the latest edition of the Wellness Rundown, KAMR Local 4 News’ Anchor Mari Ferrel sat down ...
“To say this is a crisis would be an understatement,” said Wampol, vice president of safety and health at BL Harbert International, a construction company based in Birmingham, Ala., with more than ...
A century ago, it was common to expect one worker fatality for every million dollars spent on a construction project. Thanks to industry-wide safety reforms, occupational fatalities are now 90% lower ...
It’s an event to honor loved ones lost to suicide, and provide resources focused on mental health awareness in the ...
Construction industry leaders announced Friday morning that they are working together to battle mental health and addiction issues within the industry. High rates of overdoses and suicides have long ...
To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Nearly one-fifth of construction tradespeople experience ...
Construction workers can find it difficult to talk about mental health problems, and suicide among colleagues often comes as a shock. These are the findings of a study from the University of ...
Workers from Turner Construction Co. were involved in Construction Suicide Prevention Week, with the contractor pledging $5-million toward suicide prevention resources and one of about 650 companies ...
A 2016 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention uncovered a truth that the construction world had long been hiding: Workers are dying by suicide at astronomical rates. Those rates have ...
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” “To say this is a crisis would be an understatement,” said ...