Workplace Mental Health That Works.  How AEP Ohio Brought Suicide Prevention to Field Crews

Voices For Suicide Prevention · Sep 17, 2026 · 27m · transcript

A power line job can mean 16 hour days, severe weather callouts, and making split second safety decisions while you’re exhausted. So what happens when a company treats mental health as part of workplace safety instead of a “nice to have” benefit?

We sit down with Laura Arenschield, Vice President of Customer Experience at AEP Ohio, and Jon Griffith, Assistant Vice President at Werth PR, to unpack a workplace suicide prevention and mental wellness pilot created with the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation. They share how the partnership started, what their research uncovered about employee…