How sport can help the industry with UK's worst suicide rate
How sport can help the industry with UK's worst suicide rateWe pass construction sites every day, but most of us don't realise that behind the flurry of activity and noise, the industry sees more men kill themselves than any other in England and Wales.The groundworker, from Essex, suffered PTSD after he was the victim of an acid attack in 2009.
According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, there is a higher rate of suicide among men working in construction than any other industry.The rate is twice as high as in other occupations that also had high rates of suicide, such as drivers in the road transport industry and those working in agriculture.We Are England explores real stories from across the country every Friday at 19:30 on BBC One.
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