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SEAA Pledges to STAND Up for Better Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Construction
In 2023, SEAA joined other industry association stakeholders of the Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention. Within the industry, ironworkers and rodbusters are even more at risk than other types of construction workers. SEAA encourages members to make corporate commitments to STAND up.
In 2023, SEAA joined other industry association stakeholders of the Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention. Within the industry, ironworkers and rodbusters are even more at risk than other types of construction workers. SEAA encourages members to make corporate commitments to STAND up.
The STAND Up Pledge
Safe: We pledge to create a culture in which team members feel safe to ask for help if they are having suicidal thoughts or if they are concerned that their fellow co-workers are at risk of suicide.
Training: We pledge to make suicide prevention training available to all team members so that they can recognize the warning signs and be equipped to help those at risk.
Awareness: We pledge to raise awareness by sharing the message of suicide prevention through such organizational activities as trainings, safety meetings, toolbox talks, team meetings, newsletters, and social media posts.
Normalize: We pledge to normalize the topic of suicide prevention as a health and safety priority by talking about suicide, suicide prevention, and mental health.
Decrease: We pledge to help decrease the risk of suicide in construction by ensuring that all team members have access to an awareness of our EAP/MAP, behavioral health benefits, screening tools, community crisis support, the Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and Crisis Text Line.
Safe: We pledge to create a culture in which team members feel safe to ask for help if they are having suicidal thoughts or if they are concerned that their fellow co-workers are at risk of suicide.
Training: We pledge to make suicide prevention training available to all team members so that they can recognize the warning signs and be equipped to help those at risk.
Awareness: We pledge to raise awareness by sharing the message of suicide prevention through such organizational activities as trainings, safety meetings, toolbox talks, team meetings, newsletters, and social media posts.
Normalize: We pledge to normalize the topic of suicide prevention as a health and safety priority by talking about suicide, suicide prevention, and mental health.
Decrease: We pledge to help decrease the risk of suicide in construction by ensuring that all team members have access to an awareness of our EAP/MAP, behavioral health benefits, screening tools, community crisis support, the Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and Crisis Text Line.
Register for the mental health roundtable on September 18 and watch a replay of the 2023 Mental Health and Suicide Prevention webinar moderated by CIASP's Executive Director, Sonya Bohmann below.
resources and organizations
CPWR The Center for Construction Research and Training
Mission: The Center for Construction Research and Training is a nonprofit dedicated to reducing occupational injuries, illnesses and fatalities in the construction industry. Through our research, training, and service programs, we serve the industry nationwide by collaborating with key partners, including workers, contractors, project owners, health and safety professionals, researchers, key government agencies, unions, and associations.
Mission: The Center for Construction Research and Training is a nonprofit dedicated to reducing occupational injuries, illnesses and fatalities in the construction industry. Through our research, training, and service programs, we serve the industry nationwide by collaborating with key partners, including workers, contractors, project owners, health and safety professionals, researchers, key government agencies, unions, and associations.
- Hazard Alert Card, Toolbox Talks, and Infographics in English and Spanish
- Training Programs: CIASP Suicide Prevention Training and Free Training Activities to Promote Construction Worker Well-being
- White Paper on Combatting Suicide and Overdose Fatalities Among Construction Workers
- Key Findings on psychological distress and suicidal ideation among male construction workers in the United States
- Links to other organizations, including NIOSH, CDD, and more
Construction Industry Alliances for Suicide Prevention
Mission: Provide and disseminate information and resources for suicide prevention and mental health promotion in construction with the goal of creating a zero suicide industry.
Mission: Provide and disseminate information and resources for suicide prevention and mental health promotion in construction with the goal of creating a zero suicide industry.
- Free suicide prevention training through LivingWorks
- Tool Box Talks, Posters, Hardhat stickers
- Anonymous behavioral health screening tool for employees
- Postvention information for employers who have had an employee attempt or die by suicide
- Substance Abuse and opioid addiction in Construction.
- Resources to help Veterans succeed in the workplace
U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Health and Safety Administration
Mission: To assure America's workers have safe and healthful working conditions free from unlawful retaliation. OSHA carries out its mission by providing and supporting training, outreach, education, and assistance; and working collaboratively with our state OSHA programs as well as ensuring that they are at least as effective as federal OSHA, furthering a national system of worker safety and health protections.
Mission: To assure America's workers have safe and healthful working conditions free from unlawful retaliation. OSHA carries out its mission by providing and supporting training, outreach, education, and assistance; and working collaboratively with our state OSHA programs as well as ensuring that they are at least as effective as federal OSHA, furthering a national system of worker safety and health protections.
- Five Things to know about Suicide Prevention in Construction Poster in English and Spanish
- Role of Employers in Preventing Suicides
- Resources for workplace stress
National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention
Mission: Established in 2010, the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (Action Alliance) is the nation’s public-private partnership for suicide prevention, working with more than 250 national partners to advance the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. Current Action Alliance priority areas include: transforming health systems, transforming communities, and changing the conversation.
Mission: Established in 2010, the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (Action Alliance) is the nation’s public-private partnership for suicide prevention, working with more than 250 national partners to advance the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. Current Action Alliance priority areas include: transforming health systems, transforming communities, and changing the conversation.
- Searchable resource library
- Community supports for construction and military service and veterans
Yinz Good?
Mission: Founded by the Constructors of Western Pennsylvania and the Master Builders’ Association of Western PA to encourage conversation and support for better mental health within the construction industry in Western Pennsylvania.
Mission: Founded by the Constructors of Western Pennsylvania and the Master Builders’ Association of Western PA to encourage conversation and support for better mental health within the construction industry in Western Pennsylvania.
- For Individuals on Burnout, Stress Management, and more
- For Employers on Healthy Coping Tools, Limiting Burnout, How to Talk to Someone in Need
- For Loved Ones on Family Intervention, Tough Love, and more
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Mission: Established in 1987, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is a voluntary health organization that gives those affected by suicide a nationwide community empowered by research, education and advocacy to take action against this leading cause of death.
Mission: Established in 1987, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is a voluntary health organization that gives those affected by suicide a nationwide community empowered by research, education and advocacy to take action against this leading cause of death.
- Resources on getting involved
- Ways to reach out for help - Crisis line: Call or text 988 or text TALK to 741741
- Learn the latest published statistics on suicide from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Data & Statistics Fatal Injury Report for 2023, retrieved on April 1, 2025.
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