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John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
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This is the eighth annual report of the results of the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Drug and Alcohol Testing Program. The report summarizes the new reporting requirements introduced for calendar year 2003, the requirements of the overall drug and alcohol testing program (the revised CFR Part 40 and CFR Part 655), the results from the data reported for 2003, and the random drug and alcohol violation rates (the percentage of persons selected for a random test who produced a positive specimen or refused to take the test) for calendar years 1996 through 2003.
The results of drug tests-for marijuana, cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), opiates, and amphetamines-are compared with the results of alcohol tests for the various types of required tests. Statistics are presented for random, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, and pre-employment tests combined and for each individual test type. Those test results are further compared by employer type (transit agencies and contractors), employer size (large, small, and rural), employee category, FTA region, and the drug type.
Statistics on employees returned to duty and results of return to duty tests and follow-up tests are presented separately from results of the other four test types because return-to-duty tests and follow-up tests represent a different segment of the test population and not all employers offer rehabilitation.
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Preface
This annual report represents the cooperative efforts of many people. Extensive appreciation is extended to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration, the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, and the following individuals who were instrumental in guiding this project and contributing to its success:
Michael Taborn
Director, Office of Transit Safety and Security
Federal Transit Administration
Jerry Powers
Drug and Alcohol Program Manager
Federal Transit Administration
Michael R. Redington
Program Manager/Transportation Industry Analyst
Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
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Executive Summary
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) regulations require that each recipient (both direct and indirect) of FTA funds (1) implement an anti-drug program to deter and detect the use of prohibited drugs, (2) establish a program to prevent the misuse of alcohol, and (3) report the results of its programs to FTA upon request. Compliance with FTA's drug and alcohol testing program is a condition of federal assistance. Failure of a recipient to establish and implement a drug and alcohol testing program - either in its own operations or in those of an entity operating on its behalf - may result in the suspension of FTA funding to the recipient.
Employees who perform any of five safety-sensitive functions must be tested for five controlled substances[1] in four circumstances: random, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, and pre-employment. Such employees must also be tested for alcohol use in each of those circumstances except pre-employment, though employers may, and many do, require pre-employment tests per 49CFR Part 40 testing procedures. An additional circumstance (return to duty/follow-up) is required for safety-sensitive employees who are given an opportunity to resume safety-sensitive duties after testing positive for drugs or alcohol or refusing to submit to a required test.
Random Rates
FTA considers random testing to be the most effective deterrent to drug use and alcohol misuse. The results of random tests also provide the best indication of the overall level of drug use and alcohol misuse, and the combined percentage of positive random tests plus random test refusals are used by FTA in determining minimum random testing rates for the following year. The test result rates for drugs and alcohol, respectively, that are used in determining the testing rates for the following year are calculated as follows:
(verified drug positives + refusals) ÷ (total number of testing events[2])
(confirmed alcohol positives[3]+ refusals) ÷ (total number of testing events)
In 2003, 1,170 verified random drug test positives and 129 random drug test refusals were reported. Additionally, 37 random alcohol tests were reported with a confirmed blood alcohol level of at least .04, and 11 refusals to take a random alcohol test were reported.
Official Random Rates for 2003
The graph at left shows the "official" rates for random drug and random alcohol tests used by the FTA Administrator in determining future random testing rates.
Because the random drug rate must remain below 1.0 percent for two consecutive years before it can be lowered and the rate in 2002 was above 1.0 percent, the random testing rate for drugs remained at 50 percent for 2004. If the rate remains below 1.0 percent in 2004, the FTA Administrator will have the option to reduce the random drug test quota for 2005 to 25 percent.
Because the 2003 alcohol rate was below 0.50 percent, the random testing quota for alcohol remained at 10 percent for 2004.
Rates for Four Types of Testing
The combined percentages of positive tests plus test refusals shown in the previous graph are compared with the same rates for post-accident, reasonable suspicion, and pre-employment tests and for the four test types combined, in the graph at right. The rates for return to duty and follow-up tests are presented in a separate graph because those tests represent a different segment of the test population (i.e., tests produced by persons who have been removed from duty for drug or alcohol violations and have completed a rehabilitation program) and not all employers offer rehabilitation.
As shown, the reasonable suspicion rates were much higher than the random, post-accident, or pre-employment rates for both drugs and alcohol. The random rate was the lowest of the drug rates, significantly lower than the positive rates for any of the other three test types. The pre-employment rate was the lowest of the alcohol rates, and the random rate was slightly higher.
There were 135,297 random drug testing events reported in 2003, and 215,443 were reported for the four test types combined. The fewest reported were for reasonable suspicion, at 657. Next was post-accident, at 13,715. There were 42,317 random alcohol testing events reported in 2003, and 65,099 were reported for the four test types combined. The fewest reported were for reasonable suspicion, at 620. Next was post-accident, at 12,490. Only 9,672 pre-employment alcohol testing events were reported compared with 65,774 for drugs, reflecting the fact that pre-employment drug testing is required and pre-employment alcohol testing is not required.
Employer Type and Size
As shown in the following two graphs, the rates for contractors were higher than those for transit agency employees for each test type for drugs and for each test type for alcohol except random, which was slightly higher for transit employees. The random drug rate was more than twice as high for contractors. The combined alcohol rate was also nearly twice as high for contractors, and the combined drug rate was more than two-and-one-half times as high for contractors. Many more testing events were reported for transit agency employees than for contractors for both drugs and alcohol-three to four times as many for each test type except pre-employment events, twice as many for pre-employment alcohol tests and one-third more for pre-employment drug tests.
As shown in the next two graphs, the rates for the three employer size categories were very similar for the four types combined for both drugs and alcohol. The greatest variation in both the drug and alcohol rates by employer size was for reasonable suspicion, and large employers reported the lowest rates for both. Small employers reported the highest random drug rates, and rural employers reported the highest random alcohol rates. More than 80 percent of the testing events reported for both drugs and alcohol were reported by large employers. Rural employers reported approximately twice as many random testing events as small employers for both drugs and alcohol. That ratio of testing events is approximately the same for all four test types combined.
Employee Category
The armed security personnel category had the lowest drug rate for all test types and the lowest alcohol rate for all test types except random. The CDL[4]/non-revenue vehicle category had the highest drug rate for all test types except reasonable suspicion, the highest random alcohol rate, and the highest combined rate for alcohol. The vast majority of testing events reported for both drugs and alcohol were for the revenue vehicle operation category- approximately 70 percent of random tests, more than 80 percent of pre-employment and reasonable suspicion tests, and nearly 95 percent of post-accident tests. The revenue vehicle and equipment maintenance category had the second largest number of reported testing events for each test type for both drugs and alcohol.
FTA Region
As shown on the map at right, the random drug rate was lowest in Region 2 at 0.63 percent, and was highest in Region 8 at 1.42 percent. Half of the regions had rates lower than the national average of 0.96 percent. The other half were more than 1.0 percent.
As shown on the map at right, the random alcohol rate was zero in Region 8 and was by far the highest in Region 7 at 0.49 percent. Half of the regions had rates higher than the national average of 0.11 percent. All but Region 7 were less than 0.20 percent.
Type of Drug
As shown in the following charts, marijuana was detected more often than all of the other drugs combined in random testing, post-accident testing, pre-employment testing, and all four test types combined. Cocaine was detected most often in reasonable suspicion tests, and marijuana was second.
Rates for Return to Duty Testing and Follow-Up Testing
Before being returned to duty, employees must complete a rehabilitation program and submit either a negative drug specimen or a negative alcohol screen, depending on the test that the employee initially failed or refused to take.
In 2003, 1,283 return to duty drug testing events, 713 return to duty alcohol testing events, 7,980 follow-up drug testing events, and 5,950 follow-up alcohol testing events were reported. Only three positive return to duty alcohol tests and one refusal were reported. Only 17 positive follow-up alcohol tests and two refusals were reported. As shown in the graphs at right, the return to duty rates were higher than follow-up rates for both drugs and alcohol, and the alcohol rates were much lower than the drug rates.
Approximately 80 percent of the return to duty drug testing events were reported by transit agencies, and approximately 90 percent of return to duty alcohol testing events were reported by transit agencies. As shown in the graph at near right below, both the return to duty drug and alcohol rates for transit employees were higher than those for contractors. No positive alcohol tests or refusals were reported by contractors. More than 80 percent of the return to duty testing events were reported by large employers, and more than 90 percent of the alcohol testing events were reported by large employers. As shown in the graph at far right (above, the return to duty drug rate was much higher for large employers than that for small or rural employers, and no positive alcohol tests or refusals were reported by small or rural employers.
Approximately 90 percent of the follow-up testing events for both drugs and alcohol were reported by transit agencies. As shown in the graph at near right, the follow-up drug rates for contractors were twice as high as those for transit employees while the alcohol rate for transit agency employees was nearly twice as high as that for contractors. Nearly 95 percent of the follow-up drug testing events were reported by large employers, and nearly 98 percent of the follow-up alcohol testing events were reported by large employers. As shown in the graph at far right on the previous page, both the follow-up drug and alcohol rates for large employers were much lower than those for small or rural employers, and both rates for small and rural were similar. Despite the relatively high rates, only one positive alcohol test and no refusals were reported by both small and rural employers.
Trends: 1996 through 2003
In 2001, FTA eliminated its requirement that all direct recipients report data each year, and developed a random sampling technique to select a portion of the recipients to report their data. Therefore, the only rates that can be reliably compared for each year of reporting (from 1996 to 2003) are random rates. The results actually reported in 2001 and 2002 do not accurately reflect total FTA testing due to the large proportion of results reported by large employers. Thus, the results from random testing were weighted to obtain "official" random rates that reasonably estimate the rate for all persons tested, enabling reliable comparison with the years before 2001 when all employers were required to report. Weighted rates are not available for any test types other than random or any subsets of random testing.
As shown in the following graph, the official random drug rate dropped in 2003 to the lowest rate (0.96 percent) since employers in all size categories were required to report, following its only rise (in 2002). The 2003 rate was 40 percent lower than the rate in 1996. As also shown in the next graph, the official random alcohol rate dropped by 50 percent in 2003 to 0.11 percent, by far the lowest rate since employers in all size categories were required to report.
Official Random Drug and Alcohol Rates: 1996 to 2003
Table of Contents
1.2 Reporting and Certification Requirements
1.4 Data Analysis and Validation
2. Overview of Part 40 and Part 655 Testing Requirements
2.1 Overview of Required Testing Program
2.2 Safety-Sensitive Functions
3. Random Drug and Alcohol Rates
3.1 Official Random Rates for 2003
3.2 Official Random Rate Trends
4. Drug and Alcohol Data for Four Required Test Types
4.1 Test Data by Employer Type and Size
4.2 Test Data by Employee Category
4.2.1 Test Data by Employee Category and Employer Type
4.2.2 Test Data by Employee Category and Employer Size
4.3.1 Data for Test Types by FTA Region and Employer Type
4.3.2 Data for Test Types by FTA Region and Employer Size
4.4.1 Data by Test Type, Employer Type, and Drug Type
4.4.2 Data by Test Type, Employer Size, and Drug Type
4.4.3 Data by Test Type, Employee Category, and Drug Type
4.5 Confirmed Alcohol Specimens Between 0.02 and 0.039
5. Drug and Alcohol Data for Return to Duty Testing and Follow-Up Testing
5.1.1 Return to Duty Test Data by Employer Type and Size
5.1.2 Return to Duty Test Data by Employee Category
5.1.3 Return to Duty Test Data by FTA Region
5.1.4 Return to Duty Test Data by Type of Drug
5.2.1 Follow-Up Test Data by Employer Type and Size
5.2.2 Follow-Up Test Data by Employee Category
5.2.3 Follow-Up Test Data by FTA Region
5.2.4 Follow-Up Test Data by Type of Drug
Appendix C. MIS Data Collection Form
1. Introduction
This report is the eighth annual summary of data submitted for entry in the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Drug and Alcohol Management Information System (DAMIS). The report summarizes data reported for calendar year 2003, and includes a comparison of official random drug and alcohol test rates for calendar years 1996 through 2003. DAMIS contains the data from all the drug and alcohol tests conducted under FTA regulations between 1996 and 2000, but contains data from only selected agencies for the years since 2000, as explained in Section 1.2. DAMIS also contains the data from all the tests conducted by large agencies in 1995.
FTA regulations require recipients and subrecipients of funding under Title 49 of United States Code (U.S.C.) Sections 5307, 5309, and 5311, and 23 U.S.C. Section 103(e)(4) and their contractors to implement and maintain a program to deter and detect use of prohibited drugs and misuse of alcohol by safety-sensitive employees, unless the recipient is also an operating railroad regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).
Section 5307 of 49 U.S.C. refers to block grants to finance capital projects and the planning, improvement, and operating costs of equipment, facilities, and associated capital maintenance items for use in mass transportation.
Section 5309 refers to discretionary grants and loans for capital projects, new and existing fixed guideway systems, an efficient mass transportation system coordinated with other transportation systems, introduction of new technologies, enhancement of urban economic development or incorporation of private investment, and mass transportation projects to meet the needs of the elderly and persons with disabilities.
Section 5311 refers to financial assistance for non-urbanized areas.
Section 103(e)(4) of 23 U.S.C. refers to grants to bus transit systems that operate on Federal-aid highway systems.
1.1 Regulatory Background
FTA issued its first drug and alcohol testing regulations on February 15, 1994 as two separate rules: 49 CFR Part 653, Prevention of Prohibited Drug Use in Transit Operations, and 49 CFR Part 654, Prevention of Alcohol Misuse in Transit Operations. The FTA rules were issued in response to The Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act, enacted by Congress in 1991. They expanded the minimum uniform U.S Department of Transportation (DOT) testing program requirements published earlier in 1994 in 49 CFR Part 40, Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs.
The Omnibus Testing Act was intended to promote the health and safety of transportation employees and the traveling public. It required all DOT administrations to issue regulations requiring funding recipients to perform four types of testing of all safety-sensitive employees for five controlled substances and alcohol, and to establish a prescribed program of rehabilitation and follow-up testing for employees who are given the opportunity to return to safety-sensitive duty after testing positive or refusing to be tested. The Act also required recipients to follow the testing procedures established by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
DOT revised and reissued Part 40 in 2000, and amended certain provisions in 2003 and 2004. In 2001, FTA issued CFR Part 655, Prevention of Alcohol Misuse and Prohibited Drug Use in Transit Operations, to expand the revised department-wide minimum requirements to transit operations. Part 655 supersedes and combines Parts 653 and 654. Per the addition of Section 25 to Part 40 in 2003, a testing event includes test refusals but not canceled tests. The current Part 40 and 655 testing requirements are summarized in Chapter 2 of this report.
1.2 Reporting and Certification Requirements
Part 655.72 eliminated the requirement that all direct funding recipients report their drug and alcohol testing program data to FTA annually. It requires that recipients report their data only if requested by FTA. In 2001, FTA developed a stratified random sampling technique to produce an accurate representation of the overall transit industry, in lieu of universal reporting. The intent was to reduce the paperwork burden on a portion of the industry.
Recipients requested to report must do so by March 15. The procedures for reporting in 2003 and the form to be used changed, per the addition of Section 26 and Appendix H of Part 40 (in July 2003). Recipients must either enter the data via internet on the FTA Office of Safety and Security web site: http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/damis. The form, which appears in Appendix C, eliminates some of the previous requirements, but now requires submittal of refusal data by type of refusal for all test types.
All direct recipients must annually prepare and maintain a summary of the results of the DOT-regulated programs that they oversaw during the previous calendar year. All direct recipients must also annually certify regulatory compliance of those programs, and submit the certifications to their FTA regional office.
All grantees must ensure the accuracy and timeliness of each report submitted by their subrecipients. All direct recipients must ensure the accuracy and timeliness of each report submitted by a safety-sensitive contractor or subcontractor.
Failure of a recipient to establish a drug and alcohol testing program and to annually certify regulatory compliance and report information as requested, either in its own operations or in those of a subrecipient or an entity operating on its behalf, may result in the suspension of FTA funding to the recipient. Falsifying compliance information or certifications is a criminal offense.
1.3 Reporting Assistance
Assistance on accessing the FTA Office of Safety and Security web site and using the internet reporting system is available from the FTA DAMIS Project Office at (617) 494-6336, FTA.damis@volpe.dot.gov. The FTA Safety and Security Clearinghouse can be reached at (617) 494-2108 for additional copies of this report, as well as previously published annual reports. Other technical assistance materials, including the Implementation Guidelines for Drug and Alcohol Regulations in Mass Transit and Best Practices Manual: FTA Drug and Alcohol Testing Program, can be obtained from the FTA Safety and Security Clearinghouse, (617) 494-2108, and on the web site: http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/damis.
