Wellness & Well-being Highlights September 1st
Wellness & Well-being Highlights
for the
Week of September 1, 2025
This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog looks at speed cameras in construction zones—to AI has been linked to recent teen and adult suicides—to how pro baseball teams are utilizing peer support. This week I would like to take a closer look how to prepare for next month: Suicide Prevention Awareness month.
As noted before in this blog, Mindset (2025) reinforces the following:
Over 5,000 people working in construction die by suicide each year, five times more than annual jobsite fatalities. These numbers aren’t just alarming, they’re a call to action. They represent a critical and deeply human crisis in the construction industry, one we can no longer ignore. [1]
Beyond the article linked above, here are couple more resources that may assist in your preparation:
- Talking about Suicide: Safe Messaging [2]
- Suicide Prevention Month Workplace Toolkit [3]
September is filled with related/important educational activities, including but not limited to:
- Sept 9: CIASP’s Conversation on Grief, Loss, & Prevention [4]
- Sept 10: World Suicide Prevention Day
- Sept 8-12: Construction Suicide Prevention Awareness Week [5]
- Sept 15: Illume’s Zero Suicide [6]
- Sept 17: American Legion’s Be the One [7]
- Sept 18: Gambling Addiction in Construction [8]
- Sept 28: AFSP’s Out of the Darkness Walk [9]
NOW is the time to move from awareness to ACTION!
Please check out the rest of this week’s blog: https://moworksinitiative.org/category/worker-wellness-news/
Sources: [1] https://www.mindforgeapp.com/blog-posts/suicide-prevention-in-construction-from-awareness-to-action
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC8PNtIEmAA
[3] https://workplacesuicideprevention.com/national-suicide-prevention-month-workplace-toolkit/
[5] https://constructionsuicideprevention.com/
[7] https://www.legion.org/advocacy/be-the-one/be-the-one-training
[8] https://constructforstl.org/upcoming-events/mental-health-in-the-public-labor-industry/
[9] https://afspwalks.donordrive.com/StLouis
Suicide Postvention in Construction (1)
Suicide Postvention in Construction (2)
Suicide Postvention in Construction (3)
Construction Suicide Prevention: From Awareness to Action
Construction Injuries & Liability
Construction Zones & Speed Cameras
AI / Coaching / Teen Suicide (1)
AI / Coaching / Teen Suicide (2)
Tradesworkers & Drug Overdoses
Mexican Cartel Leader’s Guilty Plea
Mexico’s Violence Spreads Southward
Ultra-processed Foods & Sex Hormones
OSHA / Union-Pacific / Damages
CO / Arena Pro Football / Teamsters
Flatter Orgs = Less Leadership
Lessons Learned: Brains of Vets & Athletes
Upcoming webinars, etc.:
Talking About Suicide in Construction
Suicide Prevention Awareness Month (Toolkit)
Gen Z: Stressed Freshmen (9/16)
MHA / Kids’ MH / New School Year
NOTE: The links provided above are for informational purposes only. None of these serve as a substitute for medical advice one should obtain from his/her own primary care physician and/or mental health professional. Please contact jgaal@moworks.org with related questions or comments.
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