Code	Theme identified	Excerpts from focus group discussion
E1	Chronic pain	I get chronic pain all over my body after working so hard for long hours at the construction workplace.
E2	Coronary heart disease	I know of a construction worker who suffered from coronary heart disease and was hospitalized for long periods due to excessive work demands.
E3	Lose valuable things like job, relationships and status	The demanding nature of my work has placed me at the point that I have lost valuable things like extra jobs, relationships and some social status.
E4	Loss memory/ forgetfulness	Anytime I overwork myself I experience loss of memory or forgetfulness.
E5	Accident-prone	I get injured a lot during work because when my attention is fully on the demanding task, I tend to ignore safety rules and become prone to accident.
E6	High blood pressure	There was a time I was threatened to work excessively hard and the impulse or fear resulted in me having high blood pressure.
E7	Insomnia or sleep disturbances	The project I am working on has delayed, so workers are supposed to work for long hours throughout the night with little time for sleeping, this has given me insomnia, as my regular sleep pattern has been disturbed.
E8	Stroke or Cancer	Some construction employees have suffered stroke or cancer due to the poor working conditions with no time for regular exercise and other unhealthy habits.
E9	Headache	When I work continuously for long hours I get a headache.
E10	Musculoskeletal injuries	Musculoskeletal injuries are very common with construction employees due to the nature of our work.
E11	Family problems	I am having family problems because of my work, as my wife complains I do not have time for the family since I have become so engaged at work lately.
E12	Sexual dysfunction	When there is a heavy workload at the construction site, I become anxious and worry about my work, this makes me sexually dysfunctional at times.
E13	Diabetes mellitus	I have been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, which I believe resulted from the poor working conditions that made me adopt certain lifestyle affecting my health.
E14	Feeling faint or dizzy	Working under stressful working conditions makes me feel like fainting or becomes dizzy.
E15	Loss of motivation, energy or interest	After putting all my energy into work with the expectation of getting some recognition from the superiors, I did not get any such as I expected, from that time I have lost my motivation, energy and interest in working hard for the company.
E16	Tightness in the chest	Anytime I am overwhelmed with work I feel some tightness in the chest.
E17	Dietary extremes	When there is work pressure on me, I tend to eat very little as compared to my usual days when I eat a lot, thus, moving from one dietary extreme to another.