1.4 Data Analysis and Validation
Data submitted for entry in DAMIS are subjected to extensive analysis and validation, both manual and automated. The process entails detailed review of the consistency and reasonableness of the data in each report, identification of errors or questionable entries, and resolution of any problems in consultation with the reporting agencies. This process enables detection and correction of errors of significant magnitude. However, some statistically minor errors may remain.
1.5 Organization of Report
The remainder of this report contains five chapters and three appendices:
- Chapter 2 presents an overview of the current Part 40 and 655 testing requirements, including descriptions of safety-sensitive functions, the types of tests to be performed, and the substances to be tested for.
- Chapter 3 presents official random drug and alcohol rates for 2003, and compares them with those for 1996 through 2002.
- Chapter 4 compares the results of the required drug and alcohol tests listed in Chapter 2 and pre-employment alcohol tests. The results are further compared by employer type (transit agencies and contractors), employer size (large, small, and rural), the employee categories listed in Chapter 2, FTA region, and drug type.
- Chapter 5 summarizes the results of the tests (described in Chapter 2) that are required for employees returned to safety-sensitive duty following a positive test or refusal, using the same categories of comparison as in Chapter 4.
- Appendix A lists the terms, and their definitions, associated with the FTA drug and alcohol testing program.
- Appendix B lists the ten FTA regions and states they cover.
- Appendix C is the MIS data collection form.
2. Overview of Part 40 and Part 655 Testing Requirements
This chapter summarizes the requirements of the FTA Drug and Alcohol Testing Program (in Section 2.1) and describes in detail FTA safety-sensitive functions, the tests required by FTA, and the drugs that safety-sensitive employees must be tested for (in Sections 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4, respectively).
2.1 Overview of Required Testing Program
Employees who perform any of five safety-sensitive functions must be tested for five controlled substances in four circumstances. Such employees must also be tested for alcohol use in each of those circumstances except pre-employment, though employers may, and many do, require pre-employment tests per Part 40 testing procedures. An additional circumstance (return to duty/follow-up) is required for safety-sensitive employees who are given an opportunity to resume safety-sensitive duties after testing positive for drugs or alcohol or refusing to submit to a required test.
Safety-Sensitive Employee Categories
Revenue Vehicle Operation
Revenue Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance
Revenue Vehicle Control/Dispatching
CDL/Non-Revenue Vehicle
Armed Security Personnel
Test Types
Random
Post-accident
Reasonable suspicion
Pre-employment
*Return to duty/follow-up
Drug Types
Marijuana
Cocaine
Phencyclidine (PCP)
Opiates
AmphetaminesSee Section 2.3 for a detailed description of tests required by FTA.
See Section 2.4 for a detailed description of the drugs to test for.
*Required only for employees who test positive for drugs or alcohol or refuse to take a test
Any employee who has a verified positive drug test, has a confirmed alcohol test result of 0.04 or greater, or refuses to submit to a test must be immediately removed from safety-sensitive duty. The employee must then be informed of the resources available for evaluating and resolving problems associated with prohibited drug use and alcohol misuse, including the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of substance abuse professionals (SAPs). The employer then decides which disciplinary action to take. To return the employee to a safety-sensitive function, the employer must ensure that the employee successfully completes a course of treatment prescribed by a SAP and produces a negative return to duty test for drugs or alcohol or both, depending on the evaluation and recommendation of the SAP. Once returned to duty, the employee must continue a treatment program administered by the SAP, which includes a series of follow-up tests.
Part 40, Section 26 and Appendix H (added in 2003) identify four types of drug test refusals and two types of alcohol test refusals:
Drug test refusal types:
- Adulterated - submittal of an adulterated specimen
- Substituted - submittal of urine not produced at the collection site
- Shy bladder with no medical explanation - failure to provide enough urine at the collection site, and no medical reason for the failure is found by the medical review officer (MRO)
- Other refusals to submit to testing - Examples include failure to report to the collection site as directed by the employer, leaving the collection site without permission.
Alcohol test refusal types:
- Shy lung with no medical explanation - failure to provide enough breath at the collection site, and no medical reason for the failure is found by the MRO
- Other refusals to submit to testing - same examples as for drug tests
Additionally, an employee with a confirmed alcohol concentration of at least 0.02 but less than 0.04 must be removed from duty for at least 8 hours or until a re-test conducted by the employer shows an alcohol concentration of less than 0.02. If the employee is removed from duty for 8 hours, a re-test need not be administered unless the employee exhibits signs of alcohol use upon returning to duty.
Part 40 also prohibits use, manufacture, distribution, dispensing, and possession of all controlled substances by safety-sensitive employees. Furthermore, Parts 40 and 655 prohibit safety-sensitive employees from consuming alcohol in three circumstances:
- While performing a safety-sensitive function
- Four hours before performing a safety-sensitive function unless the employee produces a breath specimen with a concentration below 0.02 (Employees must be given the opportunity to acknowledge use of alcohol in the past 4 hours and to be tested when they arrive for duty.)
- Eight hours following an accident that meets FTA post-accident testing criteria (described in Section 2.3) or until an alcohol test is performed unless the employee's involvement can be completely discounted as a contributing factor to the accident and there were no fatalities
2.2 Safety-Sensitive Functions
The revenue vehicle operation safety-sensitive job category includes employees who operate a revenue service vehicle, regardless of whether it is in service.
The revenue vehicle and equipment maintenance category includes employees who maintain revenue service vehicles or equipment. It also includes many maintenance contract employees who perform routine, ongoing repair or maintenance for FTA recipients and subrecipients that have employees, including supervisors, who perform or could be called upon to perform any of the FTA safety-sensitive functions. Maintenance contractors of 5311 funding recipients are not subject to the testing regulations. Additionally, recipients that operate in areas with a population of 200,000 or less and contract out maintenance services are no longer required to comply.
Revenue vehicle control/dispatching includes employees who control the movement of revenue service vehicles. The key consideration is the type of work performed rather than a particular job title. FTA decided not to attempt a universal definition of "dispatchers" in Part 655. Instead, each employer determines whether its particular dispatcher performs or may perform a safety-sensitive function.
CDL/non-revenue vehicle includes employees not included in another safety-sensitive category who operate a non-revenue service vehicle (e.g., ancillary vehicle) that requires a Commercial Drivers License (CDL).
Armed security personnel are employees who provide security and carry a firearm.
Random testing is considered by FTA to be the most effective deterrent to drug use and alcohol misuse, as well as the most reliable indicator of drug use and alcohol misuse within an employer and in the industry as a whole, provided it is unannounced and unpredictable. Selections for testing must be based on a scientifically valid random-number selection method, to ensure that all safety-sensitive employees have an equal chance of being selected for testing each time a selection is made.
In 2003, the number of random drug tests conducted had to equal a minimum of 50 percent of the average number of safety-sensitive employees in the selection pool, and the number of alcohol tests had to equal a minimum of 10 percent of the pool. These percentages can be amended (per Part 655.45) by the FTA Administrator based on the combined percentage of positive tests plus test refusals, i.e.:
(verified drug positives + refusals) ÷ (total number of testing events[5])
(confirmed alcohol positives[6]+ refusals) ÷ (total number of testing events)
The testing rate for employers who belong to a consortium applies to the average number of safety-sensitive employees in the consortium's pool. As a result, some individual employers may not appear to meet the random testing requirement, but actually do meet the requirement as long as the consortium, as a whole, tests the minimum number required.
Post-accident testing refers to tests required following an accident involving a fatality or an accident that meets any of three other criteria and the employee's involvement cannot be completely discounted as a contributing factor: (1) when a person suffers a bodily injury and immediately receives medical attention away from the scene, (2) when any vehicle involved in the accident incurs damage requiring it to be transported away from the scene by a tow truck or other vehicle, or (3) the mass transit vehicle involved is a rail car, trolley car, trolley bus, or vessel and is removed from revenue service due to the accident.
Employees to be tested include the vehicle operator and any other safety-sensitive employee not in the vehicle whose performance could have contributed to the accident. Both drug and alcohol tests must be administered as soon as possible, but no later than 8 hours after the accident for alcohol and 32 hours for drugs.
Reasonable suspicion testing refers to a drug and/or alcohol test that is ordered by a trained supervisor based on specific, contemporaneous, articulable observations concerning the appearance, behavior, speech, or body odor of a safety-sensitive employee.
Pre-employment testing refers to testing of candidates for a safety-sensitive position (including existing non-safety-sensitive employees as well as applicants for employment) and for employees who have not performed a safety-sensitive function for more than 90 consecutive calendar days, regardless of the reason, and were removed from the employer's random selection pool during that time. A negative pre-employment test for drugs is required by FTA as a condition for performing safety-sensitive duties under these circumstances. Pre-employment alcohol tests are not required but are permitted under Part 655 providing they are performed in accordance with the testing procedures in Part 40. The alcohol tests are included in the data presented in Chapter 3 because they are conducted per DOT standards and are required by many employers.
The Omnibus Testing Act required a negative pre-employment alcohol test, but FTA suspended the requirement on May 10, 1995, as the result of a U.S. Court of Appeals decision. FTA decided to allow but not require pre-employment alcohol testing in Part 655.
Part 655 also eliminated the term "hire" in the pre-employment provision. Previously, employers were required to administer a drug test and receive a negative result before hiring an employee. FTA deleted the term to provide employers discretion to administer a pre-employment drug test anytime before an employee first performs a safety-sensitive function and before an employee returns to safety-sensitive duty after being removed from the random pool for an extended period. Part 655 also established a limit, 90 consecutive calendar days, on the amount of time an employee can be removed from the pool without a negative drug test before returning to work.
Return to duty testing refers to a drug and/or alcohol test that is required for a safety-sensitive employee who completes a course of treatment prescribed by a SAP after testing positive for drugs or alcohol or refusing to submit to a required test. A negative result for the type (drug or alcohol) of positive or refused test is required before the employee can be returned to duty. SAPs often require the employee to submit to both a drug and an alcohol test even if only one of the tests was at issue.
Follow-up testing refers to a drug or alcohol test that is required for an employee who is returned to safety-sensitive duty. The employee is subject to at least six unannounced tests for at least 12 months after returning to duty. The exact number and frequency of tests is prescribed by the SAP, who may order tests for up to 60 months after return to duty. SAPs often require the employee to submit to both a drug and an alcohol test even if only one of the tests was at issue. Follow-up testing is separate from, and in addition to, random testing.
Part 655 incorporates follow-up testing under return to duty testing (i.e., return to duty/follow-up testing) as one of five required FTA tests. It was previously listed separately as one of six required FTA tests.
Marijuana is derived from the hemp plant and comes in a variety of colors such as green, brown, and a gray mixture of leaves. THC or (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) is the primary active chemical in marijuana. It is absorbed quickly into fatty tissues and stored for a long time. The potency and strength of the chemical causes people to use the drug for the mildly tranquilizing, mood and perception-altering effects it produces. The test for marijuana also includes its metabolites.
Cocaine is an addictive substance that comes from coca leaves, or is made synthetically. It appears as a white powder that is snorted, ingested, injected, freebased (smoked), or applied directly to the nasal membrane or gums. Cocaine acts as a stimulant to the central nervous system. It gives the user a feeling of exhilaration. The chemicals in cocaine trick the brain into feeling it has experienced pleasure, when in fact it has not.
Phencyclidine (PCP), originally developed as an anesthetic, has adverse side effects that limit its medical use to a tranquilizer for large animals. In people, PCP acts as both a depressant and a hallucinogen, and sometimes as a stimulant. PCP can cause distorted bodily perceptions and a feeling of disassociation where the mind feels separated from the body. These effects can be very upsetting to some people, who may panic as a result.
Opiates, also known as narcotic analgesics, include heroin, morphine, and codeine. They are derived from a sap taken from a seedpod of the plant, "papaver somniferum" (or poppy plant). General effects include sedation, slowed reflexes, raspy speech, sluggish movements, slowed breathing, cold skin, and vomiting. The synthetic form of opiates, known as a designer drug, is even more deadly and addictive.
Amphetamines include racemic, amphetamine, extroamphetamine, and methamphetamine. They are potent stimulants that can be swallowed, snorted, or injected. They reduce the desire to sleep or eat and can induce a sense of aroused euphoria, accompanied by feelings of increased power, strength, energy, self-assertion, focus, and motivation. Because the body does not readily break down amphetamines, these feelings, which are often intense and ephemeral, may last several hours. Severe mental depression and fatigue can set in when the euphoric feelings wear off.
3. Random Drug and Alcohol Rates
As mentioned in Section 2.3, the results of random tests provide the best indication of the overall level of drug use and alcohol misuse, and the combined percentage of positive random tests plus random test refusals are used by FTA in determining minimum random testing rates for the following year. The test result rates for drugs and alcohol, respectively, that are used in determining the random testing rates for the following year are calculated as follows:
(verified drug positives + refusals) ÷ (total number of testing events[7])
(confirmed alcohol positives[8]+ refusals) ÷ (total number of testing events)
3.1 Official Random Rates for 2003
The graph at right shows the "official" rates for random drug and random alcohol tests used by the FTA Administrator in determining the random testing rates for 2004. The accompanying table provides the statistical basis for the rates. These data are subdivided by employer type and size, employee category, and FTA region and are compared with data from post-accident, reasonable suspicion, and pre-employment tests in Chapter 4. The refusal data are also subdivided by the types of refusals (defined in Section 2.1) in Chapter 4.
Random Tests, Positives, and Refusals
Drugs
Alcohol
Testing Events
135,297
42,317
Refusals + Positives
1,299
48
Positives
1,170
37
Total Refusals
129
11
Refusal to take test
83
8
Shy Bladder/ Lung
27
3
Adulterated
15
N. A.
Substituted
4
N. A.
Refusal Rate
0.095
0.026
Because the official random drug rate for 2002 was above 1.0 percent (as shown in the graph in Section 3.2), the random testing rate for drugs remained at 50 percent in 2004, despite the drop below 1.0 percent in 2003. If the rate remains below 1.0 percent in 2004, the FTA Administrator will have the option to reduce the random drug test rate for 2005 to 25 percent of all safety-sensitive employers. Because the 2003 alcohol rate remained well below 0.50 percent, the random testing quota for alcohol remained at 10 percent in 2004.
3.2 Official Random Rate Trends
Because the data reporting requirement changed in 2001, the only rates that can be reliably compared for each year of reporting (from 1996 to 2003) are random rates. The results actually reported in 2001 and 2002 did not accurately reflect total FTA testing due to the high proportion of results reported by large employers. The results from random testing were weighted to obtain "official" random rates that reasonably estimate the rate for all persons tested, enabling reliable comparison with the years before 2001 when all employers were required to report. Weighted rates are not available for any test types other than random or any subsets of the random testing.
As shown in the following graph, the official random drug rate dropped in 2003 to the lowest rate (0.96 percent) since employers in all size categories were required to report, following its only rise (in 2002). The 2003 rate was 40 percent lower than the rate in 1996.
As also shown in the next graph, the official random alcohol rate dropped by 50 percent in 2003 to 0.11 percent, by far the lowest rate since employers in all size categories were required to report.
Official Random Drug and Alcohol Test Rates: 1996 to 2003
4. Drug and Alcohol Data for Four Required Test Types
This chapter presents data from the four circumstances cited in Chapter 2 that must be performed by all employers subject to Part 655[9]: random, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, and pre-employment. Data from the other testing circumstance cited in Chapter 2 (return to duty tests and follow-up tests) are presented separately (in Chapter 5) from data for the other four test types because that test type represents a different segment of the test population-specimens produced by persons who have already been removed from duty for drug or alcohol violations and have completed a rehabilitation program-and not all employers offer rehabilitation.
The following two charts compare the combined percentage of positive tests plus test refusals and the percentages of total drug tests reported in 2003 for each of the four test types. The two charts on the next page compare the combined percentage of positive tests plus test refusals and percentages of total alcohol tests reported in 2003 for each of the four test types. The combined percentages of positive tests plus refusals are calculated as follows:
(verified drug positives + refusals) ÷ (total number of testing events[10])
(confirmed alcohol positives[11]+ refusals) ÷ (total number of testing events)
The rates[12] for each of the four test types and for the four types combined, for both drugs and alcohol, appear in the graph at right. The table below provides the statistical basis for the rates. These data are subdivided by employer type and size, employee category, FTA region, and type of drug in Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4, respectively. Confirmed alcohol specimens between 0.02 and 0.039 are presented by test type in Section 4.5 and are subdivided by employer type, employer size, employee category, and FTA region.
