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On-Site, On-Shift Collection for a Marine Terminal: In Step With the Terminal's Rhythm

A waterfront operation needed random-program collections without interrupting the shift. The collectors came to the terminal, before the shift did.

  • ON-SITE
  • URINE + BAT
  • SHIFT WINDOWS

35+

Years in New Jersey

Hundreds

Of clients

~15K

Safety-sensitive workers covered

21

NJ counties served

99%

Year-over-year retention

A marine terminal operation runs on fixed shift windows, and sending selected workers off site for collections would have cost hours of work per person. PSI built the collection routine around those windows: crews arrive ahead of the shift, collections run in the windows the terminal allows, breath alcohol testing happens on site just before or during safety-sensitive work with any result of 0.02 or higher going straight from our technician to the DER, and the paperwork leaves complete. The random program now runs as part of the terminal's routine.

How the engagement runs

  • Collections scheduled to the operation's own windows, not a clinic's hours
  • Chain of custody maintained in the field on every collection
  • Pre-employment collections for new terminal hires, done on site
  • 24/7 emergency collection response for after-hours post-accident and reasonable-suspicion incidents the operation's supervisors call
  • Return-to-duty support when a worker needs the path back
  • Clearinghouse queries and reporting for the CDL drivers on the roster
  • The same collector crew returns, so the routine stays familiar

About this example

  • Details generalized to protect the client's confidentiality; the terminal, its operator, and its size are not identified

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