Contractors Shine Light on Industry’s Suicide Problem

This week is Construction Suicide Prevention Week, and, on Monday, workers on jobsites across the country will stand down to address the crisis. The nature of the high-stress work and cultural factors contribute to construction’s high suicide risk, experts say, and support groups and industry leaders are increasingly trying to curb the issue.

“We definitely see construction workers are overrepresented in overdose and suicide fatalities,” said Amber Trueblood, data center director for the Center for Construction Research and Training — CPWR, during a Sept. 5 webinar.

The suicide death rate for construction workers was 2.4 times higher than all industries (46.1 vs. 19.5 per 100,000 full time employees) in 2022, and there were five times more suicides in construction than at-work fatalities that year, the most recently available set of data.

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