Tests, Positives, and Refusals by Test Type
Drugs Alcohol Random Post-Accident Reasonable Suspicion Pre-Employment Total Random Post-Accident Reasonable Suspicion Pre-Employment Total Testing Events 135,297 13,715 657 65,774 215,443 42,317 12,490 620 9,672 65,099 Refusals + Positives 1,299 224 60 1,651 3,234 48 24 73 9 154 Positives 1,170 204 55 1,562 2,991 37 10 68 8 123 Total Refusals 129 20 5 89 243 11 14 5 1 31 Refusal to take test 83 16 4 59 162 8 11 5 0 24 Shy Bladder/Lung 27 2 1 4 34 3 3 0 1 7 Adulterated 15 0 0 15 30 N. A. N. A. N. A. N. A. N. A. Substituted 4 2 0 11 17 N. A. N. A. N. A. N. A. N. A. Refusal Rate 0.095 0.146 0.761 0.135 0.113 0.026 0.112 0.806 0.010 0.048
4.1 Data for Four Test Types by Employer Type and Size
The data above are subdivided by employer type, by employer size, and by employer size and type combined, respectively, in this section. The rates for each data set are shown in a separate pair of graphs. Each graph pair is followed by a table or tables that provide the statistical basis for the rates.
Because all of the alcohol rates by employer type except reasonable suspicion are less than 0.5 percent, the space below "0.5" in the following alcohol graph is expanded under the divider line to allow greater clarity.
Tests, Positives, and Refusals by Test Type and Employer Type
Drugs
Random
Post-Accident
Reasonable Suspicion
Pre-Employment
Total
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Testing Events
108,239
27,058
10,753
2,962
486
171
37,597
28,177
157,075
58,368
Refusals + Positives
847
452
123
101
32
28
683
968
1,685
1,549
Positives
771
399
115
89
28
27
655
907
1,569
1,422
Total Refusals
76
53
8
12
4
1
28
61
116
127
Refusal to take test
47
36
5
11
3
1
19
40
74
88
Shy Bladder
19
8
1
1
1
0
1
3
22
12
Adulterated
6
9
0
0
0
0
4
11
10
20
Substituted
4
0
2
0
0
0
3
8
9
8
Refusal Rate
0.070
0.196
0.074
0.405
0.823
0.585
0.074
0.216
0.074
0.218
Tests, Positives, and Refusals by Test Type and Employer Type
Alcohol
Random
Post-Accident
Reasonable Suspicion
Pre-Employment
Total
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Testing Events
34,446
7,871
10,038
2,452
462
158
6,650
3,022
51,596
13,503
Refusals + Positives
40
8
14
10
45
28
6
3
105
49
Positives
32
5
8
2
44
24
5
3
89
34
Total Refusals
8
3
6
8
1
4
1
0
16
15
Refusal to take test
5
3
3
8
1
4
0
0
9
15
Shy Lung
3
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
7
0
Refusal Rate
0.023
0.038
0.060
0.326
0.216
2.532
0.015
0
0.031
0.111
Because the reasonable suspicion drug rates by employer size are much higher than those for the other types, separate scales are used in the following graph.
Because all of the alcohol rates by employer size except reasonable suspicion are less than 0.3 percent, the space below "0.3" in the following alcohol graph is expanded under the divider line to allow greater clarity.
Tests, Positives, and Refusals by Test Type and Employer Size
Drugs
Random
Post-Accident
Reasonable Suspicion
Pre-Employment
Total
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
TE
108,735
8,556
18,006
11,592
1,104
1,019
559
43
55
49,860
4,678
11,236
170,746
14,381
30,316
R+P
1,063
89
147
196
15
13
41
5
14
1,363
111
177
2,663
220
351
P
967
76
127
178
13
13
39
5
11
1,290
102
170
2,474
196
321
TR
96
13
20
18
2
0
2
0
3
73
9
7
189
24
30
RTT
60
7
16
14
2
0
1
0
3
50
5
4
125
14
23
SB
18
6
3
2
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
1
23
7
4
Adul
14
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
15
0
0
29
0
1
Sub
4
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
6
3
2
12
3
2
R Rate
0.088
0.152
0.111
0.155
0.181
0.000
0.358
0.000
5.455
0.146
0.192
0.062
0.111
0.167
0.099
Alcohol
Random
Post-Accident
Reasonable Suspicion
Pre-Employment
Total
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
TE
34,699
2,530
5,088
10,853
899
738
538
40
42
8,290
456
926
54,380
3,925
6,794
R+P
35
4
9
23
0
1
60
6
7
8
0
1
126
10
18
P
29
4
4
10
0
0
56
6
6
7
0
1
102
10
11
TR
6
0
5
13
0
1
4
0
1
1
0
0
24
0
7
RTT
4
0
4
11
0
0
4
0
1
0
0
0
19
0
5
SL
2
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
5
0
2
R Rate
0.017
0.000
0.098
0.120
0.000
0.136
0.743
0.000
2.381
0.012
0
0
0.044
0.000
0.103
TE = testing events P = positives R = refusals TR = total refusals R Rate = refusal rate
RTT = refusal to take test SL = shy lung SB = shy bladder Adul = adulterated Sub = substituted
Because four of the reasonable suspicion drug rates by employer size and employer type are much higher than those for the other types, the reasonable suspicion rates are presented on separate scales in the following graph.
Because all of the alcohol rates by employer size and employer type except the reasonable suspicion rates are less than 0.5 percent, the space below "0.5" in the following alcohol graph is expanded under the divider line to allow greater clarity. Additionally, the following graph does not contain columns for employer size that show a rate of "0" in the preceding test type/employer size graph.
Tests, Positives, and Refusals by Test Type, Employer Size, and Employer Type
Drugs
Alcohol
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Random
TE
85,550
23,185
6,405
2,151
16,284
1,722
27,875
6,824
1,974
557
4,597
491
R+P
661
402
57
32
129
18
28
7
4
0
8
1
P
611
356
51
25
109
18
25
4
4
0
3
1
TR
50
46
6
7
20
0
3
3
0
0
5
0
RTT
26
34
5
2
16
0
1
3
0
0
4
0
SB
15
3
1
5
3
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
Adul
5
9
0
0
1
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
Sub
4
0
0
0
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
R Rate
0.058
0.198
0.094
0.325
0.123
0
0.011
0.044
0
0
0.109
0
Post-Accident
TE
8,917
2,675
915
189
921
98
8,578
2,275
780
119
680
58
R+P
104
92
9
6
10
3
13
10
0
0
1
0
P
96
82
9
4
10
3
8
2
0
0
0
0
TR
8
10
0
2
0
0
5
8
0
0
1
0
RTT
5
9
0
2
0
0
3
8
0
0
0
0
SB
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
Adul
0
0
0
0
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
Sub
2
0
0
0
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
R Rate
0.090
0.374
0
1.058
0
0
0.058
0.352
0
0
0.147
0
Reasonable Suspicion
TE
410
149
27
16
49
6
402
136
25
15
35
7
R+P
19
22
1
4
12
2
34
26
4
2
7
0
P
18
21
1
4
9
2
34
22
4
2
6
0
TR
1
1
0
0
3
0
0
4
0
0
1
0
RTT
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
4
0
0
1
0
SB
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Adul
0
0
0
0
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
Sub
0
0
0
0
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
R Rate
0.244
0.671
0
0
6.122
0
0
2.941
0
0
2.857
0
Pre-Employment
TE
24,855
25,005
2,750
1,928
9,992
1,244
5,439
2,851
362
94
849
77
R+P
479
884
47
64
157
20
5
3
0
0
1
0
P
462
828
42
60
151
19
4
3
0
0
1
0
TR
17
56
5
4
6
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
RTT
12
38
3
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
SB
0
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Adul
4
11
0
0
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
Sub
1
5
2
1
1
1
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
R Rate
0.068
0.224
0.182
0.207
0.060
0.080
0.018
0
0
0
0
0
Total
TE
119,732
51,014
10,097
4,284
27,246
3,070
42,294
12,086
3,141
785
6,161
633
R+P
1,263
1,400
114
106
308
43
80
46
8
2
17
1
P
1,263
1,400
114
106
308
43
80
46
8
2
17
1
TR
1,187
1,287
103
93
279
42
71
31
8
2
10
1
RTT
43
82
8
6
23
0
4
15
0
0
5
0
SB
17
6
1
6
4
0
5
0
0
0
2
0
Adul
9
20
0
0
1
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
Sub
7
5
2
1
1
1
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
R Rate
0.063
0.222
0.109
0.303
0.106
0.033
0.021
0.124
0
0
0.114
0.000
RVO = Revenue Vehicle Operation RV&EM = Revenue Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance
RVC/D = Revenue Vehicle Control/Dispatching CDL/N-RV = CDL/Non-Revenue Vehicle ASP = Armed Security Personnel
TE = testing events P = positives R = refusals TR = total refusals R Rate = refusal rate
RTT = refusal to take test SB = shy bladder Adul = adulterated Sub = substituted
4.2 Data for Four Test Types by Employee Category
The next two graphs show the rates for each test type, as well as the rates for all four types combined, by employee category for drug tests and for alcohol tests, respectively. Because all of the alcohol rates except reasonable suspicion are less than 0.6 percent, the space below "0.6" in the alcohol graph is expanded under the divider line to allow greater clarity. The table on the next page provides the statistical basis for the rates. These data are subdivided by employer type and by employer size later in this section.
Tests, Positives, and Refusals by Test Type and Employee Category
Drugs
Alcohol
RVO
RV& EM
RVC/D
CDL/N-RV
ASP
RVO
RV&EM
RVC/D
CDL/N-RV
ASP
Random
TE
92,496
27,602
9,515
3,189
2,495
28,702
8,587
2,882
1,254
892
R+P
932
266
58
34
9
34
9
1
3
1
P
843
240
50
32
5
24
9
0
3
1
TR
89
26
8
2
4
10
0
1
0
0
RTT
55
19
5
0
4
7
0
1
0
0
SB
22
2
1
2
0
3
0
0
0
0
Adul
10
3
2
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
Sub
2
2
0
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
R Rate
0.096
0.094
0.084
0.063
0.160
0.035
0
0.035
0
0
Post-Accident
TE
12,783
630
107
91
104
11,719
539
89
79
64
R+P
203
15
0
6
0
21
3
0
0
0
P
185
13
0
6
0
10
0
0
0
0
TR
18
2
0
0
0
11
3
0
0
0
RTT
14
2
0
0
0
9
2
0
0
0
SB
2
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
Adul
0
0
0
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
Sub
2
0
0
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
R Rate
0.141
0.317
0
0
0
0.094
0.557
0
0
0
Reasonable Suspicion
TE
519
89
28
20
1
491
82
33
14
0
R+P
49
10
1
0
0
58
9
2
4
0
P
46
9
0
0
0
56
7
1
4
0
TR
3
1
1
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
RTT
2
1
1
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
SB
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Adul
0
0
0
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
Sub
0
0
0
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
R Rate
0.578
1.124
3.571
0
0
0.407
2.439
3.030
0
0
Pre-Employment
TE
54,936
6,271
2,197
903
1,467
7,671
1,120
285
154
442
R+P
1,413
127
57
28
26
9
0
0
0
0
P
1,339
122
53
24
24
8
0
0
0
0
TR
74
5
4
4
2
1
0
0
0
0
RTT
47
4
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
SB
3
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Adul
13
0
1
1
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
Sub
11
0
0
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
R Rate
0.135
0.080
0.182
0.443
0.136
0.013
0
0
0
0
Total
TE
160,734
34,592
11,847
4,203
4,067
48,583
10,328
3,289
1,501
1,398
R+P
2,597
418
116
68
35
122
21
3
7
1
P
2,413
384
103
62
29
98
16
1
7
1
TR
184
34
13
6
6
24
5
2
0
0
RTT
118
26
9
3
6
18
4
2
0
0
SB
28
3
1
2
0
6
1
0
0
0
Adul
23
3
3
1
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
Sub
15
2
0
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
R Rate
0.114
0.098
0.110
0.143
0.148
0.049
0.048
0.061
0
0
RVO = Revenue Vehicle Operation RV&EM = Revenue Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance
RVC/D = Revenue Vehicle Control/Dispatching CDL/N-RV = CDL/Non-Revenue Vehicle ASP = Armed Security Personnel
TE = testing events P = positives R = refusals TR = total refusals R Rate = refusal rate
RTT = refusal to take test SB = shy bladder Adul = adulterated Sub = substituted
4.2.1 Data for Four Test Types by Employee Category and Employer Type
The following series of graphs subdivide the preceding test type/employee category rates by employer type. Two graphs, one for drugs and one for alcohol, are presented for the four test types combined and for each test type. They show the rates by employer type for each employee category. This series of graphs is followed by two tables that provide the statistical basis for the rates.
The following graphs do not contain columns for employee categories that show a rate of "0" in the test type/employee category graphs on page 4-8. Some of the rates in two of those graphs are presented on a separate scale because their sample sizes are too small to be representative of their populations.
Tests, Positives, and Refusals by Test Type, Employee Category, and Employer Type
Drugs
Random
Post-Accident
Reasonable Suspicion
Pre-Employment
Total
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
RVO
TE
72,705
19,791
10,003
2,780
368
151
31,060
23,876
114,136
46,598
R+P
583
349
110
93
22
27
582
831
1,297
1,300
P
528
315
104
81
20
26
558
781
1,210
1,203
TR
55
34
6
12
2
1
24
50
87
97
RTT
34
21
3
11
1
1
16
31
54
64
SB
17
5
1
1
1
0
2
1
21
7
Adul
2
8
0
0
0
0
3
10
5
18
Sub
2
0
2
0
0
0
3
8
7
8
R Rate
0.076
0.172
0.060
0.432
0.543
0.662
0.077
0.209
0.076
0.208
RV&EM
TE
23,256
4,346
526
104
75
14
4,054
2,217
27,911
6,681
R+P
203
63
8
7
9
1
61
66
281
137
P
187
53
6
7
8
1
61
61
262
122
TR
16
10
2
0
1
0
0
5
19
15
RTT
10
9
2
0
1
0
0
4
13
13
SB
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
Adul
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
Sub
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
R Rate
0.069
0.230
0.380
0
1.333
0
0
0.226
0.068
0.225
RVC/D
TE
7,471
2,044
81
26
23
5
1,223
974
8,798
3,049
R+P
32
26
0
0
1
0
10
47
43
73
P
28
22
0
0
0
0
10
43
38
65
TR
4
4
0
0
1
0
0
4
5
8
RTT
3
2
0
0
1
0
0
3
4
5
SB
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Adul
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
Sub
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
R Rate
0.054
0.196
0
0
4.348
0
0
0.411
0.057
0.262
CDL/N-RV
TE
2,748
441
79
12
20
0
653
250
3,500
703
R+P
27
7
5
1
0
0
26
2
58
10
P
26
6
5
1
0
0
22
2
53
9
TR
1
1
0
0
0
0
4
0
5
1
RTT
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
0
SB
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Adul
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Sub
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
R Rate
0.036
0.227
0
0
0
0
0.613
0
0.143
0.142
ASP
TE
2,059
436
64
40
0
1
607
860
2,730
1,337
R+P
2
7
0
0
0
0
4
22
6
29
P
2
3
0
0
0
0
4
20
6
23
TR
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
6
RTT
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
6
SB
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Adul
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sub
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
R Rate
0
0.917
0
0
0
0
0
0.233
0
0.449
RVO = Revenue Vehicle Operation RV&EM = Revenue Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance
RVC/D = Revenue Vehicle Control/Dispatching CDL/N-RV = CDL/Non-Revenue Vehicle ASP = Armed Security Personnel
TE = testing events P = positives R = refusals TR = total refusals R Rate = refusal rate
RTT = refusal to take test SB = shy bladder Adul = adulterated Sub = substituted
Tests, Positives, and Refusals by Test Type, Employee Category, and Employer Type
Alcohol
Random
Post-Accident
Reasonable Suspicion
Pre-Employment
Total
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
RVO
TE
23,022
5,680
9,376
2,343
359
132
5,082
2,589
37,839
10,744
R+P
30
4
12
9
36
22
6
3
84
38
P
22
2
8
2
36
20
5
3
71
27
TR
8
2
4
7
0
2
1
0
13
11
RTT
5
2
2
7
0
2
0
0
7
11
SL
3
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
6
0
R Rate
0.035
0.035
0.043
0.299
0.000
1.515
0.020
0
0.034
0.102
RV&EM
TE
7,288
1,299
466
73
67
15
937
183
8,758
1,570
R+P
7
2
2
1
5
4
0
0
14
7
P
7
2
0
0
4
3
0
0
11
5
TR
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
3
2
RTT
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
SL
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
R Rate
0
0
0.429
1.370
1.493
6.667
0
0
0.034
0.127
RVC/D
TE
2,252
630
67
22
24
9
214
71
2,557
732
R+P
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
3
P
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
TR
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
RTT
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
SL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
R Rate
0
0.159
0
0
0
11.111
0
0
0
0.273
CDL/N-RV
TE
1,125
129
74
5
12
2
132
22
1,343
158
R+P
2
1
0
0
4
0
0
0
6
1
P
2
1
0
0
4
0
0
0
6
1
TR
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
RTT
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
SL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
R Rate
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
ASP
TE
759
133
55
9
0
0
285
157
1,099
299
R+P
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
P
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
TR
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
RTT
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
SL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
R Rate
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
RVO = Revenue Vehicle Operation RV&EM = Revenue Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance
RVC/D = Revenue Vehicle Control/Dispatching CDL/N-RV = CDL/Non-Revenue Vehicle ASP = Armed Security Personnel
TE = testing events P = positives R = refusals TR = total refusals R Rate = refusal rate
RTT = refusal to take test SB = shy bladder Adul = adulterated Sub = substituted
4.2.2 Data for Four Test Types by Employee Category and Employer Size
The following series of graphs subdivide the test type/employee category rates by employer size. Two graphs, one for drugs and one for alcohol, are presented for the four test types combined and for each test type. This series of graphs is followed by two tables that provide the statistical basis for the rates.
