Why a drug free workplace? Did you know that employees who abuse drugs and alcohol at work cost their employers an amount equal to one-quarter of their annual salaries in hidden losses? People who use alcohol and other drugs in the workplace, have four times as many accidents, up to 16 times as many absences, and five times as many Workers' Compensation claims as workers who are drug free. They also work at two-thirds the productivity level of their fellow employees. Even more serious, workers with personal problems involving alcohol and drug abuse could be endangering their own lives and the lives of fellow employees in the workplace. D.D.T.A. Services Inc. is dedicated to helping businesses reduce drug and alcohol related accidents through the implementation of drug free workplace programs.

Why implement a Drug Free Workplace Program?

40% of serious workplace accidents and 40% of fatal workplace accidents have drug and/or alcohol involvement.
(Occupational Medicine)

38% of all Workers' Compensation claims are related to drug and/or alcohol abuse in the workplace.
(National Council on Compensation Insurance)

Approximately 90% of all alcohol users and 74% of drug users are employed.
(National Institute on Drug Abuse, Dept. of Health and Human Services)

An average of 15%-17% of employees in every U.S. company are substance abusers.
(Bureau of Labor Statistics)

40% of the time a substance abuser causes an accident in the workplace, a co-worker is injured.
(Occupational Medicine)

Substance abusers are 33%-50% less productive at work than their drug free co-workers.
(Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation)

Users are absent an average of three weeks more per year and tardy three times more often than drug free employees.
(Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation)

An estimated 50%-80% of all pilferage, theft, and loss in the workplace, are due to substance abusing employees.
(Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compenstation)

Substance abusers are three to four times more likely to have an accident on the job and five times more likely to file a Workers' Compensation claim than drug free employees.
(Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation)

Substance abusers file 300%-400% more costly medical claims than employees who are drug free.
(Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation)

In most States, the Bureau of Workers Compensation offers reduced rates on Workers Compensation Insurance premiums for companies who implement drug free workplace programs. Contact DDTA Services Inc. to find out how a drug free workplace program can benefit your company!

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