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AGC Offering Online Mental Health, Suicide Prevention Course for Construction Industry
The self-paced course is designed to help construction supervisors provide resources and support for workers.
March 26, 2025
Safety
Dynapac, Ajax Paving Shine Light on Suicide in the Construction Industry
Dynapac signed the Suicide in Construction Awareness Proclamation and had a special suicide-awareness wrap put on a highway paver for Ajax Paving.
April 17, 2024
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Market outlook Q & A with C-Suite execs at Bobcat, Volvo, Hitachi & Case
May 9, 2025
Health & wellness
How Skanska is Supporting Employee Mental Health
Personal stressors coupled with stressors in the workplace have many workers stretched thin. Here's how one contractor is intentionally focusing on employee mental well-being.
March 4, 2024
Health & wellness
AGC Forum: Communication is Key in Battle Against Mental Health Challenges
Matt Granados, co-founder of Life Pulse Inc., speaks at AGC forum on the importance of communication to address mental health issues in construction.
February 8, 2024
Safety
Construction’s Silent Killer Pt.1: Why is the Industry’s Suicide Rate So High?
Five times as many construction workers die by suicide annually than from all of the "fatal four" physical causes of jobsite deaths combined.
September 6, 2023
The Dirt
Video: A Simple Way Contractors Can Improve Employees’ Family Ties
This episode of The Dirt focuses on families and work as a way to help reduce construction's high suicide rate. Watch here.
August 26, 2022
Workforce
Contractor Ordered to Pay Injured Worker $650,000 for Retaliation
He helped set up the worker's arrest by immigration officials after the worker reported an injury, court documents say.
August 8, 2022
Health & wellness
Video: What Can Be Done About Construction’s Alarming Suicide Rate?
On this episode of The Dirt, we focus on the suicide rate in construction, which is the highest of any industry and is four times higher than the national average.
July 1, 2022
Safety & Compliance
Crackdown, New Rules on Heat Hazards Coming from OSHA
Construction has 13 times the risk of heat-related deaths, as well as the highest number of workers hospitalized for heat-related issues.
April 25, 2022
Safety & Compliance
Supreme Court Blocks Vaccine-or-Test Mandate for Businesses
Companies with 100 or more employees will not be required to make workers choose between getting Covid vaccines or getting tested weekly.
January 13, 2022
Regulations
Will Construction Workers Walk? Implications of the Vaccine Mandate
Those reluctant to get the vaccine may opt to move to a smaller business that falls outside of the mandate.
October 20, 2021
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