These graphs do not contain columns for employee categories that show a rate of "0" in the test type/employee category graphs on page 4-8.
Two of the rates in the next drug graph are presented on a separate scale because their sample sizes are too small to be representative of their populations.
Two of the rates in the next drug graph and two of the rates in the next alcohol graph are presented on a separate scale because their sample sizes are too small to be representative of their populations.
Tests, Positives, and Refusals by Test Type, Employee Category, and Employer Size
Drugs
Random
Post-Accident
Reasonable Suspicion
Pre-Employment
Total
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
RVO
TE
71,813
6,542
14,141
10,811
995
977
444
38
37
40,734
4,150
10,052
123,802
11,725
25,207
R+P
741
71
120
178
13
12
34
5
10
1,145
108
160
2,098
197
302
P
680
60
103
162
11
12
32
5
9
1,086
99
154
1,960
175
278
TR
61
11
17
16
2
0
2
0
1
59
9
6
138
22
24
RTT
35
5
15
12
2
0
1
0
1
39
5
3
87
12
19
SB
14
6
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
18
7
3
Adul
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
13
0
0
23
0
0
Sub
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
6
3
2
10
3
2
R Rate
0.085
0.168
0.120
0.148
0.201
0
0.450
0
2.703
0.145
0.217
0.060
0.111
0.188
0.095
RV&
EM
TE
25,194
1,079
1,329
515
96
19
79
4
6
5,517
340
414
31,305
1,519
1,768
R+P
241
11
14
13
2
0
7
0
3
120
1
6
381
14
23
P
218
10
12
11
2
0
7
0
2
115
1
6
351
13
20
TR
23
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
5
0
0
30
1
3
RTT
17
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
4
0
0
23
1
2
SB
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
Adul
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
Sub
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
R Rate
0.091
0.093
0.150
0.388
0
0
0
0
16.667
0.091
0
0
0.096
0.066
0.170
RVC
/D
TE
6,733
824
1,958
95
3
9
25
1
2
1,552
130
515
8,405
958
2,484
R+P
44
7
7
0
0
0
0
0
1
50
2
5
94
9
13
P
37
6
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
46
2
5
83
8
12
TR
7
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
0
0
11
1
1
RTT
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
7
1
1
SB
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Adul
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
Sub
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
R Rate
0.104
0.121
0
0
0
0
0
0
50.00
0.258
0
0
0.131
0.104
0.040
CDL/N-RV
TE
2,539
82
568
74
4
13
10
0
10
592
56
255
3,215
142
846
R+P
28
0
6
5
0
1
0
0
0
22
0
6
55
0
13
P
27
0
5
5
0
1
0
0
0
19
0
5
51
0
11
TR
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
4
0
2
RTT
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
2
0
1
SB
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Adul
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
Sub
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
R Rate
0.039
0
0.176
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.507
0.000
0.392
0.124
0
0.236
ASP
TE
2,456
29
10
97
6
1
1
0
0
1,465
2
0
4,019
37
11
R+P
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
26
0
0
35
0
0
P
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
0
0
29
0
0
TR
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
6
0
0
RTT
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
6
0
0
SB
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Adul
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sub
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
R Rate
0.163
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.137
0
0
0.149
0
0
RVO = Revenue Vehicle Operation RV&EM = Revenue Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance
RVC/D = Revenue Vehicle Control/Dispatching CDL/N-RV = CDL/Non-Revenue Vehicle ASP = Armed Security Personnel
TE = testing events P = positives R = refusals TR = total refusals R Rate = refusal rate
RTT = refusal to take test SB = shy bladder Adul = adulterated Sub = substituted
Tests, Positives, and Refusals by Test Type, Employee Category, and Employer Size
Alcohol
Random
Post-Accident
Reasonable Suspicion
Pre-Employment
Total
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
RVO
TE
22,878
1,916
3,908
10,194
822
703
422
35
34
6,487
394
790
39,981
3,167
5,435
R+P
22
4
8
20
0
1
48
5
5
8
0
1
98
9
15
P
17
4
3
10
0
0
46
5
5
7
0
1
80
9
9
TR
5
0
5
10
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
18
0
6
RTT
3
0
4
9
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
14
0
4
SL
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
4
0
2
R Rate
0.022
0
0.128
0.098
0
0.142
0.474
0
0
0.015
0
0
0.045
0
0.110
RV&
EM
TE
7,861
325
401
452
71
16
73
4
5
1,028
45
47
9,414
445
469
R+P
8
0
1
3
0
0
6
1
2
0
0
0
17
1
3
P
8
0
1
0
0
0
5
1
1
0
0
0
13
1
2
TR
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
4
0
1
RTT
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
1
SL
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
R Rate
0
0
0
0.664
0
0
1.370
0
20.00
0
0
0
0.042
0.000
0.213
RVC
/D
TE
2,023
251
608
76
3
10
30
1
2
215
13
57
2,344
268
677
R+P
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
P
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
TR
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
RTT
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
SL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
R Rate
0.049
0
0
0
0
0
3.333
0
0
0
0
0
0.085
0
0
CDL
/N-
RV
TE
1,054
30
170
67
3
9
13
0
1
118
4
32
1,252
37
212
R+P
3
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
P
3
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
TR
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
RTT
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
SL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
R Rate
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
ASP
TE
883
8
1
64
0
0
0
0
0
442
0
0
1,389
8
1
R+P
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
P
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
TR
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
RTT
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
SL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
R Rate
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
RVO = Revenue Vehicle Operation RV&EM = Revenue Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance
RVC/D = Revenue Vehicle Control/Dispatching CDL/N-RV = CDL/Non-Revenue Vehicle ASP = Armed Security Personnel
TE = testing events P = positives R = refusals TR = total refusals R Rate = refusal rate
RTT = refusal to take test SB = shy bladder Adul = adulterated Sub = substituted
4.3 Data for Four Test Types by FTA Region
The drug rates and alcohol rates for all four test types combined and random tests are shown by FTA region on the next four maps. The shading variations provide quick comparison. The exact rates are also included. The statistical basis for the rates is provided in the accompanying tables. The rates for post-accident, reasonable suspicion, and pre-employment tests appear in tables following the maps, along with the statistical basis for those rates. Data on the individual types of refusals follow the other data tables. The data by region are subdivided by employer type and employer size in Sections 4.3.1 and 4.3.2, respectively.
Drug Rates for Four Test Types Combined by FTA Region
Total Drug Tests, Positives, and Refusals for Four Test Types by Region
Region
Events
Positives
Refusals
1
9,558
111
3
2
42,337
490
22
3
24,705
417
40
4
26,239
354
41
5
32,467
517
28
6
17,408
215
17
7
7,792
86
9
8
7,160
127
12
9
37,172
560
59
10
10,605
114
12
Alcohol Rates for Four Test Types Combined by FTA Region
Total Alcohol Tests, Positives, and Refusals for Four Test Types by Region
Region
Events
Positives
Refusals
1
2,006
6
1
2
13,239
7
5
3
9,498
24
1
4
8,868
16
2
5
8,870
21
9
6
7,019
11
4
7
1,451
7
3
8
1,445
2
0
9
9,547
19
4
10
3,156
10
2
Random Drug Rates by FTA Region
Random Drug Tests, Positives, and Refusals by FTA Region
Region
Events
Positives
Refusals
1
6,251
48
2
2
28,458
164
15
3
15,367
136
23
4
15,488
161
21
5
20,856
222
12
6
10,883
96
6
7
4,574
35
4
8
4,169
49
10
9
22,279
206
27
10
6,972
53
9
Events = testing events
Random Alcohol Rates by FTA Region
Random Alcohol Tests, Positives, and Refusals by FTA Region
Region
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
1
1,342
1
0
2
9,182
4
2
3
5,962
8
0
4
5,332
5
1
5
5,711
6
3
6
4,870
6
0
7
1,118
2
3
8
1,061
0
0
9
5,186
2
1
10
2,553
3
1
Post-Accident Data by FTA Region
Drugs
Alcohol
Region
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
1
435
7
1
1.84
396
0
1
0.25
2
1,930
20
2
1.14
1,840
1
3
0.22
3
1,153
32
1
2.86
1,022
0
0
0
4
2,501
28
1
1.16
2,223
2
1
0.13
5
2,489
40
8
1.93
2,362
1
6
0.30
6
1,296
13
2
1.16
1,103
0
1
0.09
7
351
6
0
1.71
299
2
0
0.67
8
338
11
0
3.25
276
1
0
0.36
9
2,693
45
5
1.86
2,470
3
1
0.16
10
529
2
0
0.38
499
0
1
0.20
Reasonable Suspicion Data
by FTA Region
Drugs
Region
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
1
22
1
0
4.55
2
224
10
0
4.46
3
98
10
0
10.20
4
43
6
0
13.95
5
108
8
1
8.33
6
25
3
2
20.00
7
15
2
2
26.67
8
18
2
0
11.11
9
79
10
0
12.66
10
25
3
0
12.00
Alcohol
Region
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
1
13
5
0
38.46
2
207
2
0
0.97
3
86
12
0
13.95
4
39
8
0
20.51
5
106
13
0
12.26
6
25
3
3
24.00
7
12
3
0
25.00
8
24
1
0
4.17
9
80
14
2
20.00
10
28
7
0
25.00
Pre-Employment Data by FTA Region
Drugs
Alcohol
Region
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
1
2,850
55
0
1.93
255
0
0
0
2
11,725
296
5
2.57
2,010
0
0
0
3
8,087
239
16
3.15
2,428
4
1
0.21
4
8,207
159
19
2.17
1,274
1
0
0.08
5
9,014
247
7
2.82
691
1
0
0.14
6
5,204
103
7
2.11
1,021
2
0
0.20
7
2,852
43
3
1.61
22
0
0
0
8
2,635
65
2
2.54
84
0
0
0
9
12,121
299
27
2.69
1,811
0
0
0
10
3,079
56
3
1.92
76
0
0
0
The total number of refusals by FTA Region listed in each of the preceding tables is subdivided by the individual types of refusals in the following table.
Data on Refusal Types for Four Test Types by FTA Region
Drugs
Alcohol
Random
Post-Accident
Reasonable
Suspicion
Pre-Employment
Total
Random
Post-Accident
RS
P-E
Total
Region
RTT
SB
Adul
Sub
RTT
SB
Adul
Sub
RTT
SB
Adul
Sub
RTT
SB
Adul
Sub
RTT
SB
Adul
Sub
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
6
4
4
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
1
11
4
5
2
2
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
4
1
3
17
4
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
16
0
0
0
34
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
4
10
10
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
2
1
2
25
12
1
3
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
5
9
1
1
1
7
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
5
17
2
2
7
1
2
5
1
0
0
0
0
6
3
6
6
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
5
0
0
2
13
1
0
3
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
4
0
7
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
8
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
8
8
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
9
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
14
4
9
0
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
1
12
0
32
6
21
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
4
0
10
8
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
10
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
RTT = refusal to take test SB = shy bladder SL = shy lung Adul = adulterated Sub = substituted
RS= Reasonable Suspicion P-E - Pre-Employment
4.3.1 Data for Test Types by FTA Region and Employer Type
The drug rates and the alcohol rates by region for all four test types combined and for random tests are subdivided by employer type in the next four maps. The statistical basis for the rates for all four test types combined is provided in the table following the first pair of maps. The statistical basis for the random rates is provided in the table following the second pair of maps. That table is followed by three tables containing the rates by region and employer type for post-accident, reasonable suspicion, and pre-employment tests, respectively, along with the statistical basis for those rates. Data on the individual types of refusals follow the other data tables.
