MENTAL HEALTH
D.J. MILLER & SONS
CONST. LTD.
DWIGHT MILLER
Box 926, Langenburg SK S0A 2A0
MARC MILLER
djmillerandsons.com
djmiller@sasktel.net
MICHAEL MILLER
306.745.7608
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“There are five times as many workers who
die by suicide than by physical job site fatalities
each year,” said Michelle Walker, chair of
the Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide
Prevention. The Centers for Disease Control
(CDC) released a report in 2018 concluding
that more construction workers die by suicide
each year than any other industry. Outside of an
industry lens, says Walker, the construction industry
suicide rate is four times that of the general
population.
“There’s definitely a distinct need in the construction
industry to focus on suicide prevention,”
said Walker. “The effort we put into job
site safety and preventative factors needs to also
be put into emotional factors and mental
wellbeing. We need to implement the safety
24/7 approach – making it as important that
our workers get back to work in the morning as
it is important that they go home at the end of
each shift.”
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