Stand Up! Breaking the Silence: Suicide Prevention Awareness Panel
Wed, Apr 09
|The HON Company Showroom (12th Floor)
A Suicide Prevention Awareness Event- Making a Difference: Prioritizing Mental Health in Construction
Time & Location
Apr 09, 2025, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
The HON Company Showroom (12th Floor), 245 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
Guests
About the event
STAND UP! Changing the Statistics of Suicide in Construction.
Suicide Prevention AWARENESS.
Join us for the Hike for Hope 2025 presentation, an event dedicated to raising awareness about mental health and suicide prevention in the construction industry. We are honored to have Robert Labbe Jr., CSP, ARM, Vice President of Risk Engineering Services at American Global, as our keynote speaker. With over 25 years of experience in construction project management and risk management, Rob focuses on safety, quality, and productivity, working closely with contractors to develop best practices for health and safety programs.
It’s hard to change things that we aren’t even aware are issues or are in need of change. For many years, the construction industry was unaware that its workforce was at 4x higher risk of dying by suicide than the rest of the population. While it is still shocking to hear that, now that we know, it’s up to us…