Drug Rates for Four Test Types Combined by FTA Region and Employer Type
T = transit C = contractor
Alcohol Rates for Four Test Types Combined by FTA Region and Employer Type
T = transit C = contractor
Total Tests, Positives, and Refusals for Four Test Types by FTA Region and Employer Type
Drugs
Alcohol
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Region
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Tests
Positives
Refusals
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Tests
Positives
Refusals
1
7,389
90
1
2,169
21
2
1,482
5
0
524
1
1
2
31,523
238
15
10,814
252
7
10,173
5
2
3,066
2
3
3
17,744
187
19
6,961
230
21
7,228
19
1
2,270
5
0
4
20,444
221
22
5,795
133
19
7,706
13
1
1,162
3
1
5
24,687
274
17
7,780
243
11
7,189
12
5
1,681
9
4
6
13,265
133
10
4,143
82
7
5,965
10
1
1,054
1
3
7
7,052
64
5
740
22
4
1,336
7
3
115
0
0
8
4,385
51
6
2,775
76
6
944
1
0
501
1
0
9
23,045
249
17
14,127
311
42
6,935
12
1
2,612
7
3
10
7,541
62
4
3,064
52
8
2,638
5
2
518
5
0
Random Drug Rates by FTA Region and Employer Type
T = transit C = contractor
Random Alcohol Rates by FTA Region and Employer Type
T = transit C = contractor
Random Tests, Positives, and Refusals by FTA Region and Employer Type
Drugs
Alcohol
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Region
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
1
5,114
41
1
1,137
7
1
1,069
1
0
273
0
0
2
22,900
90
11
5,558
74
4
7,463
3
1
1,719
1
1
3
12,943
97
14
2,424
39
9
5,082
7
0
880
1
0
4
12,944
121
13
2,544
40
8
4,538
4
1
794
1
0
5
17,225
146
9
3,631
76
3
4,583
4
2
1,128
2
1
6
8,801
69
4
2,082
27
2
4,213
6
0
657
0
0
7
4,260
30
3
314
5
1
1,015
2
3
103
0
0
8
2,939
20
5
1,230
29
5
688
0
0
373
0
0
9
15,616
117
12
6,663
89
15
3,611
2
0
1,575
0
1
10
5,497
40
4
1,475
13
5
2,184
3
1
369
0
0
Post-Accident Data by FTA Region and Employer Type
Drugs
Alcohol
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Region
TE
P
R
Rate
TE
P
R
Rate
TE
P
R
Rate
TE
P
R
Rate
1
344
5
0
1.45
91
2
1
3.30
316
0
0
0
80
0
1
1.25
2
1,434
9
1
0.70
496
11
1
2.42
1,392
1
1
0.14
448
0
2
0.45
3
882
13
0
1.47
271
19
1
7.38
820
0
0
0
202
0
0
0.00
4
2,183
19
0
0.87
318
9
1
3.14
1,973
1
0
0.05
250
1
1
0.80
5
2,124
29
4
1.55
365
11
4
4.11
2,043
1
3
0.20
319
0
3
0.94
6
1,035
8
2
0.97
261
5
0
1.92
910
0
0
0
193
0
1
0.52
7
339
6
0
1.77
12
0
0
0
290
2
0
0.69
9
0
0
0
8
217
5
0
2.30
121
6
0
4.96
170
1
0
0.59
106
0
0
0
9
1,764
20
1
1.19
929
25
4
3.12
1,716
2
1
0.17
754
1
0
0.13
10
431
1
0
0.23
98
1
0
1.02
408
0
1
0.25
91
0
0
0
TE = testing events P = positives R = refusals
Reasonable Suspicion Data by FTA Region and Employer Type
Drugs
Alcohol
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Region
TE
P
R
Rate
TE
P
R
Rate
TE
P
R
Rate
TE
P
R
Rate
1
17
1
0
5.88
5
0
0
0
9
4
0
44.44
4
1
0
25.00
2
192
6
0
3.13
32
4
0
12.50
181
1
0
0.55
26
1
0
3.85
3
69
3
0
4.35
29
7
0
24.14
65
10
0
15.38
21
2
0
9.52
4
31
4
0
12.90
12
2
0
16.67
34
7
0
20.59
5
1
0
20.00
5
85
4
1
5.88
23
4
0
17.39
77
7
0
9.09
29
6
0
20.69
6
17
2
1
17.65
8
1
1
25.00
17
2
1
17.65
8
1
2
37.50
7
14
1
2
21.43
1
1
0
100.00
12
3
0
25.00
0
0
0
0
8
8
0
0
0
10
2
0
20.00
10
0
0
0
14
1
0
7.14
9
42
6
0
14.29
37
4
0
10.81
44
8
0
18.18
36
6
2
22.22
10
11
1
0
9.09
14
2
0
14.29
13
2
0
15.38
15
5
0
33.33
TE = testing events P = positives R = refusals
Pre-Employment Data by FTA Region and Employer Type
Drugs
Alcohol
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Region
Tests
P
R
Rate
Tests
P
R
Rate
Tests
P
R
Rate
Tests
P
R
Rate
1
1,914
43
0
2.25
936
12
0
1.28
88
0
0
0.00
167
0
0
0
2
6,997
133
3
1.94
4,728
163
2
3.49
1,137
0
0
0.00
873
0
0
0
3
3,850
74
5
2.05
4,237
165
11
4.15
1,261
2
1
0.24
1,167
2
0
0.17
4
5,286
77
9
1.63
2,921
82
10
3.15
1,161
1
0
0.09
113
0
0
0
5
5,253
95
3
1.87
3,761
152
4
4.15
486
0
0
0.00
205
1
0
0.49
6
3,412
54
3
1.67
1,792
49
4
2.96
825
2
0
0.24
196
0
0
0
7
2,439
27
0
1.11
413
16
3
4.60
19
0
0
0.00
3
0
0
0
8
1,221
26
1
2.21
1,414
39
1
2.83
76
0
0
0.00
8
0
0
0
9
5,623
106
4
1.96
6,498
193
23
3.32
1,564
0
0
0.00
247
0
0
0
10
1,602
20
0
1.25
1,477
36
3
2.64
33
0
0
0.00
43
0
0
0
TE = testing events P = positives R = refusals
Data on Refusal Types for Four Test Types by FTA Region and Employer Type
Drugs
Random
Post-Accident
Reasonable Suspicion
Pre-Employment
Total
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Region
RT
SB
A
S
RT
SB
A
S
RT
SB
A
S
RT
SB
A
S
RT
SB
A
S
RT
SB
A
S
RT
SB
A
S
RT
SB
A
S
RT
SB
A
S
RT
SB
A
S
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
4
4
2
1
2
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
7
4
3
1
4
0
2
1
3
9
3
1
1
8
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
11
0
0
0
14
3
1
1
20
1
0
0
4
7
5
0
1
3
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
1
1
1
8
1
0
1
13
6
1
2
12
6
0
1
5
6
1
1
1
3
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
3
9
2
2
4
8
0
0
3
6
4
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
8
1
0
1
5
0
0
2
7
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
4
0
0
0
8
3
2
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
3
2
0
1
6
0
0
0
9
8
2
2
0
6
2
7
0
1
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
11
1
11
0
12
2
3
0
20
4
18
0
10
3
1
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
3
1
0
0
7
1
0
0
RT = refusal to take test SB = shy bladder A = adulterated S = substituted
Data on Refusal Types for Four Test Types by FTA Region and Employer Type
Alcohol
Random
Post-Accident
Reasonable Suspicion
Pre-Employment
Total
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Region
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
5
0
2
1
0
2
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
4
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
7
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
10
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
RTT = refusal to take test SL = shy lung
4.3.2 Data for Four Test Types by FTA Region and Employer Size
The drug rates and the alcohol rates by region for all four test types combined and for random tests are subdivided by large employer in the following four maps. The shading variations provide quick comparison. The exact rates are also included. The statistical basis for the rates is provided in the accompanying tables. The rates by region and small and rural employers for the four test types combined appear in the table following the first pair of maps, along with the statistical basis for those rates. The rates by region and small and rural employers for random tests appear in the table following the second pair of maps, along with the statistical basis for those rates. That table is followed by three pairs of tables containing the rates by region and all employer size categories for post-accident, reasonable suspicion, and pre-employment tests, respectively, along with the statistical basis for those rates. Data on the individual types of refusals follow the other data tables.
Drug Rates for Four Test Types Combined by
FTA Region and Employer Size --- Large
Total Drug Tests, Positives, and Refusals for Four Test Types by
Region and Large Employer
Region
Testing
Events
Positives
Refusals
1
5,800
72
2
2
41,012
482
22
3
21,349
395
36
4
16,428
225
24
5
24,907
415
20
6
12,703
163
11
7
3,197
49
5
8
4,764
86
6
9
32,516
496
53
10
8,070
91
10
Alcohol Rates for Four Test Types Combined by
FTA Region and Employer Size-Large
Total Alcohol Tests, Positives, and Refusals for Four Test Types by
Region and Large Employer
Region
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
1
1,389
4
1
2
12,818
7
5
3
8,756
22
1
4
6,065
11
1
5
6,905
17
9
6
5,657
9
3
7
714
4
0
8
951
2
0
9
8,636
17
4
10
2,489
9
0
Data for Four Test Types Combined by FTA Region and Employer Size-Small and Rural
Drugs
Alcohol
Small
Rural
Small
Rural
Region
TE
P
R
Rate
TE
P
R
Rate
TE
P
R
Rate
TE
P
R
Rate
1
1,222
6
1
0.57
216
1
0
0.46
2,536
33
0
1.30
401
1
0
0.25
2
295
1
0
0.34
161
0
0
0
1,030
7
0
0.68
260
0
0
0.00
3
1,236
4
1
0.40
285
1
0
0.35
2,120
18
3
0.99
457
1
0
0.22
4
2,780
57
10
2.41
964
2
0
0.21
7,031
72
7
1.12
1,839
3
1
0.22
5
3,364
46
4
1.49
905
3
0
0.33
4,196
56
4
1.43
1,060
1
0
0.09
6
1,135
14
0
1.23
370
2
0
0.54
3,570
38
6
1.23
992
0
1
0.10
7
618
7
0
1.13
142
1
0
0.70
3,977
30
4
0.85
595
2
3
0.84
8
983
22
2
2.44
242
0
0
0
1,413
19
4
1.63
252
0
0
0.00
9
1,789
29
5
1.90
284
0
0
0
2,867
35
1
1.26
627
2
0
0.32
10
959
10
1
1.15
356
0
0
0
1,576
13
1
0.89
311
1
2
0.96
TE = testing events P = positives R = refusals
Random Drug Rates by FTA Region and Employer Size-Large
Random Drug Tests, Positives, and Refusals by Region and Large Employer
Region
Testing
Events
Positives
Refusals
1
3,991
31
1
2
27,585
160
15
3
13,152
124
20
4
9,965
102
13
5
15,983
178
7
6
8,327
77
3
7
1,816
22
2
8
2,806
36
5
9
19,698
189
23
10
5,412
48
7
Random Alcohol Rates by FTA Region and Employer Size-Large
Random Alcohol Tests, Positives, and Refusals by Region and Large Employer
Region
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
1
836
1
0
2
8,887
4
2
3
5,383
7
0
4
3,540
3
0
5
4,370
4
3
6
3,933
4
0
7
474
1
0
8
720
0
0
9
4,547
2
1
10
2,009
3
0
Random Test Data by FTA Region and Employer Size-Small and Rural
Drugs
Alcohol
Small
Rural
Small
Rural
Region
TE
P
R
Rate
TE
P
R
Rate
TE
P
R
Rate
TE
P
R
Rate
1
693
4
1
0.72
1,567
13
0
0.83
162
0
0
0.00
344
0
0
0.00
2
230
1
0
0.43
643
3
0
0.47
111
0
0
0.00
184
0
0
0.00
3
864
2
1
0.35
1,351
10
2
0.89
213
0
0
0.00
366
1
0
0.27
4
1,463
26
5
2.12
4,060
33
3
0.89
457
0
0
0.00
1,335
2
1
0.22
5
2,224
18
1
0.85
2,649
26
4
1.13
608
1
0
0.16
733
1
0
0.14
6
648
5
0
0.77
1,908
14
3
0.89
240
2
0
0.83
697
0
0
0.00
7
388
3
0
0.77
2,370
10
2
0.51
117
1
0
0.85
527
0
3
0.57
8
530
7
1
1.51
833
6
4
1.20
152
0
0
0.00
189
0
0
0.00
9
891
7
3
1.12
1,690
10
1
0.65
185
0
0
0.00
454
0
0
0.00
10
625
3
1
0.64
935
2
1
0.32
285
0
0
0.00
259
0
1
0.39
TE = testing events P = positives R = refusals
Post-Accident Test Data by FTA Region and Employer Size
Drugs
Large
Small
Rural
Region
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
1
341
6
1
2.05
42
0
0
0
52
1
0
1.92
2
1,883
20
2
1.17
13
0
0
0
34
0
0
0
3
1,013
30
1
3.06
80
0
0
0
60
2
0
3.33
4
1,832
21
0
1.15
389
3
1
1.03
280
4
0
1.43
5
2,102
35
7
2.00
233
3
1
1.72
154
2
0
1.30
6
981
9
2
1.12
118
3
0
2.54
197
1
0
0.51
7
257
6
0
2.33
28
0
0
0.00
66
0
0
0.00
8
226
6
0
2.65
61
2
0
3.28
51
3
0
5.88
9
2,505
44
5
1.96
96
1
0
1.04
92
0
0
0
10
452
1
0
0.22
44
1
0
2.27
33
0
0
0
Post-Accident Test Data by FTA Region and Employer Size
Alcohol
Large
Small
Rural
Region
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
1
323
0
1
0.31
32
0
0
0
41
0
0
0
2
1,799
1
3
0.22
11
0
0
0
30
0
0
0
3
910
0
0
0
69
0
0
0
43
0
0
0
4
1,652
2
1
0.18
364
0
0
0
207
0
0
0
5
2,049
1
6
0.34
188
0
0
0
125
0
0
0
6
879
0
1
0.11
88
0
0
0
136
0
0
0
7
231
2
0
0.87
21
0
0
0
47
0
0
0
8
211
1
0
0.47
36
0
0
0
29
0
0
0
9
2,349
3
1
0.17
59
0
0
0
62
0
0
0
10
450
0
0
0
31
0
0
0
18
0
1
5.56
Reasonable Suspicion Test Data by FTA Region and Employer Size
Drugs
Large
Small
Rural
Region
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
1
11
1
0
9.09
1
0
0
0
52
1
0
1.92
2
221
10
0
4.52
0
0
0
0
34
0
0
0
3
94
10
0
10.64
2
0
0
0
60
2
0
3.33
4
26
4
0
15.38
11
1
0
9.09
280
4
0
1.43
5
89
3
1
4.49
16
3
0
18.75
154
2
0
1.30
6
16
3
1
25.00
2
0
0
0
197
1
0
0.51
7
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
66
0
0
0
8
16
2
0
12.50
1
0
0
0
51
3
0
5.88
9
61
4
0
6.56
6
1
0
16.67
92
0
0
0
10
20
2
0
10.00
4
0
0
0
33
0
0
0
Alcohol
Large
Small
Rural
Region
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
1
9
3
0
33.33
2
1
0
50.00
41
0
0
0
2
205
2
0
0.98
0
0
0
0
30
0
0
0
3
80
11
0
13.75
3
1
0
33.33
43
0
0
0
4
28
6
0
21.43
10
2
0
20.00
207
0
0
0
5
88
11
0
12.50
14
2
0
14.29
125
0
0
0
6
17
3
2
29.41
1
0
0
0
136
0
0
0
7
5
1
0
20.00
0
0
0
0
47
0
0
0
8
17
1
0
5.88
2
0
0
0
29
0
0
0
9
67
12
2
20.90
4
0
0
0
62
0
0
0
10
22
6
0
27.27
4
0
0
0
18
0
1
5.56
Pre-Employment Test Data by FTA Region and Employer Size
Drugs
Large
Small
Rural
Region
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
1
1,457
34
0
2.33
486
2
0
0.41
907
19
0
2.09
2
11,323
292
5
2.62
52
0
0
0.00
350
4
0
1.14
3
7,090
231
15
3.47
290
2
0
0.69
707
6
1
0.99
4
4,605
98
11
2.37
917
27
4
3.38
2,685
34
4
1.42
5
6,733
199
5
3.03
891
22
2
2.69
1,390
26
0
1.87
6
3,379
74
5
2.34
367
6
0
1.63
1,458
23
2
1.71
7
1,119
21
3
2.14
202
4
0
1.98
1,531
18
0
1.18
8
1,716
42
1
2.51
391
13
1
3.58
528
10
0
1.89
9
10,252
259
25
2.77
796
20
2
2.76
1,073
20
0
1.86
10
2,186
40
3
1.97
286
6
0
2.10
607
10
0
1.65
Alcohol
Large
Small
Rural
Region
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
Rate
1
221
0
0
0
20
0
0
0
14
0
0
0
2
1,927
0
0
0
39
0
0
0
44
0
0
0
3
2,383
4
1
0.21
0
0
0
0
45
0
0
0
4
845
0
0
0
133
0
0
0
296
1
0
0.34
5
398
1
0
0.25
95
0
0
0
198
0
0
0
6
828
2
0
0.24
41
0
0
0
152
0
0
0
7
4
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
14
0
0
0
8
3
0
0
0
52
0
0
0
29
0
0
0
9
1,673
0
0
0
36
0
0
0
102
0
0
0
10
8
0
0
0
36
0
0
0
32
0
0
0
The next two tables subdivide the total number of refusals by region and employer size presented in the preceding tables by the individual types of refusals.
Data on Refusal Types for Four Test Types by FTA Region and Employer Size
Drugs
Random
Post-Accident
Reasonable Suspicion
Pre-Employment
Total
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Region
R
B
A
S
R
B
A
S
R
B
A
S
R
B
A
S
R
B
A
S
R
B
A
S
R
B
A
S
R
B
A
S
R
B
A
S
R
B
A
S
R
B
A
S
R
B
A
S
R
B
A
S
R
B
A
S
R
B
A
S
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
6
4
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
4
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
16
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
32
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
4
7
5
0
1
0
5
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
2
9
1
1
0
4
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
16
6
1
1
5
5
0
0
4
1
0
2
5
5
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
6
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
1
0
1
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
12
2
1
5
2
0
0
2
3
0
1
0
6
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
3
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
7
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
7
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
8
4
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
3
1
0
0
9
10
4
9
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
13
0
12
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
5
21
0
4
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
10
6
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
R = refusal to take test B = shy bladder A = adulterated S = substituted
Data on Refusal Types for Four Test Types by FTA Region and Employer Size
Alcohol
Random
Post-Accident
Reasonable Suspicion
Pre-Employment
Total
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Region
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
RTT
SL
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
0
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
3
0
0
0
0
6
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
7
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
10
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
RTT = refusal to take test SL = shy lung
4.4 Data for Four Test Types by Type of Drug
The verified positive rates for each type of drug tested for are presented for each test type and for the four test types combined in the following graph. A table follows that provides the statistical basis for the rates. The table is followed by charts that show the percentage by drug type of the total drug type detections[13] for each test type and the four types combined. These rates and data are presented by employer type, employer size, and employee category later in this section.
