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*City of Mounds View* DOT Drug -Free Workplace Policy 2020 Version 7 2. One or more motor vehicles incurring disabling damage as a result of the accident, requiring the motor vehicle to be transported away from the scene by a tow truck or other motor vehicle. A driver may be directed to submit to a drug and/or alcohol test at the accident scene by a federal, state, or local law enforcement officer. Whenever a test is conducted by a law enforcement officer, the driver is required to immediately contact his/her supervisor or other Company official to report the drug and/or alcohol test result and to provide the Company with the name, badge number, and telephone number of the law enforcement officer who conducted the test. Whenever a driver is involved in a DOT Accident and is not tested for drugs and/or alcohol by a law enforcement official, the driver is required to immediately contact his/her supervisor or other Company official and remain available to be tested. A driver who is subject to post-accident testing must remain available for testing or the Company may consider the driver to have refused to submit to testing. (See Post-Accident Flowchart to determine if testing is required). As permitted by DOT guidance and based on the Company's independent authority, drivers involved in a DOT Accident and required to take a Post-Accident drug and/or alcohol test will be removed from safety-sensitive duties until the Post-Accident test results are reported to the Company. While awaiting the Post-Accident test results, the driver will be placed on non-disciplinary suspension. Hourly (non- exempt) employees will not be compensated for time missed from work if the test result is positive, adulterated or substituted, but will be compensated if the test result is negative. Alcohol: Tests should be administered within two (2) hours of an accident. If unable to test within the two (2) hour time period, the employer must document the reason(s) for the time delay. If the test was not performed within eight (8) hours, cease attempts to administer the test and document the reason(s) why the test was not conducted. The driver must refrain from consuming alcohol for eight (8) hours after an accident and/or until the test has been completed. A driver who is subject to post-accident testing must remain available or the employer may consider the driver to have refused to submit to testing. Drugs: Tests should be administered within thirty-two (32) hours after an accident. If the test was not performed within thirty-two (32) hours, the employer will cease attempts and prepare and maintain a record stating the reason(s) why the test was not conducted. In the event of a DOT Accident that involves a traffic citation, the citation must have been issued within the foregoing prescribed time periods (8 hours for alcohol and 32 hours for drugs from the time of the accident) to trigger a referral for a DOT post-accident test. In the event a traffic citation is not issued within the prescribed time periods and no DOT post-accident test is performed, the Company reserves the right, as recognized by the DOT, to require a non-DOT post-accident test based on its independent authority and discretion, and within the limits, if any, of applicable law. Drivers may refer to the Company’s non-DOT policy, if any, concerning non-DOT testing. RANDOM Every driver shall submit to random testing as directed by the Company pursuant to DOT regulations. All such tests will be unannounced and performed at reasonable intervals throughout the year.