The Blue Collar Mental Health Crisis Nobody Talks About

Here’s the truth nobody likes to face: blue collar workers are killing themselves at alarming rates. Some of the toughest men you’ll ever meet—roofers, electricians, mechanics, welders—are also some of the most at risk.

Why It Happens

Long hours. Dangerous jobs. The weight of providing. Bills piling up. Add in the pride of not wanting to look weak, and it’s a powder keg. Men stuff it down until they can’t anymore. And when they break, they break hard.

Strength Isn’t Silence

We were raised to think “deal with it” is the only answer. But silence doesn’t make you strong, it makes you brittle. Real strength is facing your demons head-on. Real strength is checking in on your buddy before it’s too late.

Crews Protect Crews

On the jobsite, safety is about looking out for each other. Harnesses, helmets, lockouts—it’s all about keeping the crew alive. Mental health should be no different. Look out for your crew mentally the same way you do physically.

Ironhide exists to drag this conversation out of the shadows and put it where it belongs—on the jobsite, in the lunchroom, on the ride home.