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Director of Working Partners, a consulting firm based in Canal Winchester, Ohio ( workingpartners.com ). “The number two and three responses, in or- der of severity, are decreased productivity and workforce shortages.” Pil- ferage may also increase, and workplace morale may decline when clean employees must shoulder tasks neglected by their impaired coworkers. Accidents caused by impaired workers, though, pose perhaps the greatest risk. Anyone under the influence of a drug or alcohol can be a dangerous person and can potentially damage themselves or others. Some 47 percent of workplace accidents that result in serious injury and
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40 percent of those that end in death have alcohol and other drugs in- volved, according to Quest Diagnostics, the national drug testing compa- ny that tracks such matters ( questdiagnostics.com ). Accidents, in turn, can cause spikes in workers’ compensation premiums. Finally, customers or visitors injured by impaired workers may sue for damages. Courts often assume the employer is at fault when someone is hurt at a commercial enterprise. “It’s critically important for any busi- ness to protect employees and the public,” says Joe Reilly, President of his own drug testing consulting firm in Melbourne, FL. ( www.joereilly. com ). “At smaller companies especially, one accident can be devastating.” And those smaller businesses which forego drug testing can be favored haunts for abusers avoiding the pre-hire tests typical of larger enterprises. The problem escalates at high-turnover organizations relying on part time, temporary and seasonal workers. Growing Impairment If data from national testing activity is any indication, employers will face a growing incidence of such risks. The portion of U.S. employees test- ing positive for marijuana, amphetamine and heroin, for example, recent- ly reached a 10-year high, according to a report from Quest Diagnostics. Some 5.5 percent of employees now fail urine drug tests. So what’s driving all this? The largest reason is a culture of impairment that shows no signs of tapering off any time soon. More states are legal- izing marijuana for recreational and medical use, a trend that has helped normalize the drug. Some believe that greater tolerance of marijuana has helped raise the social acceptance of other illicit substances. CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
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