Our Safety Blog & Newsletter
TSS is committed to helping businesses, communities and individuals create safe environments — regardless of whether you're a client. Visit our safety blog, and sign up for our free, monthly newsletter to find information covering many topics related to workplace, community and in-home safety.
If you would like to participate in one of our webinars or attend a TSS-sponsored event, you can view what we have coming up on our calendar.
Drug-Free Workplace? How it Benefits Your Employees and Your Business
Drug testing may not be required under Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations, but the many, many businesses that must follow federal testing regulations, have come to realize the significant value that a drug-free workplace policy has added...
Keep Safe During Winter Fire Season
Did you know December, January and February are peak months for house fires? More home cooking and heating as well as holiday decorations, winter storms and the use of candles – all increase the risk of fire during the cold months. Each year, about 900 people die in...
Coach’s Corner: Skip the Resolutions
When she is not at TSS, ensuring you are safe at work, CEO Renee Schofield provides wellness, health and career coaching services. A certified health coach, Renee recently started NO SPEED LIMIT, a coaching business with the mission of helping clients live their best...
December is National Safe Toys and Gifts Month
No matter what you are celebrating this time of year, toys and gifts for the little ones in your life are probably part of it. So, it’s hardly surprising that December is National Safe Toys and Gifts Month. One of the best parts of the holidays is watching your...
Employers and the Workplace Vaccine Mandate
As employers, we are responsible for the health and wellbeing of our employees at work and the people our business serves. Over the last two years, this basic responsibility has taken on entirely new dimensions. We quickly had to learn COVID precautions and protocols...
The Schofield Coss Report
In my role as a Certified Occupational Safety Specialist, I often hear from employers who tell me that impairment is affecting their workplace productivity in greater numbers than ever before. That’s not surprising when we know that the drug screen positivity rate has...
An Important Announcement from FMCSA
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently announced that states must downgrade commercial driver’s licenses and learning permits for commercial drivers with drug and alcohol violations within 60 days of the time the state is notified. The...
How Health & Life Coaches Improve our Lives
You may know that TSS Inc.’s CEO is a woman of many skills. In addition to safety, drug-free workplaces and the U.S. Coast Guard, Renee Schofield is also passionate about improving people’s lives through health and wellness. Earlier this year, Renee became a certified...
Community Health Fair 101
TSS is pleased to continue the annual tradition of inviting our neighbors, clients and friends to the Ketchikan Community Health Fair runs Mondays through Fridays, starting November 1 to Friday, November 12, 7:30 a.m. - noon. We will be performing blood draws at the...
November is Health Fair Month
For more than 20 years, TSS, Inc has been part of the Ketchikan Community Health Fair, in keeping with our company's mission to support the wellbeing of those who work and live in the communities we serve. We are pleased to continue this annual tradition of inviting...
DEA Issues Public Safety Alert About Influx of Dangerous Counterfeit Pills
The Drug Enforcement Administration last month posted a public safety alert warning that international and domestic drug networks are flooding the United States with fake prescription pills containing potentially deadly doses of fentanyl and methamphetamine. According...
Is Your Child Being Bullied?
Although school is supposed to be a place where kids feel safe and supported, for some children the school day is torturous and riddled with hurt and pain because they are being bullied. In the long term, being a subject of relentless bullying can have a devastating...
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TSS CEO Renee Schofield and her team of safety specialists share wisdom from 20-plus years in the safety industry.
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