Four out of 10 fatal workplace accidents involve drug use, according to figures cited by a risk control specialist speaking at a recent industry meeting on drug abuse at construction sites.
He and other participants at the roundtable session on construction safety and drug abuse reinforced previous findings by government researchers that there is widespread drug abuse in the construction industry.
The session convened by the drug testing firm Avitar Inc. in Newton, Mass., also heard from representatives of construction firms and a labor management partnership.
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