Facts & Statistics
Do Prevention Programs Actually Work?
To measure the effectiveness of safety programs, Texaco Corporation measured time lost after an accident in their own refinery employees and also in the employees of their contractors. Texaco corporation after initiating a drug and alcohol program found that over four years, work related accidents causing the workers not to show up for work the following day dropped fifty percent in their own employees (Fig. 1) and also fifty percent in the contract construction people who work on their pipelines. (Fig. 2)
They estimate a 2.5 million-dollar savings on insurance costs at their New Orleans plant alone.

The following two charts represent the number of incidences per every 200,000 hours worked that led to an employee or contractor being unable to return to the job because of a work-related injury.
CONSEQUENCES FOR NON COMPLIANCE
Examples of Fines

1. FAA Proposes $172,500 Fine Against
Chautauqua Airlines for Employee Drug
and Alcohol Testing Violations

2. FAA Proposes $100,000 Civil Penalty
Against Delta Airlines for Drug Testing
Violations

3. Fine of $10,000 by breach to the
Anti-Drug Program

4. Fine of $7,460.00 by breach of the
Anti-Drug Program

5. Fine of $2,000 by breach of the
Anti-Drug Program

6. Order of cease of activities
LOST PRODUCTIVITY...............................$ 9,464
ACCIDENT....................................................$ 2,250
ABSENTEEISM.............................................$ 1,925
HEALTHCARE COSTS................................$ 3,600
WORKERS COMPENSATION...................$ 6,664
ANNUAL COST TO AN EMPLOYER........$ 17,839
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