All 14,000 Logan International Airport workers could be subjected to daily and repeated security screenings for weapons, drugs and other contraband if a new test program proves it's feasible.

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration this month started setting up special checkpoints to screen employees - from baggage handlers to mechanics to truck drivers - headed into secure, non-passenger areas throughout the airport. Employees accessing secure passenger areas will continue to be screened through regular passenger security checkpoints.

The pilot program was prompted by an incident at Orlando International Airport in March, when two Comair workers were arrested after using their employee badges and uniforms to smuggle guns and drugs onto a flight to Puerto Rico. The arrests demonstrated how easy it was for airport workers to access secure areas carrying weapons or other dangerous items.

"It doesn't take many stories like that before you're convinced that you have to move forward and start screening," said Dennis Treece, corporate security director for the Massachusetts Port Authority, which operates Logan. "The TSA has been doing random employee screening for several years, but we don't think random is enough."

Logan officials will select a different airport location each week and screen all employees each and every time they enter that area. Treece would not disclose details of the screening procedures.

"It's not exactly like passenger screening, because people who work at the airport need to have tools," he said. "Passengers can't take screwdrivers, but electricians have to have them."