by TSS, Inc. | Oct 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
The TSS Health Fair is just around the corner! Held annually, TSS has been part of the Ketchikan Community Health Fair for the past two decades as part of our company’s mission to support the well-being of the communities we work and live in. Since the COVID...
by TSS, Inc. | Sep 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Many TSS clients are seasonal clients. This means they only operate during certain parts of the year, usually mid-March through October. It is crucial for Designated Employer Representatives working for seasonal employers regulated by the U.S. Department of...
by TSS, Inc. | Sep 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Renee Schofield, CEO TSS Observed every September since 1989, National Recovery Month focuses on all resources, supports, and events that can and should be provided to support those in recovery, those who are moving toward recovery, and their families. Most...
by TSS, Inc. | Jul 29, 2025 | Featured, Uncategorized, Workplace Safety
In 2023 and 2024, July temperatures broke temperature records for the previous years, a trend that is on track to continue in 2025, and August promises no relief. With temperatures soaring, many workers are vulnerable to heat-related illness and even death. More than...
by TSS, Inc. | Jun 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Sometimes the funniest things happen in our offices! One day in the first year or so of operation, Lloyd Gossman decided to really have some fun with me. Lloyd was a safety director at the time for a local construction company. He came to the office with both of his...
by TSS, Inc. | Jun 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
The 4th of July holiday is right around the corner, and for many of us, that means celebrating with fireworks. According to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC), emergency rooms treated 9,700 Americans with fireworks-related injuries in 2023. Of...
by TSS, Inc. | Jun 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
The DER, or Designated Employer Representative, is responsible for keeping employees and the company in compliance with federal (Department of Transportation) drug and alcohol testing requirements. Over the next few months, we will highlight the DER’s...
by TSS, Inc. | Jun 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Since the early days and still today, I consider the partners we work with part of the team. As TSS grew from a small basement office into the business we are now, I learned just how critical drug testing services are to community health and safety, and to what degree...
by TSS, Inc. | Jun 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
Do your collectors work at various work sites? As summer ramps up and your staff head out to do drug screens in the field, it is important that you ensure their safety. Often, when we talk about safety, we think of hard hats, gloves, eyeglasses, etc. And often, we...
by TSS, Inc. | Jun 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
In our work with Designated Employer Representatives (DERs), or those who manage a business’s drug and alcohol testing program, we often see some confusion about who makes the call that an employee’s behavior during a drug or alcohol test collection constitutes a...
