by TSS, Inc. | Mar 8, 2024 | Substance Use, Workplace Safety
Drug and alcohol abuse in the workplace is harmful for everyone. Substance use can impair a worker’s ability to make cognitive decisions, emotions, actions, etc. and you never know how someone will behave under the influence. Most importantly, the safety of the...
by TSS Safety | Feb 12, 2024 | Featured, Workplace Safety
As a business owner, you can take every precaution under the sun to ensure a safe workplace. But if your employees are coming to work exhausted after only a few hours of sleep, your diligence may not be enough to avoid accidents and injuries. According to a report...
by TSS, Inc. | Jan 9, 2024 | Workplace Safety
The new year is always a good time to review safety in your workplace and adjust or develop your safety plan accordingly. One of the first steps to doing this is to be aware of the dangers in your place of business and the wider community, and then implement safety...
by TSS, Inc. | Jan 8, 2024 | Testing Services, Workplace Safety
By Eric Bartholomew, TSS-Keokuk As a drug screen technician/collector, and Third Party Administrator (TPA), I can tell you from experience that dealing with a good Designated Employee Representative (DER) certainly makes my job a bit easier! DER Duties The DER is...
by TSS, Inc. | Jan 8, 2024 | Drug Screening, Workplace Safety
Federally mandated employers are required to have clearly defined drug and alcohol policies. This includes anyone who operates a business regulated by a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) modal agency – Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Transit...
by TSS, Inc. | Dec 5, 2023 | Drug Screening, Substance Use, Workplace Safety
According to the latest statistics from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), problems with substance use and addiction continue to grow in the United States. The new data, based on responses to SAMHSA’s annual National Survey on Drug...
by TSS Safety | Dec 5, 2023 | Featured, OSHA, Workplace Safety
In many parts of the country the cold winter weather has arrived, and with it come numerous health and safety hazards that aren’t always visible to the naked eye. Cold stress, which occurs when the skin and body temperature is driven down to the point where the body...
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...