Tests and Positives by Test Type and Drug Type
Testing
Events
Verified Positives
Marijuana
Cocaine
PCP
Opiates
Amphetamines
Random
135,297
599
433
10
27
61
Post-Accident
13,715
91
94
2
8
13
Reasonable Suspicion
657
21
27
0
2
9
Pre-Employment
65,774
984
463
28
40
56
Total
215,443
1,695
1,017
40
77
139
4.4.1 Data for Four Test Types by Employer Type and Drug Type
The following graphs show the rates by drug type for each test type and the four test types combined by employer type. The reasonable suspicion graph contains no columns for PCP because there were no PCP reasonable suspicion detections.
The next table provides the statistical basis for the rates in the previous graphs. The table after that one shows the percentage by drug type of the total drug type detections for each test type and the four test types combined by employer type.
Tests and Positives by Test Type, Employer Type, and Drug Type
Transit
Contractor
TE
M
C
P
O
A
TE
M
C
P
O
A
Random
108,239
394
280
5
13
43
27,058
205
153
5
14
18
Post-Accident
10,753
49
54
2
8
7
2,962
42
40
0
0
6
Reasonable Suspicion
486
11
14
0
1
3
171
10
13
0
1
6
Pre-Employment
37,597
423
191
15
14
23
28,177
561
272
13
26
33
Total
157,075
877
539
22
36
76
58,368
818
478
18
41
63
TE = testing events   ; M = Marijuana C = Cocaine P = Phencyclidine (PCP) O = Opiates A = Amphetamines
Percentage by Drug Type of Total Drug Detections for Each Test Type by Employer Type
Transit
Contractor
Marijuana
Cocaine
PCP
Opiates
Ampheta-
mines
Marijuana
Cocaine
PCP
Opiates
Ampheta-
mines
Random
53.6
38.1
0.7
1.8
5.9
51.9
38.7
1.3
3.5
4.6
Post-Accident
40.8
45.0
1.7
6.7
5.8
47.7
45.5
0
0
6.8
Reasonable Suspicion
37.9
48.3
0
3.4
10.3
33.3
43.3
0
3.3
20.0
Pre-Employment
63.5
28.7
2.3
2.1
3.5
62.0
30.1
1.4
2.9
3.6
Combined
56.6
34.8
1.4
2.3
4.9
57.7
33.7
1.3
2.9
4.4
4.4.2 Data for Four Test Types by Employer Size and Drug Type
The next four graphs show the rates by drug type for each test type and for the four test types combined by employer size--the first graph for large employers and the other three for small and rural employers. The reasonable suspicion graphs contain no columns for PCP because there were no PCP reasonable suspicion detections. Two tables follow the graphs. The first provides the statistical basis for the rates. The second shows the percentage by drug type of the total drug type detections for each test type by employer size.
Tests and Positives by Test Type, Employer Size, and Drug Type
Large
Small
Rural
TE
M
C
P
O
A
TE
M
C
P
O
A
TE
M
C
P
O
A
Random
108,735
477
382
10
23
49
8,556
39
21
0
1
6
18,006
83
30
0
3
6
Post-Accident
11,592
78
84
2
8
12
1,104
7
4
0
0
1
1,019
6
6
0
0
0
Reasonable Suspicion
559
14
23
0
2
3
43
1
3
0
0
2
55
6
1
0
0
4
Pre-Employment
49,860
797
409
27
34
42
4,678
71
25
0
1
3
11,236
116
29
1
5
11
Total
170,746
1,366
898
39
67
106
14,381
118
53
0
2
12
30,316
211
66
1
8
21
TE = testing events M = Marijuana C = Cocaine P = Phencyclidine (PCP) O = Opiates A = Amphetamines
Percentage by Drug Type of Total Drug Detections for Each Test Type by Employer Size
Large
Small
Rural
M
C
P
O
A
M
C
P
O
A
M
C
P
O
A
Random
50.7
40.6
1.1
2.4
5.2
58.2
31.3
0
1.5
9.0
68.0
24.6
0
2.5
4.9
Post-Accident
42.4
45.7
1.1
4.3
6.5
58.3
33.3
0
0
8.3
50.0
50.0
0
0
0
Reasonable Suspicion
33.3
54.8
0
4.8
7.1
16.7
50.0
0
0
33.3
54.5
9.1
0
0
36.4
Pre-Employment
60.9
31.2
2.1
2.6
3.2
71.0
25.0
0
1.0
3.0
71.6
17.9
0.6
3.1
6.8
Combined
55.2
36.3
1.6
2.7
4.3
63.8
28.6
0
1.1
6.5
68.7
21.5
0.3
2.6
6.8
TE = testing events M = Marijuana C = Cocaine P = Phencyclidine (PCP) O = Opiates A = Amphetamines
4.4.3 Data for Four Test Types by Employee Category and Drug Type
The following five graphs show the rates by drug type for each test type and for the four test types combined by employee category. A graph is presented for the four test types combined and for each test type. Two tables follow the graphs. The first provides the statistical basis for the rates. The second shows the percentage by drug type of the total drug type detections for each test type and the four test types combined by employee category.
Note: The following graph does not contain columns for PCP because there were no PCP detections in any reasonable suspicion tests-i.e., "0" in the reasonable suspicion column of the graph on page 4-29.
Tests and Positives, and Refusals by Test Type, Employee Category, and Drug Type
Testing Events
Verified Positives
Marijuana
Cocaine
PCP
Opiates
Amphetamines
Random
RVO
92,496
436
322
8
24
43
RV&EM
27,602
127
84
2
1
14
RVC/D
9,515
19
14
0
2
3
CDL/N-RV
3,189
14
12
0
0
1
ASP
2,495
3
1
0
0
0
Post-Accident
RVO
12,783
85
82
1
7
13
RV&EM
630
6
8
0
0
0
RVC/D
107
0
0
0
0
0
CDL/N-RV
91
0
4
1
1
0
ASP
104
0
0
0
0
0
Reasonable Suspicion
RVO
519
17
23
0
1
7
RV&EM
89
4
4
0
1
2
RVC/D
28
0
0
0
0
0
CDL/N-RV
20
0
0
0
0
0
ASP
1
0
0
0
0
0
Pre-Employment
RVO
54,936
841
411
20
38
42
RV&EM
6,271
81
27
4
1
13
RVC/D
2,197
37
16
1
0
1
CDL/N-RV
903
16
7
2
1
0
ASP
1,467
9
2
1
0
0
Total
RVO
160,734
1,379
838
29
70
105
RV&EM
34,592
218
123
6
3
29
RVC/D
11,847
56
30
1
2
4
CDL/N-RV
4,203
1,653
991
36
75
138
ASP
4,067
12
3
1
0
0
RVO = Revenue Vehicle Operation RV&EM = Revenue Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance
RVC/D = Revenue Vehicle Control/Dispatching CDL/N-RV = CDL/Non-Revenue Vehicle ASP = Armed Security Personnel
Percentage by Drug Type of Total Drug Detections for Each Test Type by Employee Category
Revenue Vehicle
Operation
Revenue Vehicle and
Equipment Maintenance
Revenue Vehicle
Control/Dispatching
CDL/Non-Revenue
Vehicle
Armed Security
Personnel
Random
52.3
38.7
1.0
2.9
5.2
55.7
36.9
0.9
0.4
6.1
50.0
36.8
0
5.3
7.9
51.9
44.4
0
0
3.7
75.0
25.0
0
0
0
Post-Accident
45.2
43.6
0.5
3.7
6.9
42.9
57.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
66.7
16.7
16.7
0
0
0
0
0
0
Reasonable Suspicion
35.4
47.9
0
2.1
14.6
36.4
36.4
0
9.1
18.2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Pre-Employment
62.2
30.4
1.5
2.8
3.1
64.3
21.4
3.2
0.8
10.3
67.3
29.1
1.8
0
1.8
61.5
26.9
7.7
3.9
0
75.0
16.7
8.3
0
0
Combined
57.0
34.6
1.2
2.9
4.3
57.5
32.5
1.6
0.8
7.7
60.2
32.3
1.1
2.1
4.3
50.8
39.0
5.1
3.4
1.7
75.0
18.8
6.3
0.0
0.0
M = Marijuana C = Cocaine P = Phencyclidine (PCP) O = Opiates A = Amphetamines
4.5 Confirmed Alcohol Specimens Between 0.02 and 0.039
The table at right presents the number of confirmed alcohol specimens with levels between 0.02 and 0.039 by test type, the percentage of such specimens of the total number of testing events (events), and the total number of testing events. Those numbers are subdivided by employer type, employer size, employer size and type combined, employee category, and FTA region, respectively, in the tables that follow. (For all test types except reasonable suspicion and for all the types combined, the percentages of the entire number of tests and the percentage of the total number with levels lower than 0.04 are the same after rounding. Both rates are included in the "percent of tests" column for reasonable suspicion tests where the rates differ.)
Alcohol Confirmations Between
0.02 and 0.039 by Test Type
Percent
of Events
0.02 to
0.039
Testing
Events
Random
0.04
18
42,317
Post-Accident
0.04
5
12,490
Reasonable Suspicion
4.68/
5.25*
29
620
Pre-Employment
0.01
1
9,672
Total
0.08
53
65,099
Alcohol Confirmations Between 0.02 and 0.039 by
Test Type and Employer Type
Transit
Contractor
Percent
of Events
0.02 to
0.039
Testing
Events
Percent
of Events
0.02 to 0.039
Testing
Events
Random
0.04
15
34,446
0.04
3
7,871
Post-Accident
0.04
4
10,038
0.04
1
2,452
Reasonable Suspicion
4.33/
4.78*
20
462
5.70/
6.72*
9
158
Pre-Employment
0
0
6, 650
0.03
1
3,022
Total
0.08
39
51,596
0.10
14
13,503
*Bottom number is the percentage of the number of tests minus confirmed positives. Both percentages are the same for the other reasonable suspicion breakdowns and for the other test types.
Alcohol Confirmations Between 0.02 and 0.039 by Test Type and Employer Size
Large
Small
Rural
Percent
of Events
0.02 to
0.039
Testing Events
Percent
of Events
0.02 to
0.039
Tests
Percent
of Events
0.02 to
0.039
Testing Events
Random
0.04
14
108,735
0
0
8,556
0.08
4
18,006
Post-Accident
0.03
3
11,592
0.22
2
1,104
0
0
1,019
Reasonable Suspicion
4.28/4.77*
23
559
5.00/5.88*
2
43
9.52/11.11*
4
55
Pre-Employment
0.01
1
49,860
0
0
4,678
0
0
11,236
Total
0.08
41
170,746
0.10
4
14,381
0.12
8
30,316
*The bottom number is the percentage of the number of tests minus confirmed positives. Both percentages are the same for the other reasonable suspicion breakdowns and for the other test types.
Alcohol Confirmations Between 0.02 and 0.039 by Test Type, Employer Size, and Employer Type
Large
Small
Rural
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
% of
Events
.02-
.039
Testing Events
% of
Events
.02-
.039
Testing Events
% of
Events
.02-
.039
Testing Events
% of
Events
.02-
.039
Testing Events
% of
Events
.02-
.039
Testing Events
% of
Events
.02-
.039
Testing Events
Random
0.04
11
27,875
0.04
3
6,824
0
0
1,974
0
0
556
0.09
4
4,597
0
0
491
Post-Accident
0.02
2
8,578
0.04
1
2,275
0.26
2
780
0
0
119
0
0
680
0
0
58
Reasonable
Suspicion
4.23/
4.62*
17
402
4.41/
5.26*
6
136
0
0
25
13.30/
15.38*
2
15
8.57/
10.34*
3
35
14.29
1
7
Pre-Employment
0
0
5,439
0.04
1
2,851
0
0
362
0
0
94
0
0
849
0
0
77
Total
0.07
30
42,294
0.09
1
12,086
0.06
2
3,141
0.26
7
784
0.11
7
6,161
0.16
5
633
*The bottom number is the percentage of the number of tests minus confirmed positives. Both percentages are the same for the other reasonable suspicion breakdowns and for the other test types.
Alcohol Confirmations Between 0.02 and 0.039 by Test Type and Employee Category
Revenue Vehicle
Operation
Revenue Vehicle and
Equipment Maintenance
Revenue Vehicle
Control/Dispatching
CDL/Non-Revenue
Vehicle
Armed Security
Personnel
% of
Events
.02-
.039
Testing Events
% of
Events
.02-
.039
Testing Events
% of
Events
.02-
.039
Testing Events
% of
Events
.02-
.039
Testing Events
% of
Events
.02-
.039
Testing Events
Random
0.05
15
28,702
0.03
3
8,587
0
0
2,882
0
0
1,254
0
0
892
Post-Accident
0.04
5
11,719
0
0
539
0
0
89
0
0
79
0
0
64
Reasonable
Suspicion
3.87/
4.37*
19
491
8.54/
9.33*
7
82
6.06/
6.25*
2
33
7.14/
10.00*
1
14
0
0
0
Pre-Employment
0.01
1
7,671
0
0
1,120
0
0
285
0
0
154
0
0
442
Total
0.08
40
48,583
0.10
10
10,328
0.06
2
3,289
0.07
1
1,501
0
0
1,398
*The bottom number is the percentage of the number of tests minus confirmed positives. Both percentages are the same for the other reasonable suspicion breakdowns and for the other test types.
Alcohol Confirmations Between 0.02 and 0.039 for Four Test Types by FTA Region
Random
Post-Accident
Reasonable Suspicion
Pre-Employment
Total
Region
Percent
of Events
0.02 to
0.039
Testing Events
Percent
of Events
0.02 to
0.039
Testing Events
Percent
of Events
0.02 to
0.039
Testing Events
Percent
of Events
0.02 to
0.039
Testing Events
Percent
of Events
0.02 to
0.039
Testing Events
1
0.22
2
1,342
0
0
435
15.38
2
13
0
0
255
0.20
4
2,006
2
0.02
2
9,182
0.05
1
1,930
3.86
8
207
0
0
2,010
0.08
11
13,239
3
0.02
1
5,962
0
0
1,153
2.33
2
86
0
0
2,428
0.03
3
9,498
4
0.04
2
5,332
0
0
2,501
5.13
2
39
0
0
1,274
0.05
4
8,868
5
0.04
2
5,711
0
0
2,489
2.83
3
106
0
0
691
0.06
5
8,870
6
0.02
1
4,870
0.27
3
1,296
0
0
25
0
0
1,021
0.06
4
7,019
7
0.18
2
1,118
0.33
1
351
0
0
12
0
0
22
0.21
3
1,451
8
0.09
1
1,061
0
0
338
29.17
7
24
0
0
84
0.55
8
1,445
9
0.08
4
5,186
0
0
2,693
5.00
4
80
0.06
1
1,811
0.09
9
9,547
10
0.04
1
2,553
0
0
529
3.57
1
28
0
0
76
0.06
2
3,156
*The bottom number is the percentage of the number of tests minus confirmed positives. Both percentages are the same for the other reasonable suspicion breakdowns and for the other test types.
5. Drug and Alcohol Data for Return to Duty Testing
and Follow-up Testing
This chapter presents test data on persons who have been returned to FTA safety-sensitive duty after testing positive for drugs or alcohol or refusing to submit to a required test and who have subsequently completed a rehabilitation program designed by a substance abuse professional (SAP). Section 5.1 summarizes data for return to duty tests performed in 2003. Section 5.2 summarizes data for follow-up tests performed in 2003. The results are sorted and presented by employer type, employer size, employee category, FTA region, and drug type.
5.1 Return to Duty Test Data
Return to Duty
Tests, Positives, and Refusals
Drugs
Alcohol
Testing Events
1,283
713
Refusals + Positives
36
4
Positives
28
3
Total Refusals
8
1
Refusal to take test
5
1
Shy Bladder/Lung
2
0
Adulterated
0
N. A.
Substituted
1
N. A.
Refusal Rate
0.624
0.140
The combined percentage of positive tests plus test refusals for return to duty drug tests and alcohol tests[14] are shown in the graph at right. The statistical basis for those rates is provided in the table next to the graph. The rates are subdivided by employer type and size, by employee category, by FTA region, and by type of drug later in this section.
5.1.1 Return to Duty Test Data by Employer Type and Size
The rates in the preceding graph are subdivided by employer type, by employer size, and by employer size and type, respectively, in the three graphs on the next page. The three tables that follow the graphs provide the statistical basis for the rates.
