Corporate support turns safety commitments into action — building the trainings, writing the communications, and making sure resources reach the people who need them. Mental health deserves that same operational attention. Hard Hat Courage gives your team the tools to bring suicide prevention into your organization the same way you’d implement any safety initiative: deliberately, consistently, and with the right resources behind it.

Hard Hat Courage is helping the construction industry evolve into a culture that emphasizes and prioritizes the importance of mental health and suicide prevention today but is also building a lasting infrastructure for system change. Collectively, we are building toward consistent implementation of mental health safety standards and workplace best practices.

• Toolbox Talks: Short, practical conversations that safety professionals can use in safety meetings, orientations, or jobsite check-ins to bring mental health and suicide prevention into everyday safety culture. Use them to build awareness, support early conversations, and help crews look out for one another. All Hard Hat Courage Toolbox Talks are available in English and Spanish.

• Building a Critical Incident Response Plan: Be ready to respond when a worker may be in crisis. Download this construction-specific guide for clear, practical steps that safety professionals can use to prepare teams, respond to suicidal thoughts or risk of self-harm, and connect workers to support when needed.

• Jobsite Posters and Stickers: Make mental health safety visible on every jobsite and in every office space. Equip your teams with clear, consistent messaging that reinforces support is available. Print 988 stickers through your preferred vendor and distribute them so the message travels with your teams each day. In addition, place posters in high-traffic areas to reinforce awareness of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

• Talk Saves Lives: Construction: Bring life-saving awareness to your workforce. Connect with us by emailing [email protected] to learn how Talk Saves Lives: Construction can equip your teams with the knowledge and confidence to recognize warning signs and take action. 

• Listen. Engage. Act. Direct. (LEAD) program: Prepare your corporate support leaders to take meaningful action when it matters most. Connect with us by emailing [email protected] to bring LEAD training to your workforce, a two-hour, interactive workshop that uses real-world scenarios and practical, step-by-step guidance to build skills in recognizing warning signs, starting conversations, and responding in moments of crisis.

When your organization experiences a suicide or sudden death, Hard Hat Courage provides guidance on communication, response, and long-term support for affected employees and teams. Supporting your workforce through grief is not separate from your safety mission — it is your safety mission.

• After a Suicide Toolkit: This toolkit is designed to help you take action now by putting key practices, roles, and protocols in place before a crisis happens, while also providing clear, practical guidance to follow in the immediate aftermath of a suicide. It equips corporate support employees and leaders to help grieving teams, navigate complex stakeholder communication, and respond with clarity and confidence when it matters most.

• Caring Communities: Guidance for Supporting Survivors of Suicide Loss: This is a one-hour presentation, offered in person or virtually, that provides practical strategies to support loss survivors. Participants gain a clear understanding of suicide as a complex health issue, its impact on survivors, and concrete ways to offer meaningful support in workplaces. It also connects you to trusted resources that can extend care beyond the immediate response. Bring Caring Communities to your organization to strengthen your ability to support your co-workers when they need it most.

• Healing Conversations: Personal Support for Survivors of Suicide Loss: Many people who have lost someone to suicide may find it helpful to connect with someone who has also experienced a similar loss. The Healing Conversations program is designed to provide that support. This free resource is available to any loss survivor.

• Surviving a Suicide Loss: Resource and Healing Guide: Our Resource and Healing Guide provides information about coping with loss, the survivor loss community, and resources to help with your journey. (English) (Spanish)