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: Nearly eight million people performing safety-sensitive transportation jobs are covered by DOT drug and alcohol regulations. These include pilots, truck drivers, subway operators, ship captains, pipeline controllers, airline mechanics, locomotive engineers, bus drivers, and armed security, among others. The general purpose of the FRA program is to prevent accidents and casualties in railroad operations that result from impairment of employees by alcohol and/or drugs. US Drug Test Centers provides drug and alcohol testing services throughout the United States. Our test centers provide drug testing for all DOT agencies including: 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.