Title: Federal Railroad Administration Consortium | US Drug Test Centers
Headings: FRA – Federal Railroad Administration Drug Testing Consortium
FRA – Federal Railroad Administration Drug Testing Consortium
FRA-MOW Drug Testing
CFR Part 219
Post-Accident Testing
Compliance With FRA Drug and Alcohol Testing

Content: FMCSA, FTA, PHMSA, USCG, FAA, and FRA. FRA-regulated employers must follow guidelines for drug and alcohol testing from DOT rule 49 CFR Part 40 and from FRA rule CFR Part 219. FRA covered employee: A person who performs hours of service functions at a rate sufficient to be placed into the railroad’s random testing program. Categories of personnel who normally perform these functions are locomotive engineers, trainmen, conductors, switchmen, locomotive hostlers/helpers, utility employees, signalmen, operators, and train dispatchers. FRA-MOW Drug Testing
The FRA already applied to covered employees, but more recently, they expanded CFR Part 219 to cover Maintenance-of-Way (MOW) employees, in addition. MOW workers are anyone whose work activities include inspection, repair, or construction of roadways, tracks, bridges, etc. Previously, the FRA tested MOW workers only post-mortem in the event of an accident. However, due to the FRA still finding a high rate of positive drug test results among these deceased MOW workers, MOW employees are now fully subject to CFR Part 219. These workers receive the same minimum rate of random drug and alcohol testing as covered employees.