Health & Safety Webinar: Suicide Prevention, Mental Health & Substance Abuse in Construction

Sep 20, 2022

Member Price: $0.00
Non-Member Price: $0.00

HEALTH & SAFETY WEBINAR:

WHY MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS & SUICIDE PREVENTION ARE LEADERSHIP ISSUES IN CONSTRUCTION

DESCRIPTION:

Before COVID-19, construction and society had a mental health, substance misuse and suicide problem. The unprecedented uncertainty of COVID-19 created major stress, anxiety, fear and worries among workers and their families This session focuses on WHY these topics are a leadership imperative for construction leaders at all levels throughout the construction industry. Construction has the 2nd highest rate of suicide among all occupations. Learn what you can do to help promote mental wellbeing and reduce risk of substance misuse and suicide in your company and our industry.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Demonstrate how to break the stigma of mental health and suicide
Learn why mental health and suicide prevention are workplace safety, health and wellness issues
Identify the industry and demographic risk factors that lead to suicide
Identify warning signs and how engage workers in a safety conversation around mental health and suicide prevention.
Learn when AND how to talk to construction workers about behavioral health.
Recognize the services available from an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and other resources, including crisis hotlines

PRESENTER:

Cal Beyer, CWP, SCTPP

Vice President | Workforce Risk & Worker Wellbeing | Holmes Murphy & Associates

Cal has over 30 years' experience in construction safety, health and risk management
He worked for a contractor in WA & OR with manufacturing and construction operations from 2014-2020.
He launched the construction industry suicide prevention movement
He was instrumental in the formation of the Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide: www.preventconstructionsuicide.org
He serves with the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention since 2010; Co-Chair Workplace Task Force (2015-2017); Executive Committee since 2016.
He serves on the Expert Advisory Group of the Center for Workplace Mental Health
Named Top 25 Newsmaker for 2016 by Engineering News-Record for work on suicide prevention
Frequent presenter at national, regional and state construction industry events
Regular contributor to construction industry publications