During 2009/10, 8.6% of adults in the UK had used one or more illicit drug during the last year! A startling figure and as we know the knock on effects can and do have serious implications.
A large, multinational manufacturing company had noticed from their accident book that most of the accidents in their forklift truck area happened after the lunchbreak periods of 12-2.30pm.
Unable to locate the problem themselves, London House were called in and after a period of investigation, recommended that a drug & alcohol screening exercise be undertaken to which the employer agreed. All of the drivers were tested and amazingly it was found that 24% of the team tested positive in the afternoon for cannabis. They were all enjoying more than a sandwich for lunch! They were soon looking for new jobs.
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