{"id":5115,"date":"2021-01-12T20:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T20:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/mental-health-in-construction\/"},"modified":"2023-01-26T17:17:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T17:17:21","slug":"mental-health-in-construction","status":"publish","type":"member_news","link":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/mental-health-in-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health in Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">\t<span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>WEBCAST SERIES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\t<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshmma.com\/events?industry=5956c83a04c9f4001192d422\">Safety in Construction: Two Part Event<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\tIn the construction industry, mental health awareness and suicide prevention are just as important as any other jobsite safety issue.&nbsp; In order to break these current trends, it is important to build awareness and overcome the stigma of mental illness.<\/p>\n<p>Join Marsh &amp; McLennan Agency for a two part webcast series with industry experts to help raise awareness and provide resources around the topic of mental health, substance abuse, and suicide prevention in the construction industry.<\/p>\n<p>In case you are not aware, there have been some very alarming trends in the construction industry as it relates to mental health and suicide in recent years:<br \/>\n\u2022 Did you know there are over 41,000 suicides in the US each year?<br \/>\n\u2022 Did you know that construction has a suicide rate that is FOUR times higher than the national average?<br \/>\n\u2022 Did you know that the construction suicide rate is FIVE times greater than that of all other construction fatalities combined?<br \/>\n\u2022 Every day there are approximately THREE fatal accidents on construction jobsites, but behind the scenes there are an additional FIFTEEN suicides among construction workers \u2013 every day.<\/p>\n<p><em>NOTE: These sessions are offered in WEBCAST format. 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