by TSS, Inc. | Jun 6, 2023 | Featured, TSS
LynnLee Mitchell grew up in Ketchikan in a construction family. She has worked at many different jobs, including a variety of seasonal jobs in Ketchikan (Cedars Lodge on the dock and runner for the cruise ships at Southeast Stevedoring, to name a few). She moved to...
by TSS, Inc. | May 3, 2023 | Community Safety, Featured, Substance Use
Over the last months, we have repeatedly shared information about xylazine or “tranq”, a powerful non-opioid veterinary sedative that is emerging as a deadly threat in the illicit drug scene in the United States, and caused the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency...
by TSS, Inc. | May 3, 2023 | Community Safety, Featured
| By Ginny Clay, TSS Operations Manager To me, the most important message you should take away from National Safe Boating Week each year is: WEAR YOUR LIFEJACKET. In March, I, as the Flotilla Commander, for U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 170-01-05, had the...
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...
by TSS, Inc. | Apr 4, 2023 | Featured, Home Safety, Workplace Safety
Did you know that poisoning is the number one cause of unintentional death in the United States? In 2021, for example, there were more than 102,000 deaths from unintentional poisoning, according to the Centers for Disease Control. While the majority of these were...
by TSS, Inc. | Apr 3, 2023 | Community Safety, Featured
We see it on our roads every day: Drivers looking at their phones, eating or drinking, putting on their make-up, or turning around to talk to their kids while in traffic or as they’re speeding down the highway. While distracted drivers are often just an annoyance to...
by TSS, Inc. | Apr 3, 2023 | Featured, TSS
This article is part of a series of posts introducing you to the TSS team and the people you may be working closely with. My name is Ginny Clay. I am the operations manager at TSS, Inc and I work in the Ketchikan office. I have worked for TSS for 19...
by TSS, Inc. | Apr 3, 2023 | Featured, FMCSA
Recently, we’ve heard many questions surrounding the definition of owner-operator, what owner-operators are required to do to remain compliant with U.S. Department of Transportation drug and alcohol guidelines, and how owner-operators should register in the Federal...
by TSS, Inc. | Mar 7, 2023 | Featured, Substance Use
A non-opioid veterinary tranquilizer called xylazine, also known as “tranq”, is emerging as a deadly threat in the illicit drug scene in the United States. People are often exposed to xylazine knowingly or unknowingly when it is combined with other illicit drugs such...
by TSS, Inc. | Mar 7, 2023 | Community Safety, Featured, Substance Use, Teen Drug Use
Did you know? More than 106,000 people in the U.S. died from drug-involved overdoses in 2021, including illicit drugs and prescription opioids. The synthetic opioid fentanyl is 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin and is...
