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Re: Drinking on the Job?
Author: Retired RR
Date: 10-25-2017 - 16:13

Alcohol and later drugs has been a serious problem in the railroad business up until the 1987 AMTRAK Crash, Chase, MD. Afterward the Engineer Ricky Gates went before Congress and testified how prevalent an issue this was. Soon afterward Congress mandated Drug & Alcohol testing for a railroad employees in safety sensitive positions.

There are a few that still try, but its become rare. Many railroads offer a "bypass" program, allowing an employee to turn himself or a peer in and allowing that person the opportunity for treatment. If you however are caught by Management, Federal law only allows you to get treatment once, then you are terminated after a second event. If you were to get hired by another railroad and caught yet again you can be barred from all railroads by the FRA for I believe 6 years.

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Drinking on the Job? Sgt. Joe Friday 10-24-2017 - 15:03
  Re: Drinking on the Job? Nudge 10-24-2017 - 18:51
  Re: Drinking on the Job? George Andrews 10-24-2017 - 19:13
  Re: Drinking on the Job? exespee 10-25-2017 - 11:13
  Re: Drinking on the Job? John Bruce 10-25-2017 - 12:13
  Re: Drinking on the Job? david vartanoff 10-25-2017 - 13:32
  Re: Drinking on the Job? Ed Workman 10-25-2017 - 14:40
  Re: Drinking on the Job? Goatboat 10-25-2017 - 14:48
  Re: Drinking on the Job? Retired RR 10-25-2017 - 16:13
  Re: Drinking on the Job? Dr Zarkoff 10-25-2017 - 18:38
  Re: Drinking on the Job? Tommy J 10-25-2017 - 19:58
  Re: Drinking on the Job? WebDigger 10-25-2017 - 22:34
  Re: Drinking on the Job? HUTCH 7,62 10-25-2017 - 20:06
  Re: Drinking on the Job? Dr Zarkoff 10-25-2017 - 20:28
  Re: Drinking on the Job? Nudge 10-25-2017 - 17:52
  Re: Drinking on the Job? Sgt. Joe Friday 10-26-2017 - 14:33


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