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Risks of Opioids in the Workplace

A Call to Action on Opioids in the Construction Industry

Discover practical and proven strategies to address first dose prevention to help prevent new persistent opioid use from three leading gateways in both Workers Compensation and employer- and union-sponsored health benefit plans.  Learn how to share resources with workers and families to focus on first dose prevention and help promote harm reduction and recovery pathways. Consider the why and how of considering stocking naloxone in company workplaces and job sites.                              
 
Statistics: 
The construction industry has been adversely impacted by the nation’s ongoing opioid crisis. The National Safety Council reports 70% of companies in all industries have been impacted by opioids.     
 
Opioids impact both the overall mental health and wellbeing of the workforce as well as company performance. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, unintentional overdoses now comprise 9.5% of occupational fatalities among all industries. The intersection between substance misuse, substance use disorder, and suicide has become confirmed. Nationally in 2022, there were approximately 50,000 deaths by suicide in the US, and over 108,000 overdose deaths. Construction has the second highest rate of suicide among major industries with a rate of 56 per 100,000 workers (for men and 10.4 for females).

40% of Americans recently reported to having been impacted personally by the opioid crisis. The construction industry has the highest rate of death from overdose a among 20 industries at 130.9 per 100,000 workers. Over 70% of these deaths are related to opioids. Ohio has higher death rates per 100,000 of population than the US for all overdoses (48.1 vs. 32.4) and for overdose deaths attributable to opioids (40.1 vs. 48.1).

Lead Facilitator/Presenter:

Cal Beyer, CWP is the Sr. Director of SAFE Workplaces for national nonprofit SAFE Project (SAFE stands for Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic). In this role, Cal is a catalyst, advocate, and a force multiplier to educate, equip, and empower leaders and organizations to address root causes of addiction AND to amplify their voices and actions to promote successful solutions in workplaces.  

Cal is a Certified Wellness Practitioner through the National Wellness Institute. He has over 30 years of construction and manufacturing risk management and safety experience. He serves on the Executive Committee for the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention and the Lived Experience Advisory  Committee of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center. He serves on the advisory boards for MindWise Innovations and Goldfinch Health and formerly for the Center for Workplace Mental Health and Youturn Health. 

Beyer helped launch the Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention in 2016. Engineering News-Record named him a Top 25 Newsmaker for 2016. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) presented him with the Mental Health Industry Advocacy Award in 2022. He was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award by United Suicide Survivors International in February 2024. Cal is a frequent speaker at industry events and a regular contributor to various industry publications.  

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