Highest Workplace Suicide Professions

Think that dentists have one of the highest suicide rates of all professions? No so fast.

According to a new report from the Institute for Work & Health, heavy equipment operators and truck drivers are taking their lives more now than ever. Also, skilled/technical/supervisory workers along with semi-skilled workers account for two-thirds of all suicides among Canadian men in the workplace.

Men commit suicide four times as often as women.

Several other occupations are associated with “protective effects” against suicide for men (which means occupations to watch for signs of suicidal tendencies). They include:

• management and administration,
• mathematics,
• systems analysis,
• architects,
• engineers,
• community planners,
• elementary school teachers
• commodities traders.

No equivalent occupations for women were identified.

You can read the report yourself. What's your strategy to continue to foster a Culture of Safety at your workplace?

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Kevin Burns - Corporate Safety Attitude/Culture Strategist
www.safety.kevburns.com
Toll Free 1-877-287-6711
Creator of the 90-Day System To Improve Safety Culture!