BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:Central Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260924T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260924T090000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Mental Health in the Workplace DESCRIPTION:According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\, the construction industry has one of the highest suicide rates among workers. In 2021\, 56 out of every 100\,000 male construction workers died by suicide\, compared to 32 per 100\,000 male workers across all industries. This rate was nearly four times the national average and almost six times the rate of all construction fatalities combined.\nSeptember is Suicide Prevention Month. Join us for an important conversation about mental health in the construction industry and how we can support ourselves\, our coworkers and our communities.\nIn this course\, we will discuss:Understanding mental health challenges in the workplace and how they affect individuals\, teams\, and organizationsRecognizing common signs and symptoms of mental health struggles in ourselves and othersLearning practical steps to respond when mental health challenges ariseIdentifying resources and strategies to support well-beingThank you sponsors!Our Instructor: Brian Lauwers\nBrian Lauwers\, CHST\, has worked within the construction industry for over 20 years\, mainly in commercial construction. Currently he is the District Manager for U.S. Compliance and is responsible for providing construction safety services and association outreach.More about U.S. ComplianceU.S. Compliance is the industry leader in Environment\, Health and Safety compliance management and consulting solutions\, delivering OSHA compliance\, and environmental compliance consulting expertise for firms throughout North America. Locally\, the BIA works with their team to offer classes for members that increase safety knowledge\, often through hands-on training. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\, the construction industry has one of the highest suicide rates among workers. In 2021\, 56 out of every 100\,000 male construction workers died by suicide\, compared to 32 per 100\,000 male workers across all industries. This rate was nearly four times the national average and almost six times the rate of all construction fatalities combined.

September is Suicide Prevention Month. Join us for an important conversation about mental health in the construction industry and how we can support ourselves\, our coworkers and our communities.

In this course\, we will discuss:

Thank you sponsors!

Our Instructor: Brian Lauwers


Brian Lauwers\, CHST\, \;has worked within the construction industry for over 20 years\, mainly in commercial construction. Currently he is the District Manager for U.S. Compliance and is responsible for providing construction safety services and association outreach.

More about U.S. Compliance

U.S. Compliance is the industry leader in Environment\, Health and Safety compliance management and consulting solutions\, delivering \;OSHA compliance\, \;and environmental compliance consulting expertise for firms throughout North America. Locally\, the BIA works with their team to offer classes for members that increase safety knowledge\, often through hands-on training.

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