The construction industry is just beginning to grapple with its biggest safety risk: mental health. Data released in recent years have shed light on the construction industry’s epidemic of suicides — the industry has among the highest rate of suicides ...
When an employee at a Milwaukee construction firm took his own life, the trauma struck all parts of the company and was felt keenly for a long time. Whenever suicide takes someone we know, our first thoughts are to the loved ones left behind. But the impact on a workplace can also be very deep, leaving former colleagues wondering if there was any sign we missed, any way we could have helped avert such a terrible occurrence.