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Current topic: OSHA Compliance Workplace Safety and Employee Drug Testing in North Carolina January 2008 The North Carolina Department of Labor released exciting statistics this week revealing that workplace safety measures in that state have brought on-the-job fatalities down 29% for 2007, the biggest one-year decrease since they began keeping such records in the 1990s. How have they achieved such a milestone? By focusing on the safety measures required as part of OSHA compliance, including employee drug testing. According to labor spokesman Neal O'Briant, to increase workplace safety, the Labor Department conducts quarterly "blitzes" at construction sites. OSHA, or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, focuses heavily safety related requirements in construction because this line of work tends to be more dangerous than most others. Twenty of the 46 work-related deaths that did occur in North Carolina, regardless of the positive changes in their workplace environment, happened in construction. It is because of this that a big part of OSHA compliance in this particular workplace environment, among many, many others, involves the importance of employee drug testing. These days, pre-employment drug testing is standard for most workplaces who take employee safety and background screening seriously. But with those quarterly "blitzes" random drug testing may very well have been an important factor in boosting workplace safety. This is because drug use on the job is still a pervasive, nationwide problem, and those who do abuse drugs and alcohol while working are 3 times more likely to injure themselves or someone else. It's wonderful to see that in North Carolina workplace safety is taken seriously, as is OSHA compliance. And for the sake of those 46 employees who were tragically killed on the job, let's hope that drug testing and extensive safety measures will continue to be the focus of the North Carolina Department of Labor. Call EBI to discuss designing a drug testing program to suit your company's needs.Our reliable drug testing programs will give you peace of mind about drug use in your workplace. Criminal records searches. Random drug testing. Reference checks. Everything for a comprehensive picture of your prospective employees. Call us at 800.324.7700 for details.

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