re: Oil and Gas/Chemical plant drug testing

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Depends. Was he high when he caused the accident?

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Yes he was high but you could not tell....

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Even with a script you shouldn't be allowed to work on opiates.

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This is what I meant... If I knew he was on any kind of mind altering meds I would give him other duties or he stays home...

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Things you have done yesterday, should have no effect on your liability today. Yesterday is over, it's no longer part of the equation. If you can someone for smoking weed a week ago you're not saving the planet or doing anything noble. It's just a way for companies to pass off their liability.

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I agree with all of this... I am a yard manager for a scaffold company. In charge of drivers and workers in the yard, pulling orders and driving forklifts.. So I have to be alert to how my crew is up to. However. I went like 7-8 years and drank 7-8 16 oz beers every night and showed up the next day ready to go. On the weekends it may have been more.. But I was on call 24/7 so I had to moderate in case of having to go in...I was never drunk when called out.I KNEW BETTER. The guys that would come in I knew which ones could do what... I would love to smoke a joint every once in a while down at my friends camp on the weekends. But I can't... One of the best yard workers I have ever had was a meth head but never came to work while on it. But one day he had something real shitty happen to him and I could tell he was different and had to run him off.