Specific Results
These companies did something. They all instituted a drug
testing program. These trained supervisors made employees
aware of the impact of drug and alcohol abuse on safety and
productivity and in many cases provided a structured
opportunity for the drug and alcohol affected employee to
return back to work, post incident and post treatment.
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A 300 employee poultry processor in Tacoma, WA
experienced a $150,000 reduction in worker compensation
costs the first year of implementation.
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A 300 employee poultry processor in Mount Vernon, WA
experienced a $450,000 reduction in worker compensation
costs when a complete managed program and other safety
and injured worker programs were instituted at the same
time.
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A 600+ employee window manufacturing firm
experienced a reduction in accident rates from 137
accidents per 200,000 hours to 17 in the first year of
implementation. As a self insured company, they saved
$200,000 in physician related expenses the first year.
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A Tacoma, WA wholesale grocery company saved over
$250,000 in worker compensation costs in the first year
of implementation.
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A 250 employee California retail grocery store
reduced their annual worker compensation loss from $750,000 to
less than $200,000 in one year.
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A 150 employee electric supply company saw a 36%
increase in productivity and a 39% decrease in
absenteeism at seven locations where the program was
fully implemented.
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A 220 employee synthetic fiber manufacturer saw
their turnover rate go from 15% to less than 1% and
absenteeism decline from 2.9% to 1.7%.
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A 1,000 employee food wholesaler/retailer had a 15%
decrease in unexcused absenteeism, a 75% drop in
incidence of property damage, and an overall 50%
decrease in injuries.
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A 4,000 employee citrus products company saw a 50%
decline in loss time accidents and no increase in
medical expenses.
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A 220 employee plumbing
contractor achieved a $385,000 savings in compensation
and insurance premiums over previous years when there
was no program. Reduced turnover netted a $20,000
reduction in personnel advertising costs and worker compensation claims
decreased from 111 annually before the program began
to 35 in 1990.
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An 800 employee mechanical
contractor received a $19 to $1 return on the investment
after initiating the program. Worker compensation premiums went from $2
million to $1.26 million after the first year of the
program. Their premium has since gone down to $264,000.
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