Join Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas and Jorgen Gullestrup with guests, Dr. John Fitzgerald, Registered Clinical Psychologist and Lead at “Mentally Healthy Work” alongside Timothy Irving, Deputy Director, Directorate of Construction, US DOL/Occupational Safety and Health Administration as they discuss work-related suicide.
Hosted by the IASP Suicide and the Workplace Special Interest Group. Discussions of suicide can be overwhelming; if you are struggling and would like to seek further support, we encourage you to visit Find A Helpline, where you can connect to helpline support near you.
This is Part 1. Part 2 will be posted next Tuesday, so please join us again next week to hear the remainder of this conversation.
Tim Irving is the Acting Director for the Directorate of Construction in the OSHA National Office. Recently he completed the Federal Leadership training at the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, Virgina. Prior to this appointment as acting Director/Deputy, Tim was the Assistant Regional Administrator for the Cooperative State Programs in the Region 1 OSHA Office in Boston, Compliance Assistance Specialist (CAS), since 2005, and Compliance Safety and Health Officer, since 2001, in the Braintree Area Office on the construction strategic team. Prior to joining OSHA in 2001 he worked as a safety coordinator on some of the largest building projects in Boston. As a safety coordinator with Clark Construction he worked on the Joseph Moakley Courthouse on Fan Pier and as a safety manager with Bovis Lend Lease he worked on the 40 story Millennium Place towers, the 20 story 10 Saint James office Building and the Boston Research Center for Merck Pharmaceutical.
Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (ACCOSH) Mr. Irving is currently an Alternate Designated Federal Official for ACCOSH.
Specialties: Tim holds both journeyman and master electrician licenses and before making the transition into the safety field he ran his own electrical contracting firm in Boston.
He has his degree in management from the University of Massachusetts and has earned professional designations in risk management, (ARM) construction safety (CHST) and is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP).
John is the Lead for Mentally Healthy Work at Worksafe New Zealand Mahi Haumaru Aotearoa and a Registered Clinical Psychologist with experience in a range of clinical practice, as an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at Massey University, and an ongoing commitment towards improving the quality of work across Aotearoa.
