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.
10 Common Sense Ladder Safety Tips
Ready to put up your holiday décor? Pulling out that ladder might be risky business!According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more than half a million people are treated for ladder-related injuries every year in the United States and about 300 people die...
2023 End of Year
Can you believe it? It’s almost the end of the year. This is an important time to make sure all your drug testing documents are in order, that employee lists are correct with TSS, that all your test copies have results attached to them and that they are in a secure...
Winter Pedestrian Safety
Pedestrians are considered the most vulnerable people on the roadway because of just how easily they can get hurt or overlooked by drivers, especially at this time of year. Dark mornings and early evenings are upon us and since the sun rises later and sets earlier...
The Cost of Workplace Fatigue
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...
Join TSS for Red Ribbon Week 2023
Each year, communities across the country and our team at TSS, commemorate Red Ribbon Week October 23 - 31st. The mission of this annual campaign is to help kids stay drug-free, so they can be the best they can be now and into the future. Keep in mind, that research...
Tips for Safe Disposal of Unused or Expired Medications
Just about everyone has old antibiotics, pain relievers and other prescription medications gathering dust in their medicine cabinet. While these drugs are intended to support your health, they may be dangerous or even deadly when they end up in the wrong hands. So...
Safety is No Accident: Prevent Slips, Trips and Falls
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...
What is the best drug testing option for your business?
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...
Avoid farming accidents and injuries
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...
4 Basic Dump Truck Safety Tips
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...
International Overdose Awareness Day – August 31
A note from our CEO Over the last 20 years, a sharp increase in drug overdoses, and hundreds of thousands of senseless overdose deaths, have created a critical public health concern in the United States and around the world. The data is alarming. From 1999 to 2017,...
Meet the Collector: Aubrey McCurley
Hi, my name is Aubrey McCurley. I have worked in TSS’s Juneau office as a Certified Drug Test Collector since October 2022. At our Juneau location, we do a little bit of everything including a lot of drug testing and fingerprinting. I love my job with TSS because I’ve...
Newsletter Archive
TSS CEO Renee Schofield and her team of safety specialists share wisdom from 20-plus years in the safety industry.
With One Goal In Mind: Safety Matters!
We'll help you make your workplace, community and home safer for all! Contact us now.
Have an Emergency?
Post Accident Emergency Hotline:
Ketchikan: (907) 401-3003
Juneau: (907) 321-3937
Keokuk: (319) 524-5051