Impaired workers cause preventable injuries, damage equipment and hurt productivity. Whether they are impaired from fatigue, drug and alcohol abuse, or illness, preventing such accidents yields substantial rewards.
Fatigue is a significant cause of on-the-job injuries and property loss. Most drug users are employed, and they cost billions of dollars per year. Drug-using employees are almost 4 times more likely to be in workplace accidents and 5 times more likely to file a workers’ compensation claim. Up to 40% of industrial fatalities can be linked to alcohol abuse. Between 38% and 50% of workers’ compensation claims relate to substance abuse. Impairment screening poses a number of challenges, such as problems with random urine testing (privacy concerns, does not indicate safety or job performance); fair and objective identification of impaired personnel/staff, thus avoiding lawsuits about random drug tests; cost-effective screening of safety-sensitive employees (your testing equipment, and record-keeping must not be prohibitively expensive).
How CIRCADIAN can help you
At CIRCADIAN, we can help you predict and prevent potential accidents. We provide uniquely effective solutions, including:
- Real-time impairment assessment
- Detection of all forms of impairment
- Employee and manager training to prevent risks
- Reducing effects and costs of impaired workers
CIRCADIAN and its subcontractor VisioNetx, Inc. assesses impairment real-time, with the VisioNetx Cleared-For-Duty™ System. Using a 90 second non-invasive eye scanning test, employees can be screened just before coming on duty, or before a critical safety-sensitive task. Unlike other tests, this system detects all forms of impairment from the causes listed above. It does not look back at prior behavior – but detects impairment when it matters and you can do something about it. It is the only sensible fitness for duty testing approach, and is embraced by employees and managers as a fair and effective way to prevent the risks and costs of impaired fellow workers.
This is the breakthrough solution to fairly and objectively prevent impaired workers in your workplaces.
