PRINCETON, N.J. – Statistics released from the CDC on July 1 show that workers in construction and extraction have a 53.3 percent rate of suicide, which is second only to workers in the farming, fishing and forest occupational group (84.5 percent). With 17 states taking part in the CDC’s National Violent Death Reporting System, this data heightens the need to address suicide prevention and mental health promotion in the construction industry. The Construction Financial Management Association has taken a leading role in efforts to shatter the stigma surrounding mental illness and prevent suicide in construction. Most recently, CFMA formed the … Read more