Drug use and workplace safety: Issues and good practice responses

Ken Pidd; Ann Roche; Vinita Duraisingam

doi:10.4337/9781788118095.00012

Drug use and workplace safety: Issues and good practice responses

Ken Pidd, Ann Roche, Vinita Duraisingam

College of Medicine and Public Health

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Abstract

Employee alcohol and other drug use has potential negative implications for workplace safety. This chapter reviews current evidence concerning the prevalence of employee use, implications of use for human performance and cognition, and the associated risk to workplace accident and injury. Common strategies designed to minimize risk are reviewed and good practice guidelines for implementing these strategies are provided.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Increasing Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces
Subtitle of host publication	Individual, Work and Organizational Factors
Editors	Ronald J. Burke, Astrid M. Richardsen
Place of Publication	Cheltenham, UK
Publisher	Edward Egar Publishing
Chapter	4
Pages	69-92
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	9781788118095
ISBN (Print)	978 1 78811 808 8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788118095.00012
Publication status	Published - 2019

Keywords

alcohol
drug use
employee
human performance
minimize risk
good practice

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Increasing Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces : Individual, Work and Organizational Factors. ed. / Ronald J. Burke; Astrid M. Richardsen. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Egar Publishing, 2019. p. 69-92.

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