Impaired workers cause preventable injuries, damaged equipment and lost productivity, and they cost safety-sensitive industries billions of dollars per year. Worker impairment may come in many forms – fatigue, drug and alcohol abuse, prescription medications and illness. No matter the cause there is a substantial return on investment when impaired workers are detected before they can cause damage and injury.
Many companies are realizing that random urine tests are not the answer. Random urine testing invades privacy and is not indicative of safety or job performance. It may indicate prior use of a substance, but does not test current impairment of the worker. Further, urine testing does not test for alcohol, illness, prescription drug use, or fatigue. The last, fatigue, has become a significant cause of on-the-job injuries and property loss.
If this is your situation:
- Employees and union are complaining about random urine testing
- You need a fair and objective way to detect impaired employees
- You want to determine how cost-effective is fitness for duty screening
- You are defending against employee lawsuits concerning random drug tests
This is how CIRCADIAN can help you:
CIRCADIAN can help you evaluate the options and goals for fitness for duty screening, assist in building supervisor and employee buy-in to a fair process to prevent injuries and accidents, help install the fitness for duty systems and provide ongoing support and effectiveness evaluations.