Post-Accident Thresholds

Rod Sams

Overview

New post-accident regulations Who & When to Test Common Problems Group exercise – Scenarios Questions

Ancillary Vehicle

Vehicles used by armed security personnel.

Accidents involving supervisor or general manager vehicles, not used to transport passengers, do not meet this definition

Fatality

Test? Discount driver? Who would you test? Driver, Dispatch, Mechanic?

Disabling Damage

Example? Test? Discount driver? Who would you test? Driver, Dispatch, Mechanic?

Non-DOT Testing

When? Why? Notice to employees?

Time Limits

Alcohol Document after 2 hours Cease after 8 hours

Drug 32 hours

Common Errors

DOT test after every accident

Use post-accident cards

Common Errors

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Audit

Did accident meet threshold? Correcting ATF/CCF forms? Testing w/in timeframe? Alcohol test 1st?

Scenarios

Did the accident

result in a fatality?

Did the accident result in a fatality?

Did the accident result in bodily injury requiring

immediate medical treatment away from the

accident scene?

Did the accident result in bodily injury requiring

immediate medical treatment away from the

accident scene?

No No

Did any vehicle involved in the accident incur disabling damage

requiring a tow from the scene?

Did any vehicle involved in the accident incur disabling damage

requiring a tow from the scene?

No

No FTATesting

CompleteDocumentation

No FTATesting

CompleteDocumentation

Can the operator’s performance be completely discountedas a contributing factor to the accident?

Can the operator’s performance be completely discountedas a contributing factor to the accident?

Yes

FTA Testing Required – Complete DocumentationFTA Testing Required – Complete Documentation

Yes

Yes

No

Could any other covered employee’s performance have contributed to the accident, using the best information available at the time of the decision?

Yes

Yes

No

FTA Post-Accident Testing Decision Tree

More information

http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov

Fta.damis@volpe.dot.gov

FTA Drug & Alcohol Project Office 617-494-6336