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Brief of diving:
- Hard Hat Courage, a mental health aid initiative launched by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the contractor Bechtel, has reached more than 188,000 professionals in the craft and construction industry since May 2025, announced AFSP on Tuesday. This included about 165,000 who participated during the construction of the construction suicide last week.
- First initial launch by Donation of $ 7 million from Bechtel to AFSP In March 2024, collaboration Launching hat courage launched Last month, sharing 15 new specific suicide prevention resources for construction.
- Numbers indicate that AFSP has advanced to its goal of reaching half a million construction workers in five years.
Divide vision:
The construction has the second highest suicide Rate of any industry, behind only mining, in the USA, percent of disease control and prevention centers.
Since 2020, Construction Suicide Prevention Week, a non -profit Kansas City, has helped direct the five -day period given to the organization. Its fifth race ended on September 12.
AFSP has now announced recently established or expanded collaborations with industry organizations to include Suicide Prevention Week, the National Center for Education and the Research of Construction and APM, a builder of building construction and maintenance solutions.
In addition to Bechtel, several companies participate in a CEO Advisory Board of Hard Hat Courage. The prominent members include Clark Construction, Dewalt, DPR Construction, Fluor, Kiewit, Building America, Skanska and Turner Construction.
During the week of prevention of the construction suicide of 2025, AFSP, hard hat courage and partners:
- There was a moment of silence in 1,222 jobs to honor the lost lives in the face of suicide.
- Hard Hard Hard Hard Hard Hard Hard Hard Resources, including Talk Saves Lives: Construction, the first in a planned series of more than 50 toolbox talks to be published this year.
- He provided AFSP training to 92 employees to become facilitators in conversation rooms within their organizations.
- He presented three free and open virtual sessions to the public, attracting more than 100 participants.
Since May 2025, 1,300 craft professionals have participated in the Talk Saves Lives program.
“In construction, we face some of the most difficult challenges in the world, but not more urgent or personal than to protect the mental health of our people,” said Brendan Bechtel, President and CEO of Bechtel. The Reston, the Virginia firm, included more than 32,500 participants in 53 locations this year.
“This is not a problem with a quick solution. It takes sustained leadership, brave conversations and real and real support. Construction Suicide Prevention Week is a reminder that we are not helpless.
Suicide prevention initiatives extend beyond the Official Construction Week.
By the beginning of this year, AFSP and the Association of Team Manufacturers He announced a collaboration to offer specialized suicide prevention program at the AEM industry fairs and provide periodic virtual training sessions for construction labor force. AFSP will also contribute its Suicide Prevention Resources and Resources to Utility Expo, the largest fair in North America for public service professionals and construction contractors, which was held from October 7 to 9 in Louisville, Kentucky.
