Mental health issues account for a large number of absentees from work in the construction industry, and the number of suicides amongst workers is substantially higher than the number of deaths as a result of accidents on site.
As a result of these staggering statistics, we have introduced a Mental Health Awareness Campaign to try and reassure our workforce that if they have issues help is available.
Having qualified as a Mental Health First Aider, our Health and Safety manager visited all of our workforce to raise awareness of the issue and roll out our Poster Campaign.
As a result, we have received some very positive feedback from our employees, who can clearly see that we care about the wellbeing of themselves and their families.
