TY  - CONF
TI  - Analysis of suicide rates in construction and how lean can help reverse the trends
C1  - Singapore, Singapore
C3  - Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 34)
SP  - 390
EP  - 401
PY  - 2026
DO  - 10.24928/2026/0233
AU  - Liu, Min
AU  - Alves, Thais da C. L.
AU  - He, Weilin
AD  - Professor, Abdallah H. Yabroudi Endowed Prof. in Sustainable Civil Infrastructure, Dept. of Civil and Env. Eng., Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, NY 13244, USA, mliu92@syr.edu, orcid.org/0000-0002-3070-7109
AD  - Professor, AGC-Paul S. Roel Chair in Construction Eng.& Mgmt., Civil, Construction & Env. Eng. Dept., San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 92182, USA, talves@sdsu.edu, orcid.org/0000-0001-7928-9190
AD  - PhD Student, Dept. of Civil and Env. Eng., Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, NY 13244, USA, hweilin@syr.edu, orcid.org/0009-0001-2881-7499
ED  - Hamzeh, Farook
ED  - Poshdar, Mani
ED  - Garcia-Lopez,, Nelly P.
AB  - Suicide rates in Construction are among the highest in the industry, a problem that appears to have been amplified after the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper presents an analysis of data obtained from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 2003 to 2023, including 27,388 deaths by suicide across the top five occupations where these deaths occurred. The authors present the data and discuss potential solutions based on another study which points out how Lean Construction tools and practices can improve the sense of belonging in construction projects.
KW  - Construction workers
KW  - suicide
KW  - belongingness
KW  - stress
KW  - depression.
PB  - 
T2  - Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 34)
DA  - 2026/06/22
CY  - Singapore, Singapore
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2530/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2530
N1  - Export Date: 19 June 2026
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -