{"id":633,"date":"2019-03-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/compliance-signs.local\/opioids-now-impact-most-workplaces\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T16:01:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T20:01:39","slug":"opioids-now-impact-most-workplaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.compliancesigns.com\/blog\/opioids-now-impact-most-workplaces\/","title":{"rendered":"NSC: 75% of Employers Impacted by Workplace Opioid Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Seventy-five percent of U.S. employers have been directly affected by opioids but \u2013 startlingly \u2013 only 17% feel extremely well prepared to deal with the issue, according to a survey released by the National Safety Council in recognition of Poison Prevention Week. Thirty-eight percent have experienced absenteeism or impaired worker performance, and 31% have had an overdose, arrest, a near-miss or an injury because of employee opioid use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first time in U.S. history, a person is more likely to die from an accidental opioid overdose than from a motor vehicle crash, according to NSC calculations. In fact, workplace overdose deaths involving drugs or alcohol have increased by at least 25% for five consecutive years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Survey Findings Include:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n