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