Suicide Prevention Month and Promoting Workplace Mental Health

September 10, 2025

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Sept. 8-12 is Construction Suicide Prevention Week and today, Sept.10, is World Suicide Prevention Day. A new video message from Deputy Secretary of Labor, Keith Sonderling, and new blog post from OSHA’s Acting Assistant Secretary, Amanda Wood Laihow, emphasize the importance of providing employers and workers with tools and resources to address workplace stress, promote mental wellness and reduce the risk of suicide. They also recognize the disproportionate impact of suicide in industries such as construction, which has one of the highest suicide rates of any occupation.

As we commemorate these observances, please be aware of relevant OSHA resources, including:

• Workplace Mental Health Fact Sheet. Provides an overview of workplace mental health, and addresses stress, trauma, substance use disorder and suicide risk.
• Support One Another Toolkit (ZIP) Spanish (ZIP). Provides tips on creating a workplace culture that supports mental health.
• Working Together Poster. Provides a brief overview of steps employers and workers can take to address stress and mental health in the workplace.
• Supporting Your Co-Workers Poster. Provides concrete tips that people can use to support their co-workers, offering suggestions on how to be respectful when broaching stress and mental health topics, how to listen compassionately, how to determine if more assistance is needed and how to follow up on concerns.
• Helping Your Co-Workers and Yourself Poster. Offers general tips on ways employers and co-workers can help each other address stress and mental health.
• Five Things to Know About Suicide Prevention Poster and Video.  Provides tips for recognizing suicide risk. See also Five Things to Know About Suicide Prevention in Construction Poster.
• Role of Employers in Preventing Suicides. Provides tips for employers for supporting workplace mental health.

For more information, please visit osha.gov/preventingsuicides. As a reminder, if you or someone you know is struggling, please call or text 988, or visit 988lifeline.org/chat for 24/7, free, and confidential support. Together, we can save lives.