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Current topic: Drug Screening and Alcohol Testing: Limiting Highway Deaths Drug Screening isn't addressed at Forbes.com, and neither is alcohol testing, but the second most deadly hazard in the American workplace is certainly related to the two. Death on the highway is second only to dangerous commercial fishing as the most deadly job in America. Whether its truck drivers, traveling salesmen, or just the delivery guy, 25% of all workplace deaths last year involved employees who were driving at the time of their death. And highway deaths, unlike all other forms on workplace deaths, are actually on the rise. Last year, the number of those who died driving for their employer went up 2%, and has risen 6% in the last 12 years. In every other workplace environment, employee deaths have dropped 14%. So why are people still dying on the road? For the vast majority of such incidents, the answer is fatigue and impairment. Driving long hours leads to fatigue or boredom, and while this is dangerous enough when someone is behind the wheel, when drugs and alcohol are seen as a way to stay alert or kill that boredom, its more often the employee (or even worse, innocent bystanders) who are killed. Where do employee drug screening and alcohol testing come in as a part of this discussion? Well, they ought to come in at the beginning, as part of a standard background screening process that includes drug testing in the workplace. Around 12.4 million drug users are employed half or full time and 19.2 million workers are affected by alcohol abuse. Combine all this impairment with long hours behind the wheel, and the magnitude of such a problem becomes clear. Employee drug screening and alcohol testing should be conducted before an employee is hired, as pre-employment drug testing, as a part of a random drug testing process, and especially after an accident. By combining drug testing in the workplace with DMV records checks, the high number of workplace deaths that involve the highway could be reduced dramatically, protecting employees, clients, and everyone else on the road at the same time. 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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