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Drug and Alcohol Testing Results 2003 Annual Report

 

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Randy Clarke*, Robert Gaumer*, Michael Redington, and Eve Rutyna

 

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Research and Innovative Technology Administration

John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

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U.S. Department of Transportation

Federal Transit Administration

Office of Safety and Security

Washington, DC 20590

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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

 

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.

Rates by Test Type

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. 

Rates by Test Type and Employer Type

 

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.

 

Rates by Test Type and Employer Size

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.

Rates by Test Type and Employee Category - Drugs

Rates by Test Type and Employee Category - 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.

Map - Random Drug Rates by FTA Region

 

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.

Map - Random Alcohol Rates by FTA Region

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.

Percentage by Drug Type of Total Drug Detections for Each Test Type

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.

Return to Duty Rates / Follow-Up 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. 

Return to Duty Rates by Employer Type / Return to Duty Rates by Employer Size

 

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.

Follow-Up Rates by Employer Type / Follow-Up Rates by Employer Size

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

Official Random Drug and Alcohol Rates: 1996 to 2003


Table of Contents

1.      Introduction

   1.1  Regulatory Background

   1.2  Reporting and Certification Requirements

   1.3  Reporting Assistance

   1.4  Data Analysis and Validation

   1.5  Organization of Report

 

2.      Overview of Part 40 and Part 655 Testing Requirements

   2.1  Overview of Required Testing Program

   2.2  Safety-Sensitive Functions

   2.3  Types of Tests

   2.4  Types of Drugs

 

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  Test Data by FTA Region

      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  Test Data by Type of Drug

      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  Return to Duty Test Data

      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  Follow-Up Test Data

      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 A.  Glossary

 

Appendix B.  FTA Regions

 

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:


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
Amphetamines

See Section 2.2 for a detailed description of FTA safety-sensitive duties.

See 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:

Alcohol test refusal types:

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:

 

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.

 

2.3  Types of Tests

 

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.

 

2.4  Types of Drugs

 

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.

 

2003 Random Rates

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

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)

Combined Percentage of Verified Drug Positives and Test Refusals by Four Test Types / Percentage of Drug Tests by Four Test 

Types

Combined Percentage of Confirmed Alcohol Positives and Test Refusals by Four Test Types / Percentage of Alcohol Tests by 

Four Test Types

 

 

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.

Rates by Test Type

 

 

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.

 

Rates by Test Type and Employer Type

 

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.

 

Rates by Test Type and Employer Size - Drugs

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.

Rates by Test Type and Employer Size - Alcohol

 

 

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.

 

Rates by Test Type, Employer Size, and Employer Type - Drugs

 

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.

 

Rates by Test Type, Employer Size, and Employer Type - Alcohol

 

 

 

 


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.

 

Rates by Test Type and Employee Category - Drugs

Rates by Test Type and Employee Category - Alcohol

 

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.

 

Rates for Four Test Types Combined by Employee Category and Employer Type

Random Rates by Employee Category and Employer Type

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. 

Post-Accident Rates by Employee Category and Employer TypeReasonable Suspicion Rates by Employee Category and Employer Type Pre-Employment Rates by Employee Category and Employer Type

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.

Rates for Four Test Types Combined by Employee Category and Employer Size

Random Rates by Employee Category and Employer Size

 

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.

 

Post-Accident Rates by Employee Category and Employer Size


 

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.

 

Reasonable Suspicion Rates by Employee Category and Employer Size

Pre-Employment Rates by Employee Category and Employer Size

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

Map - 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

Map - 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 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 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

Map - 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

Map - 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

Map - Random Drug Rates by FTA Region and Employer Type

T = transit                  C = contractor

Random Alcohol Rates by FTA Region and Employer Type

Map - 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

Map - 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

Map - 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

Map - 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 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. 

 

Positive Rates by Test Type and Drug Type

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

 

Percentage by Drug Type of Total Drug Detections for Each Test Type

 

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.

Positive Rates by Test Type, Employer Type, and Drug Type

 

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.

 

Positive Rates by Test Type, Employer Size, and Drug Type-Large Employers

Positive Rates by Test Type, Employer Size, and Drug Type-Small and Rural

 

       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.

Positive Rates for Four Test Types Combined by Employee Category and Drug Type

Random Positive Rates by Employee Category and Drug Type

Post-Accident Positive Rates by Employee Category and Drug Type

 

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.

 

Reasonable Suspicion Positive Rates by Employee Category and Drug Type

Pre-Employment Positive Rates by Employee Category and Drug Type

 

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

 

M

C

P

O

A

M

C

P

O

A

M

C

P

O

A

M

C

P

O

A

M

C

P

O

A

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 Rates

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 Rates by Employer Type / Return to Duty Rates by Employer Size / Return to Duty Rates by Employer Size and 

Employer Type

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 Rates by Employer Category

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 Rates by Employer Category and Employer Type / Return to Duty Rates by Employer Category and Employer Size

 

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

Map - 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 Type

 

Transit

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 Positives

 

Transit

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

Testing Events

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 Positives

 

Large

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 Type

 

RVO

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 Rates

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 Rates by Employer Type / Follow-Up Rates by Employer Size

Follow-Up Rates by Employer Size and Employer Type


 

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 Rates by Employee Category

 

 

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 Rates by Employee Category and Employer Type

 

Follow-Up Rates by Employee Category and Employer Size

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

Map - 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

Map - 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
Vermont

New Jersey
New York
Virgin Islands

Delaware
District of
  Columbia

Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia

Alabama
Florida
Georgia

Kentucky

Mississippi
North Carolina Puerto Rico

South Carolina
Tennessee

Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Ohio
Wisconsin

Region 6

Region 7

Region 8

Region 9

Region 10

Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico Oklahoma
Texas

Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska


Colorado
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Utah
Wyoming

 

American Samoa

Arizona
California
Guam

Hawaii
Nevada
Northern

  Mariana Islands

Alaska
Idaho
Oregon
Washington


Appendix C.  MIS Data Collection Form

                     

U.S. DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing 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.