<< >> NASA ASRS Report 367975, March 1997

A mechanic employed by an air carrier with DC9 equipment was returned to duty without a recommendation from the air carrier medical review officer.

Attributes
ACN	367975
Time
Date	199703
Day	Wed
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : teb
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other oversight : supervisor
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	367975
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

An a&P mechanic tested positive for marijuana. Although he was suspended and retested before returning to work (with follow-up testing), the FAA drug abatement division alleges that: 1) the follow-up testing was done per a schedule and frequency established by the medical review officer. 2) employee returned to work without being evaluated by the medical review officer with an appropriate recommendation. Appropriate corrective action has been taken and implemented.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A MECH EMPLOYED BY AN ACR WITH DC9 EQUIP WAS RETURNED TO DUTY WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ACR MEDICAL REVIEW OFFICER.

Narrative: AN A&P MECH TESTED POSITIVE FOR MARIJUANA. ALTHOUGH HE WAS SUSPENDED AND RETESTED BEFORE RETURNING TO WORK (WITH FOLLOW-UP TESTING), THE FAA DRUG ABATEMENT DIVISION ALLEGES THAT: 1) THE FOLLOW-UP TESTING WAS DONE PER A SCHEDULE AND FREQUENCY ESTABLISHED BY THE MEDICAL REVIEW OFFICER. 2) EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK WITHOUT BEING EVALUATED BY THE MEDICAL REVIEW OFFICER WITH AN APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATION. APPROPRIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN AND IMPLEMENTED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.