Safety

Ten Tips for Creating a Workplace Suicide Prevention Plan
A suicide prevention plan can destigmatize mental health and wellbeing outreach, improve safety of construction workers and help reverse the devasting suicide rates in construction.
By Steve Frost
March 24, 2021
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by Steve Frost
Steve Frost joined the construction safety world after going back to school at the age of 25 and obtaining a Master’s in Environmental Studies. He also obtained a certification in Construction Management and is a LEED AP BD+C, CHST, ASP, and CSP. In 2017, he joined Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty company, as a Safety Manager for the Portland area. One area that Steve felt drawn to is mental health and the impacts to the construction industry. For more information on Steve Frost and his efforts to combat suicide in the construction industry, please visit Balfour Beatty’s website.
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