Suicide rate among construction workers hits crisis levels: 'We have to watch out for each other'

Kevin O’Shea, president of Shamrock Electric Co., Inc., has one vital message to construction workers who are struggling with their mental health: call him. It's a message he shares as much as possible given the growing number of suicides among workers in the industry. "I'm not a professional. I'm just some guy that would rather hear you tell me your story and hear your friend tell me your eulogy," O'shea told FOX Business.

" O'Shea saw that same worker at a safety meeting two years after getting him the help he needed. "That apprentice came up to me and said, 'Kevin, I can't thank you enough for you and the company standing behind me in my darkest hours.' And to me, that is what getting the message out is all about," O'Shea said. O'Shea frequently tells people in the industry that there is "an 800 pound gorilla in our industry called stigma.

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