The graph (at right on the next page) showing employer size rates subdivided by employer type shows alcohol rates for only large transit employers because no confirmed alcohol positives or test refusals were reported by small or rural employers or by contractors.
Return to Duty Tests, Positives, and Refusals
by Employer Type
Drugs
Alcohol
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Testing Events
1,027
256
642
71
Refusals + Positives
30
6
4
0
Positives
24
4
3
0
Total Refusals
6
2
1
0
Refusal to take test
4
1
1
0
Shy Bladder/Lung
1
1
0
0
Adulterated
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
Substituted
1
0
N. A.
N. A.
Refusal Rate
0.584
0.781
0.156
0
Return to Duty Tests, Positives, and Refusals
by Employer Size
Drugs
Alcohol
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Testing Events
1,074
99
110
658
34
21
R + P
33
1
2
4
0
0
Positives (P)
26
1
1
3
0
0
Total Refusals (R)
7
0
1
1
0
0
Refusal to take test
5
0
0
1
0
0
Shy Bladder/Lung
1
0
1
0
0
0
Adulterated
0
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
Substituted
1
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
Refusal Rate
0.652
0.000
0.909
0.152
0
0
Return to Duty Tests, Positives, and Refusals by Employer Size and Employer Type
Drugs
Alcohol
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Testing Events
842
232
86
13
99
11
592
66
30
4
20
1
Refusals + Positives
27
6
1
0
2
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
Positives
22
4
1
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
Total Refusals
5
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Refusal to take test
4
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Shy Bladder/Lung
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Adulterated
0
0
0
0
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
Substituted
1
0
0
0
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
Refusal Rate
0.594
0.862
0.000
0.000
1.010
0.000
0.169
0
0
0
0
0
5.1.2 Return to Duty Test Data by Employee Category
The following graph shows the rates for return to duty drug tests and alcohol tests by employee category. The table next to it provides the statistical basis for the rates.
Return to Duty Tests, Positives, and Refusals
by Employee Category
Drugs
RVO
RV&EM
RVC/D
CDL/N-RV
ASP
Testing Events
934
248
51
43
7
Refusals + Positives
27
7
0
2
0
Positives
22
6
0
0
0
Total Refusals
5
1
0
2
0
Refusal to take test
4
1
0
0
0
Shy Bladder
0
0
0
2
0
Adulterated
0
0
0
0
0
Substituted
1
0
0
0
0
Refusal Rate
0.535
0.403
0
4.651
0
Alcohol
RVO
RV&EM
RVC/D
CDL/N-RV
ASP
Testing Events
494
167
20
26
6
Refusals + Positives
4
0
0
0
0
Positives
3
0
0
0
0
Total Refusals
1
0
0
0
0
Refusal to take test
1
0
0
0
0
Shy Lung
0
0
0
0
0
Refusal Rate
0.202
0
0
0
0
The rates in the preceding graph are subdivided by employer type and by employer size, respectively, in the two graphs below. The tables on the next page provide the statistical basis for the rates. The graphs below do not contain columns for employee categories that show a rate of "0" in the preceding graph. Some of the rates in each graph are presented on a separate scale because their sample sizes are too small to be representative of their populations. The graph at far right contains alcohol rate columns for only large employers because no positive return to duty alcohol tests were reported by small or rural employers in 2003.
Return to Duty Tests, Positives, and Refusals by Employee Category and Employer Type
Drugs
RVO
RV&EM
RVC/D
CDL/N-RV
ASP
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Testing Events
745
189
200
48
38
13
38
5
6
1
Refusals + Positives
24
3
5
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
Positives
20
2
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total Refusals
4
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Refusal to take test
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Shy Bladder
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Adulterated
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Substituted
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Refusal Rate
0.537
0.529
0. 500
0
0
0
2.632
20.000
0
0
Alcohol
RVO
RV&EM
RVC/D
CDL/N-RV
ASP
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Testing Events
448
46
143
24
19
1
26
0
6
0
Refusals + Positives
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Positives
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total Refusals
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Refusal to take test
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Shy Lung
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Refusal Rate
0.223
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
RVO = Revenue Vehicle Operation RV&EM = Revenue Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance
RVC/D = Revenue Vehicle Control/Dispatching CDL/N-RV = CDL/Non-Revenue Vehicle ASP = Armed Security Personnel
Return to Duty Tests, Positives, and Refusals by Employee Category and Employer Size
Drugs
RVO
RV&EM
RVC/D
CDL/N-RV
ASP
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Testing Events
765
75
94
227
13
8
40
7
4
37
2
4
5
2
0
Refusals + Positives
25
1
1
7
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
Positives
20
1
1
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total Refusals
5
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
Refusal to take test
4
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Shy Bladder
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
Adulterated
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Substituted
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Refusal Rate
0.654
0
0
0.441
0
0
0
0
0
2.703
0
25.00
0
0
0
Alcohol
RVO
RV&EM
RVC/D
CDL/N-RV
ASP
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Testing Events
454
24
16
161
5
1
14
3
3
25
0
1
4
2
0
Refusals + Positives
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Positives
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total Refusals
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Refusal to take test
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Shy Lung
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Refusal Rate
0.220
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
RVO = Revenue Vehicle Operation RV&EM = Revenue Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance
RVC/D = Revenue Vehicle Control/Dispatching CDL/N-RV = CDL/Non-Revenue Vehicle ASP = Armed Security Personnel
5.1.3 Return to Duty Test Data by FTA Region
The following map shows the rates for return to duty drug tests for each of FTA's ten regions. The shading variations enable quick comparison. The exact rates are also included. The statistical basis for those rates is provided in the accompanying table. The total number of refusals by FTA Region listed in that table is subdivided by the individual types of refusals in the table that follows the map. That table also includes the overall return to duty drug test refusal rates by FTA region.
Return to Duty Drug Test Rates by FTA Region
Return to Duty Drug Tests, Positives, and Refusals
by FTA Region
Region
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
1
53
3
0
2
226
6
0
3
209
5
6
4
178
1
0
5
208
5
0
6
78
2
0
7
26
1
0
8
33
1
0
9
221
3
2
10
51
1
0
Data on Return to Duty Drug Test Refusal Types by FTA Region
Region
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Refusal to take test
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
Shy Bladder
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Adulterated
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Substituted
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Overall Refusal Rate
0
0
2.871
0
0
0
0
0
0.905
0
Because only three return to duty alcohol positives and one refusal were reported in 2003, the alcohol rates for each region appear in a table, along with the statistical basis for those rates.
Return to Duty Alcohol Data by FTA Region
Region
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Rate
0
0
1.17
0
0
2.50
0
0
0
5.88
Testing Events
24
150
171
75
83
40
14
11
128
17
Refusals + Positives
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Positives
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Total Refusals
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Refusal to take test
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Shy Lung
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Refusal Rate
0
0
0.585
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5.1.4 Return to Duty Test Data by Type of Drug
The table at immediate right shows the number of drug testing events and the number and percent that were verified positive for each drug type. The table at far right shows the percentage by drug type of the total drug type detections. These data are subdivided by employer type, by employer size, and by employee category in the tables below.
Return to Duty Tests, Positives,
and Rates by Drug Type
1,283 Testing Events
Positives
Percent
Marijuana
18
1.40
Cocaine
8
0.62
PCP
0
0
Opiates
1
0.08
Amphetamines
0
0
Percentage
by Drug Type for Return to Duty Positives
Marijuana
66.7
Cocaine
29.6
PCP
0
Opiates
3.7
Amphetamines
0
Return to Duty Tests, Positives, and Rates
by Employer Type and Drug TypeTransit
Contractor
Testing Events
1,027
256
Positives
Percent
Positives
Percent
Marijuana
16
1.56
2
0.78
Cocaine
6
0.58
2
0.78
PCP
0
0
0
0
Opiates
1
0.10
0
0
Amphetamines
0
0
0
0
Percentage by Employer Type
and Drug Type
for Return to Duty PositivesTransit
Contractor
Marijuana
69.6
50.0
Cocaine
26.1
50.0
PCP
0
0
Opiates
4.3
0
Amphetamines
0
0
Return to Duty Tests, Positives, and Rates
by Employer Size and Drug Type
Large
Small
Rural
1,074
99
110
Positives
Percent
Positives
Percent
Positives
Percent
Marijuana
16
1.49
1
1.01
1
0.91
Cocaine
8
0.74
0
0
0
0
PCP
0
0
0
0
0
0
Opiates
1
0.09
0
0
0
0
Amphetamines
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
Percentage by Employer Size
and Drug Type for
Return to Duty PositivesLarge
Small
Rural
Marijuana
64.0
100
100
Cocaine
32.0
0
0
PCP
0
0
0
Opiates
4.0
0
0
Amphetamines
0
0
0
Return to Duty Tests, Positives,
and Rates by
Employee Category and Drug TypeRVO
RV&EM
RVC/D
CDL/N-RV
ASP
Testing Events
934
248
51
43
7
Positives
Percent
Positives
Percent
Positives
Percent
Positives
Percent
Positives
Percent
Marijuana
15
1.61
3
1.21
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cocaine
5
0.54
3
1.21
0
0
0
0
0
0
PCP
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Opiates
1
0.11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Amphetamines
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Return to Duty Tests, Positives, and Rates
by Employee Category and Drug Type
Percentage by Employee Category and Drug Type for
Return to Duty Positives
RVO
RV&EM
RVC/D
CDL/N-RV
ASP
Testing Events
934
248
51
43
7
RVO
RV&
EM
RVC
/D
CDL/
N-RV
ASP
Positives
Percent
Positives
Percent
Positives
Percent
Positives
Percent
Positives
Percent
Marijuana
15
1.61
3
1.21
0
0
0
0
0
0
M
71.4
50.0
0
0
0
Cocaine
5
0.54
3
1.21
0
0
0
0
0
0
C
23.8
50.0
0
0
0
PCP
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
P
0
0
0
0
0
Opiates
1
0.11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
O
4.8
0
0
0
0
Amphetamines
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
A
0
0
0
0
0
RVO = Revenue Vehicle Operation RV&EM = Revenue Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance
RVC/D = Revenue Vehicle Control/Dispatching CDL/N-RV = CDL/Non-Revenue Vehicle ASP = Armed Security Personnel
M = Marijuana C = Cocaine P = Phencyclidine (PCP) O = Opiates A = Amphetamines
5.2 Follow-Up Test Data
The combined percentage of positive tests plus test refusals for follow-up drug tests and alcohol tests are shown in the graph at right. The statistical basis for those rates is provided in the table next to the graph. The rates are subdivided by employer type and size, employee category, FTA region, and type of drug later in this section.
Follow-Up
Tests, Positives, and Refusals
Drugs
Alcohol
Testing Events
7,980
5,950
Refusals + Positives
160
19
Positives
149
17
Total Refusals
11
2
Refusal to take test
9
2
Shy Bladder/ Lung
0
0
Adulterated
1
N.A.
Substituted
1
N.A.
Refusal Rate
0.138
0.034
5.2.1 Follow-Up Test Data by Employer Type and Size
The rates in the preceding graph are subdivided by employer type, by employer size, and by employer size and type, respectively, in the following three graphs. Two of the rates in the graph at right are presented on a separate scale because their sample sizes are too small to be representative of their populations. The tables on the next page provide the statistical basis for the rates.
Follow-Up Tests, Positives, and Refusals
by Employer Type
Drugs
Alcohol
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Testing Events
7,126
854
5,428
522
Refusals + Positives
129
31
18
1
Positives
122
27
16
1
Total Refusals
7
4
2
0
Refusal to take test
6
3
2
0
Shy Bladder/Lung
0
0
0
0
Adulterated
0
1
N. A.
N. A.
Substituted
1
0
N. A.
N. A.
Refusal Rate
0.098
0.468
0.037
0
Follow-Up Tests, Positives, and Refusals
by Employer Size
Drugs
Alcohol
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Testing Events
7,576
146
258
5,806
71
73
Refusals + Positives
140
7
13
17
1
1
Positives
130
6
13
15
1
1
Total Refusals
10
1
0
2
0
0
Refusal to take test
8
1
0
2
0
0
Shy Bladder/Lung
0
0
0
0
0
0
Adulterated
1
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
Substituted
1
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
Refusal Rate
0.132
0.685
0
0.034
0
0
Follow-Up Tests, Positives, and Refusals by Employer Size and Employer Type
Drugs
Alcohol
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Testing Events
6,766
810
127
19
233
25
5,307
499
56
15
65
8
Refusals + Positives
114
26
4
3
11
2
16
1
1
0
1
0
Positives
108
22
3
3
11
2
14
1
1
0
1
0
Total Refusals
6
4
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
Refusal to take test
5
3
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
Shy Bladder/Lung
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Adulterated
0
1
0
0
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
Substituted
1
0
0
0
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
Refusal Rate
0.089
0.494
0.787
0
0
0
0.038
0
0
0
0
0
5.2.2 Follow-Up Test Data by Employee Category
The graph at right shows the rates for follow-up drug tests and alcohol tests by employee category. The table on the next page provides the statistical basis for the rates. These data are further subdivided by employer type and employer size in the subsequent graphs and tables. The graphs subdivided by employer type and employer size do not contain columns for employee categories that show a rate of "0" in the graph at right. Three of the drug rates and one of the alcohol rates in the employer size graph are presented on a separate scale because their sample sizes are too small to be representative of their populations.
Follow-Up Tests, Positives, and Refusals by Employee Category
Drugs
Alcohol
RVO
RV&EM
RVC/D
CDL/N-RV
ASP
RVO
RV&EM
RVC/D
CDL/N-RV
ASP
Testing Events
5,107
2,357
271
231
14
3,617
2,058
161
114
0
Refusals + Positives
122
27
7
4
0
8
11
0
0
0
Positives
114
25
6
4
0
7
10
0
0
0
Total Refusals
8
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Refusal to take test
6
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Shy Bladder
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Adulterated
1
0
0
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
Substituted
1
0
0
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
Refusal Rate
0.157
0.085
0.369
0
0
0.028
0.049
0
0
0
RVO = Revenue Vehicle Operation RV&EM = Revenue Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance
RVC/D = Revenue Vehicle Control/Dispatching CDL/N-RV = CDL/Non-Revenue Vehicle ASP = Armed Security Personnel
Follow-Up Tests, Positives, and Refusals by Employee Category and Employer Type
Drugs
RVO
RV&EM
RVC/D
CDL/N-RV
ASP
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Testing Events
4,554
553
2,132
225
220
51
208
23
12
2
Refusals + Positives
102
20
20
7
4
3
3
1
0
0
Positives
97
17
18
7
4
2
3
1
0
0
Total Refusals
5
3
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Refusal to take test
4
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Shy Bladder
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Adulterated
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Substituted
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Refusal Rate
0.110
0.542
0.094
0
0
0.1961
0
0
0
0
Alcohol
RVO
RV&EM
RVC/D
CDL/N-RV
ASP
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Transit
Contractor
Testing Events
3,318
299
1,868
190
139
22
103
11
0
0
Refusals + Positives
8
0
10
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Positives
7
0
9
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total Refusals
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Refusal to take test
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Shy Lung
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Refusal Rate
0.030
0
0.054
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
RVO = Revenue Vehicle Operation RV&EM = Revenue Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance
RVC/D = Revenue Vehicle Control/Dispatching CDL/N-RV = CDL/Non-Revenue Vehicle ASP = Armed Security Personnel
Follow-Up Tests, Positives, and Refusals by Employee Category and Employer Size
Drugs
RVO
RV&EM
RVC/D
CDL/N-RV
ASP
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Testing Events
4,798
104
205
2,298
30
29
242
12
17
224
0
7
14
0
0
Refusals + Positives
107
5
10
24
1
2
6
1
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
Positives
100
4
10
22
1
2
5
1
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
Total Refusals
7
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Refusal to take test
5
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Shy Bladder
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Adulterated
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Substituted
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Refusal Rate
0.146
0.962
0
0.087
0
0
0.413
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Alcohol
RVO
RV&EM
RVC/D
CDL/N-RV
ASP
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Large
Small
Rural
Testing Events
3,502
58
57
2,037
13
8
154
0
7
113
0
1
0
0
0
Refusals + Positives
7
0
1
10
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Positives
6
0
1
9
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total Refusals
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Refusal to take test
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Shy Lung
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Refusal Rate
0.029
0
0
0.049
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
RVO = Revenue Vehicle Operation RV&EM = Revenue Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance
RVC/D = Revenue Vehicle Control/Dispatching CDL/N-RV = CDL/Non-Revenue Vehicle ASP = Armed Security Personnel
5.2.3 Follow-Up Test Data by FTA Region
The following two maps show the rates for follow-up drug tests and alcohol tests for each of FTA's ten regions. The shading variations enable quick comparison. The exact rates are also included. The statistical basis for those rates is provided in the accompanying tables. The total number of test refusals is subdivided by the individual types of refusals in the table following the maps.
