UTU Conference DenverNashville.ppt

UTU Conference Denver/Nashville Summer, 2008 UTU REQUESTED TOPICS ? Peer Prevention Programs and Operation RedBlock??????????????? Training and Education on Reality - Railroads are a Dangerous Place to Work. Drugs and Alcohol Kill People in This Industry Prescription?and Over the Counter Medications Issue – The Coming Medical Standards ? Shy Bladder Resolution Process WHY Do We Have These Rules? MIS Report Data From the 39 Largest Railroads That Had 400,000 or More Annual Employee Workhours Random Drug Positive Rate Random Positives by Drug Type Drug Test Refusals (All Tests) Alcohol Test Refusals (All Tests) 2007 Pre-Employment Drug Tests 2007 Reasonable Suspicion/ Cause Drug Tests 2007 Return-To-Duty Drug Tests 2007 Follow-Up Drug Tests All Federal Alcohol Tests Random Alcohol Test Results 2007 Reasonable Suspicion/CauseAlcohol Tests FRA Post-Accident Test Results 1987 to 2007 Post-Accident TestsNo. Positive Tests Collectively 676 Federal Violations in Less than 50,000 Tests in 2007 Additional Hundreds Positive in Company Authority Testing We are doing Better BUT the Usage Rate Remains a Major Safety Concern! “Training and Education on Reality!” NEXT MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE Prescription and Over-The-Counter (OTC) medications NPRM on Medical Standards for Safety Critical Employees NPRM Adjusting 219.103 on use of Prescription and OTC RISK MANAGEMENT Peer Prevention Programs (C3RS) - Operation RedBlock Type Programs - Close Call Programs - CAB—Changing At-Risk Behaviors - STEEL—Safety Trough Employees Exercising Leadership - CSA-- Clear Signal (for) Action /us/content/1910 SHY BLADDER Labor Leadership Letter to FRA on Resolving on-going Shy Bladder Concerns In 2007 the MIS Data indicates - Flat Refusal- 13 - Adulterated/Substituted- 4 - Shy Bladder- 3 (Possible Medical Expert Disagreement) Part 40 Changes Specimen Validity Testing (SVT) procedures effective August 25,