PATT vs READI Collect

FRA’s 49 CFR Part 219, Control of Alcohol and Drug Use contains requirements for post-accident testing if certain conditions are met. This application is intended to aid railroads and their contractors in determining when a qualifying accident has occurred that requires Part 219 Subpart C testing. The FRA’s post-accident testing program has been the cornerstone the agency’s drug and alcohol testing efforts since 1985 and pre-dates the publication of most of the rest of Part 219 and the USDOT’s testing procedures regulation, 49 CFR Part 40. Part 219 Subpart C defines the train accident/incident thresholds that require testing. This post-accident testing helps FRA accident investigators determine whether the use of drugs and alcohol by involved railroad employees or contractors may have contributed to the cause or severity of a particular accident. The goal is that each regulated employer (railroad or contractor) is fully prepared to conduct post-accident testing if a rule-triggering event occurs; that the decision to test is made quickly after reasonable inquiry and good faith judgment by an on-site supervisor. Blood and urine collections from surviving employees/contractors must be completed within for (4) hours of the accident with the proper supplies and forms; and blood, urine, and tissue collections from fatally injured personnel must be completed as soon as practicable. In addition, this application is likewise intended to protect employees from inadvertent incursions upon their right-to-privacy represented by tests performed erroneously.

With the READI Collect app, for the firs time you have the ability to request a mobile specimen collector to come to your location anywhere in the United States in record time. With just a few clicks in the READI Collect app you are connected to the READI Network of professional certified drug and alcohol specimen collectors for all kinds of regulated or unregulated tests. For example a driver has an accident in a remote location in the middle of the night, they open the READI Collect app and in minutes they are connected to a collector. The driver the collector and a supervisor can see in real time what is happening. They can all message each other in the app and in the online portal. When the collection is complete, a minute-by-minute and step by step report is available with images of the CCF and shipping waybill. If applicable the driver and collector can take pictures of the scene and load it into the report. This is truly the first time that a carrier has a chance of meeting the very tight requirements of the DOT for post-accident tests. You can also schedule collections ahead of time at your location for random testing, pre-employment tests, job fairs or sporting events. READI Collect has one of the largest nationwide network of collectors to serve all of your safety and compliance needs.