Follow-Up Drug Rates by FTA Region
Follow-Up Drug Tests, Positives, and Refusals
by FTA Region
Region
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
1
302
10
0
2
1,904
26
3
3
1,474
17
3
4
382
8
0
5
1,310
33
1
6
316
6
0
7
191
10
0
8
198
4
2
9
1,409
28
2
10
494
7
0
Follow-Up Alcohol Rates by FTA Region
Follow-Up Alcohol Tests, Positives, and Refusals
by FTA Region
Region
Testing Events
Positives
Refusals
1
243
0
0
2
1,819
5
0
3
1,276
3
1
4
136
1
0
5
506
1
0
6
259
1
0
7
87
0
0
8
109
1
0
9
1,203
5
1
10
312
0
0
Data on Return to Duty Drug Test Refusal Types by FTA Region
Drugs
Alcohol
Region
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
RTT
0
2
3
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
SB
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Adul
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
Sub
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
N. A.
R Rate
0
0.158
0.204
0
0.076
0
0
1.010
0.142
0
0
0
0.078
0
0
0
0
0
0.083
0
RTT = refusal to take test SB = shy bladder SL = shy lung Adul = adulterated Sub = substituted R Rate = overall refusal rate
5.2.4 Follow-Up Test Data by Type of Drug
The two tables at right show follow-up test data for each type of drug tested for. The table at immediate right shows the number of testing events and the number and percent of those verified positive by drug type. The table at far right shows the percentage by drug type of the total drug type detections. These data are divided by employer type, employer size, and employee category in the tables that follow.
Follow-Up Tests, Positives,
and Rates by Drug Type
7,980 Testing Events
Positives
Percent
Marijuana
58
0.73
Cocaine
79
0.99
PCP
0
0
Opiates
4
0.05
Amphetamines
11
0.14
Percentage by Drug Type for Follow-Up Positives
Marijuana
38.2
Cocaine
52.0
PCP
0
Opiates
2.6
Amphetamines
7.2
Follow-Up Tests, Positives, and Rates
by Employer Type and Drug Type
Transit
Contractor
Testing Events
7,126
854
Positives
Percent
Positives
Percent
Marijuana
47
0.66
11
1.30
Cocaine
68
0.95
11
1.30
PCP
0
0
0
0
Opiates
4
0.06
0
0
Amphetamines
8
0.11
3
0.35
Percentage by Employer Type and Drug Type for Follow-Up Positives
Transit
Contractor
Marijuana
37.0
44.0
Cocaine
53.6
44.0
PCP
0
0
Opiates
3.1
0
Amphetamines
6.3
12.0
Follow-Up Tests, Positives, and Rates
by Employer Size and Drug Type
Large
Small
Rural
Testing Events
7,576
146
258
Positives
Percent
Positives
Percent
Positives
Percent
Marijuana
52
0.69
3
2.05
3
2.05
Cocaine
68
0.90
3
2.05
8
5.48
PCP
0
0
0
0
0
0
Opiates
4
0.05
0
0
0
0
Amphetamines
9
0.12
0
0
2
0.78
Percentage by Employer Size and
Drug Type for Follow-Up Positives
Large
Small
Rural
Marijuana
39.1
50.0
23.1
Cocaine
51.1
50.0
61.5
PCP
0
0
0
Opiates
3.0
0
0
Amphetamines
6.8
0
15.4
Follow-Up Tests, Positives, and Rates
by Employee Category and Drug Type
Percentage by Employee Category and Drug Type for Follow-Up Positives
RVO
RV&EM
RVC/D
CDL/N-RV
ASP
Testing Events
5,107
2,357
271
231
14
RVO
RV&
EM
RVC
/D
CDL/
N-RV
ASP
Positives
Percent
Positives
Percent
Positives
Percent
Positives
Percent
Positives
Percent
Marijuana
41
0.80
11
0.47
3
1.11
3
1.30
0
0
M
35.0
40.7
60.0
100
0
Cocaine
66
1.29
11
0
2
0.74
0
0
0
0
C
56.4
40.7
40.0
0
0
PCP
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
P
0
0
0
0
0
Opiates
3
0.06
1
0.04
0
0
0
0
0
0
O
2.6
3.7
0
0
0
Amphetamines
7
0.14
4
0.17
0
0
0
0
0
0
A
6.0
14.8
0
0
0
RVO = Revenue Vehicle Operation RV&EM = Revenue Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance
RVC/D = Revenue Vehicle Control/Dispatching CDL/N-RV = CDL/Non-Revenue Vehicle ASP = Armed Security Personnel
Appendix A. Glossary
Alcohol: The intoxicating agent in beverage alcohol, ethyl alcohol, or other low molecular weight alcohols including methyl or isopropyl alcohol.
Alcohol concentration: The alcohol in a volume of breath expressed in terms of grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath as indicated by a breath test using an evidential breath testing (EBT) device.
Alcohol positive: A confirmed specimen with a breath alcohol level of at least 0.04.
Alcohol use: The consumption of any beverage, mixture, or preparation, including any medication containing alcohol.
Armed security personnel: A safety-sensitive employee category that includes any person who provides security to protect persons or property, and any person who carries a firearm.
Canceled or invalid test: A drug or alcohol test that has been declared invalid by a Medical Review Officer (MRO). It is neither a positive nor a negative test.
CDL/non-revenue vehicle: A safety-sensitive employee category that includes any person who holds a Commercial Driver's License (CDL), performs a function requiring a CDL, and is not included in any other job category.
Confirmed alcohol specimen (or test result): The breath alcohol level obtained using an evidential breath testing (EBT) device. The specimen, referred to as a confirmation test, is required to be taken from any employee who completes an initial screening test producing a breath alcohol level of at least 0.02. The confirmed result is the official alcohol test result.
Consortium: An entity, including a group or association of employers, operators, recipients, subrecipients, or contractors, that provides drug testing services and acts on behalf of the employer.
Contractor: A person or organization that provides a service for a recipient, subrecipient, employer, or operator consistent with a specific understanding or arrangement. The understanding can be a written contract or an informal arrangement that reflects an ongoing relationship between the parties.
Drug metabolite: The specific substance produced when the human body metabolizes a prohibited drug as it passes through the body and is excreted in urine.
Drug positive: See "verified positive."
Drug type: A classification of the five prohibited substances that must be tested for in accordance with Part 40: marijuana, cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), opiates, and amphetamines.
Employee category: One of five classifications of safety-sensitive employees defined by Part 655. The categories are listed under "safety-sensitive employees" and each category is defined under its title.
Employer: A recipient or other entity that provides mass transportation services or performs a safety-sensitive function for such recipient or other entity. This term includes subrecipients, operators, and contractors.
Employer size: A classification of employers based on the population of the primary area in which they operate: large, small, or rural. These categories are defined under "large employers," "small employers," and "rural employers," respectively.
Employer type: A classification of employers based on whether they receive funding from FTA: transit agency or contractor. These categories are defined under their titles.
Follow-up testing: Required of employees who have returned to duty in a safety-sensitive position following a verified positive drug test, a confirmed alcohol result of 0.04 or greater, a refusal to submit to a test, or any other violation of Part 40 or 655. A minimum of six tests for the test or violation at issue (drug or alcohol) must be performed during the first 12 months after the employee returns to duty. Testing for both drugs and alcohol is permitted. The SAP can require that additional follow-up tests be performed, up to 5 years following return to duty.
FTA: The Federal Transit Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
Large operator: A recipient or subrecipient primarily operating in an area with a population of 200,000 or more.
Medical Review Officer (MRO): A licensed physician (Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy) who is responsible for receiving laboratory results generated by an employer's drug testing program and who has knowledge of substance abuse disorders and appropriate medical training to interpret and evaluate a person's positive test result together with appropriate medical history and any other relevant biomedical information.
Part 40: US DOT's testing regulation titled Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs, which was enacted in 1994, revised in 2000, and amended in 2003.
Part 655: FTA's testing regulation titled Prevention of Alcohol Misuse and Prohibited Drug Use in Transit Operations. In was enacted in 2001 to expand the minimum requirements of the revised Part 40 and to combine the previous FTA testing regulations enacted in 1994: Part 653, Prevention of Prohibited Drug Use in Transit Operations, and Part 654, Prevention of Alcohol Misuse in Transit Operations.
Post-accident testing: Required for both prohibited drugs and alcohol following a mass transit accident that meets any of three other criteria and the employee's involvement cannot be completely discounted as a contributing factor: (1) when a person suffers a bodily injury and immediately receives medical attention away from the scene, (2) when any vehicle involved in the accident incurs damage requiring it to be transported away from the scene by a tow truck or other vehicle, or (3) when the mass transit vehicle involved is a rail car, trolley car, trolley bus, or vessel and is removed from revenue service due to the accident. Employees to be tested include the vehicle operator and any other safety-sensitive employee not in the vehicle whose performance could have contributed to the accident.
Pre-employment testing: Required for drugs before an applicant or existing employee performs a safety-sensitive function for the first time or following an absence from safety-sensitive duties for more than 90 consecutive calendar days. Employers are not required to perform pre-employment alcohol tests, but are permitted to perform such tests under their own authority providing they are performed in accordance with the requirements of Part 40.
Random testing: Required for both drugs and alcohol for a certain percentage (specified by the FTA Administrator) of each employer's safety-sensitive employees each year. The tests are to be unannounced, the pattern is to unpredictable, and tests are to be performed during all days and hours that employees in the random pool perform safety-sensitive duties. Employees are selected based on a scientifically valid random-number selection method. Random testing is considered by FTA to be the most effective deterrent to drug use and alcohol misuse.
Random testing rate: The rate at which each employer must conduct random tests each year. The number of random drug tests must equal a percentage (specified by FTA each year) of the number of the employer's safety-sensitive employees. In 2002, the drug testing rate was 50 percent, and the alcohol testing rate was 10 percent. These rates remained the same in 2003. They can be amended (per Part 655.45) by the FTA Administrator based on the combined percentage of positive tests plus test refusals.
Reasonable suspicion testing: Required when an employer has reasonable suspicion that an employee has used a prohibited drug or has misused alcohol as defined in Part 40. Reasonable suspicion testing must be based on specific, contemporaneous, articulable observations made by a trained supervisor concerning the appearance, behavior, speech, or body odor of a safety-sensitive employee.
Recipient: An entity receiving financial assistance under Section 5307, 5309, or 5311 of the Federal Transit Act or under Section 103(e)(4) of Title 23 of the U.S. Code. A direct recipient receives funding directly from FTA, i.e., most large transit agencies, state governments, and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs). A subrecipient receives funding from a state government or from an MPO.
Return to duty testing: Required before an employee is allowed to return to duty to perform a safety-sensitive function following a verified positive drug test, a confirmed alcohol result of 0.04 or greater, a refusal to submit to a test, or any other violation of Part 40 or 655. The test performed (drug or alcohol) must be the same as the test or violation at issue. Testing for both drugs and alcohol is permitted.
Revenue vehicle and equipment maintenance: A safety-sensitive employee category that includes any person who maintains revenue service vehicles or equipment. It also includes many maintenance contract employees who perform routine, ongoing repair or maintenance for FTA recipients and subrecipients that have employees, including supervisors, who perform or could be called upon to perform any of the FTA safety-sensitive functions. Maintenance contractors of 5311 funding recipients are not subject to the testing regulations.
Revenue vehicle control/dispatching: A safety-sensitive employee category that includes any person who controls the dispatch or movement of revenue service vehicles.
Revenue vehicle operations: A safety-sensitive employee category that includes any person who operates or works as a crewman on revenue service vehicles at any time, even if the vehicles are not in service.
Rural operator: A subrecipient of 5311 funding primarily operating in an area with a population of less than 50,000.
Safety-sensitive employee: An employee who performs any of the five safety-sensitive job functions specified in Part 40:
· Revenue vehicle operations
· Revenue vehicle and equipment maintenance
· Revenue vehicle control/dispatching
· CDL/non-revenue vehicle
· Armed security personnel
Small operator: A recipient or subrecipient primarily operating in an area with a population of 50,000 or greater and less than 200,000.
Substance Abuse Professional (SAP): A licensed physician (Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy), or a licensed or certified psychologist, social worker, employee assistance professional, or addiction counselor (certified by the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors Certification Commission), with knowledge of and clinical experience in the diagnosis and treatment of drug and alcohol-related disorders.
Test refusal: Failure to produce a required urine or breath screen or specimen in accordance with Part 40. There are four types of drug test refusals and two types of alcohol test refusals:
· Adulterated - submittal of an adulterated urine specimen
· Substituted - submittal of urine not produced at the collection site
· Shy bladder with no medical explanation - failure to provide enough urine at the collection site, and no medical reason for the failure is found by the MRO
· Other refusals to submit to drug testing - Examples include failure to report to the collection site as directed by the employer, leaving the collection site without permission, and failure to empty pockets at the collection site.
· Shy lung with no medical explanation - failure to provide enough breath at the collection site, and no medical reason for the failure is found by the MRO
· Other refusals to submit to alcohol testing - same examples as for drug tests
Test type: A classification of the five circumstances that safety-sensitive employees must be tested for in accordance with Part 40: random, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, pre-employment, and return to duty/follow-up (which consists of both return to duty tests and follow-up tests, in accordance with Part 655). These test types are defined under their titles.
Testing event: A scheduled test that is submitted to or refused by the employee and not canceled by the MRO.
Transit agency: The public entity responsible for providing mass transit services that receives funding from FTA, either directly from FTA or indirectly from a state government or MPO.
Verified drug positive: A urine specimen with a concentration above the minimum thresholds specified in Part 40 obtained during a second urine test procedure and verified by an MRO during an independent review conducted in accordance with Part 40. A second test is required for any employee who produces a positive result in the initial drug screening test. The verified result, which identifies and quantifies the presence of any of the five prohibited drugs or drug metabolites, is the official drug test result. Both the initial and second specimens must be collected in accordance with Part 40 and analyzed in a DHHS-approved laboratory.
Appendix B. FTA Regions
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has ten regions, which are identified below. The data provided by these regions have facilitated the comparison of drug and alcohol test results and the identification of regional trends.
U.S. States and Territories Reporting to the 10 FTA Regions
Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4
Region 5
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
VermontNew Jersey
New York
Virgin IslandsDelaware
District of
Columbia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West VirginiaAlabama
Florida
GeorgiaKentucky
Mississippi
North Carolina Puerto RicoSouth Carolina
Tennessee
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Ohio
Wisconsin
Region 6
Region 7
Region 8
Region 9
Region 10
Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico Oklahoma
TexasIowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Colorado
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Utah
Wyoming
American Samoa
Arizona
California
GuamHawaii
Nevada
NorthernMariana Islands
Alaska
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Appendix C. MIS Data Collection Form
[1] The five substances that must be tested for are marijuana, cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), opiates, and amphetamines.
[2] Per the addition of Section 26 and Appendix H to Part 40 in 2003, a testing event includes test refusals but not canceled tests.
[3] A positive alcohol test is a confirmation screen with a breath alcohol level of at least 0.04.
[4] CDL = commercial driver license
[5] Per the addition of Section 26 and Appendix H to Part 40 in 2003, a testing event includes test refusals but not canceled tests.
[6] A positive alcohol test is a confirmed specimen with a breath alcohol level of at least 0.04.
[7] Per the addition of Section 26 to Part 40 in 2003, a testing event includes test refusals but not canceled tests.
[8] A positive alcohol test is a confirmed specimen with a breath alcohol level of at least 0.04.
[9] Part 655 does not require pre-employment alcohol testing. It is included in this chapter because many employers require it, and Part 655 requires that the data be reported if the tests are performed.
[10] Per the addition of Section 26 and Appendix H to Part 40 in 2003, a testing event includes test refusals but not canceled tests.
[11] A positive alcohol test is a confirmation test with a breath alcohol level of at least 0.04.
[12] The rates in all of the graphs are the combined percentages of positive tests plus test refusals.
[13] Because multiple drugs are sometimes detected in one specimen, the total number of drug detections may be greater than the total number of verified positives.
[14] A positive alcohol test is a confirmed specimen with a breath alcohol level of at least 0.04.