FRA DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING

Hours of Service employees:

All covered employees who have been assigned to perform service in the United States subject to the hours-of-service laws (49 U.S.C. ch. 211) during a duty tour.

Maintenance-of-Way employees and contractors:

Any employee of a railroad, or of a contractor to a railroad, whose duties include inspection, construction, maintenance or repair of railroad track, bridges, roadway, signal and communication systems, electric traction systems, roadway facilities or roadway maintenance machinery on or near track with the potential of fouling a track, and flagmen and watchmen/lookouts as defined in this section.

Mechanical employees:

Any employee who, on behalf of railroad, performs mechanical tests or inspections required by part 215, 221, 229, 230, 232, 238, or 299 of this chapter on railroad rolling equipment, or its components, except for:

(i) An employee who is a member of a train crew assigned to test or inspect railroad rolling equipment that is part of a train or yard movement the employee has been called to operate.

(ii) An employee who only performs one or more of the following duties:

• Cleaning and/or supplying cabooses, locomotives, or passenger cars with ice, food concession items, drinking water, tools, sanitary supplies, or flagging equipment;
• Servicing activities on locomotives such as fueling, replenishing engine oils and engine water, sanding, and toilet discharge and recharge;
• Checking lading for pilferage or vandalism; or
• Loading, unloading, or shifting car loads.

An employee who only performs work related to the original manufacturing, testing, or inspection of railroad rolling equipment, or its components, on the manufacturer’s behalf, is not a mechanical employee or MECH employee.