Concrete frame specialist MPB Structures has adopted fingerprint drug testing for random on-site drug testing to promote site safety.
The Intelligent Fingerprinting test can be carried out in-house, by the company’s four safety managers, with results for opiates, methamphetamine, cocaine and cannabis all available within minutes.
With a turnover of £120M, MPB is one of the country’s top 10 concrete frame contractors and works on major rail, road and air infrastructure projects across the country from its Midlands-based headquarters. The company has a policy to randomly test 10% of its 1000 workers to ensure that its workforce is fit to work. The Intelligent Fingerprinting solution delivers results on-site within minutes, and replaces MPB’s previous urine drug test method that was provided by an external testing company.
Martin Cragg, Health & Safety Director, MPB Structures says:
“At MPB we work in a high-risk industry and are committed to a programmeme of active drug testing to reinforce our drug usage policy. Our goal is to ensure that workers aren’t under the influence of drugs that can affect their awareness and cause injury to themselves, colleagues or the public. We previously used urine cups to test that, at the time, were the best available option for us. However, no one likes having to pee in a cup or test someone else’s urine!
The new fingerprint method is far more hygienic and convenient for everyone involved and has been well received by both our workers and in-house testers. Intelligent Fingerprinting’s drug testing solution is simpler all around and makes a necessary task significantly easier – especially as we don’t have to tape off and segregate toilet cubicles etc or remove workers from a site to provide a sample. Also, due to the nature of our business and need for on-site testing, we are reassured that the Intelligent Fingerprinting system is robust and eliminates the embarrassment we all previously endured with the urine cup method.”
