When Kevin Sandkuhler thinks about mental health in the construction industry, he thinks of the past and those he wished he’d done more to help.

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In the male-dominated construction industry, a heavy stigma still attaches to issues involving mental health and efforts to prevent suicide.

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From vaccinations to mental health, COVID-19 has greatly changed how the construction industry thinks about safety. 

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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 ...

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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.

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Even in the best of times, mental health is a big concern in the construction industry.

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