Maintaining a Drug Free Workplace Policy

Mon, 11/10/2008 - 17:16 — ProActive Healt...

Statistics show that maintaining a drug free workplace policy will reduce the number of accidents or even deaths. The annual numbers have been released and they show an alarming amount of injuries and fatalities that may have been preventable.

If your company has not yet instituted a drug free workplace policy you should contact your Human Resources department and ask why. It could be because they don’t have a policy to maintain. If they don’t have a trained employee that can implement a drug free workplace policy they should seek help. Proactive Health and Safety and companies like them can help set up and go about maintaining a drug free workplace policy.

The latest statistics show that 136,771 injuries were reported under RIDDOR, this works out to be 517.9 injuries per 100,000 employees. There is a possibility that by maintaining a drug free workplace policy some of these injuries may not have happened.

The number of workers killed was 229 which are too many by anyone’s standards.Take into account the amount of days lost to injury or ill health and you tally thirty four million days. Six million due to workplace injuries if companies have drug free workplaces could that number go lower? The only way to achieve less injuries and deaths is to make sure that your have comprehensive policies in place.

When you maintain a drug free workplace policy you increase the odds of beating the latest statistics. Maintaining a drug free workplace policy is everyone’s job. The employer must make one available and follow it properly and the employee needs to be aware of what the policy covers.

To avoid any problems within the workplace you need to provide the proper information concerning your policy and get everyone involved in maintaining a drug free workplace policy.