by TSS, Inc. | Nov 8, 2023 | Featured, Workplace Safety
With the change from Daylight Savings Time, grayer skies, colder weather, fewer hours of sunlight, as well as the start of cold and flu season, there are many reasons workers may be fatigued in the late fall and winter. In addition, the stress of the holidays and...
by TSS, Inc. | Oct 3, 2023 | Workplace Safety
We’re heading into Slip, Trip and Fall season! With frost and snow just around the corner, this is a good time to offer some workplace training to avoid potential accidents. Slips, Trips and Falls (STFs) are the second leading cause of workplace injuries and are...
by TSS Safety | Sep 6, 2023 | Drug Screening, Featured, Workplace Safety
At the heart of what we do at TSS is the conviction that safe workplaces must be drug-free workplaces. For this reason, we always urge the businesses we work with to establish robust drug policies and screening programs. Naturally, one of the questions that frequently...
by TSS, Inc. | Sep 5, 2023 | Community Safety, Featured, Workplace Safety
Beginning in the spring and ending in late fall farmers will work long exhausting hours, in physically taxing conditions and challenging environments that are full of potential hazards. So it’s hardly surprising that agriculture is one of the most hazardous jobs you...
by TSS, Inc. | Sep 5, 2023 | Featured, Workplace Safety
Like any other job site situation involving heavy equipment, operating or working around dump trucks can pose significant safety risks to your workers, if they aren’t taking proper precautions. Between 2011 and 2020, 809 workers died from accidental injuries that...
by TSS, Inc. | Aug 3, 2023 | Community Safety, Featured, Workplace Safety
You wouldn’t automatically think about hydration being a workplace or community safety issue. But it is. As we see record temperatures across the nation, keeping the body properly hydrated is a critical health issue, not just for your employees, but for everyone – the...
by TSS, Inc. | Jul 5, 2023 | Training, Workplace Safety
Communication is the hallmark of keeping people safe. Even when we “think” people know what’s going on, we must remember that not everyone at our job site is operating with the same levels of training. The new guy on the construction site has never worked in the...
by TSS, Inc. | Jun 6, 2023 | Featured, Workplace Safety
Safety does not just happen. While some employees are a bit more apt to think about how things might go awry, not everyone does. I often hear, “Everybody knows that!” Of course, folks know that if you hit your thumb with a hammer, it’s going to hurt! But does...
by TSS, Inc. | Jun 6, 2023 | Community Safety, Featured, Workplace Safety
As we head into the dog days of summer and extreme temperatures are becoming increasingly common, it’s important to be proactive in protecting ourselves, our families and our employees from the risks of heat-related illnesses. In the United States, an average of 702...
by TSS Safety | May 2, 2023 | Featured, Workplace Safety
Since the start of COVID, the home has become a workplace for many of us. That means that in addition to general use, we are now relying on our residential electrical system to handle the needs of our home offices. While at our actual workplaces safety policies and...
