Workplace safety has taken on a whole new dimension since early spring. Every day brings new ways to decrease risk and increase (if not assure) worker, client, and customer safety—homemade masks and face shields, UV lights and micro-brewery hand sanitizer and remdesivir. But each new solution seems to come with its …
An increasing number of businesses and organizations are worrying about how they’ll manage their reopening. As we’ve explored in past articles, the “new normal” for workplace security and safety is complicated by the broader pressures straining our economy and country over the last several months. “We’ve always believed in helping …
OSHA is highlighting installing “sneeze guards” as the key to returning to normal business operations in the United States. In their Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration listed “clear plastic sneeze guards” among the key Engineering Controls they believe can aid in curbing workplace …
Workplaces across the United States begin to reopen this month. There are four factors that are likely to have a disproportionate impact on the “new normal” for workplace safety: economic distress domestic violence increased gun sales the virus itself Total Security Solutions CEO Jim Richards points out that the stress …
In a recent Campus Safety webcast focused on hospital security Ben Scaglione (director of healthcare security for DVS, a leading security consulting and engineering firm) noted that “since security isn’t a profit center, it’s important to get it right from the start.” Nonetheless, he’s found that healthcare organizations consistently make …
We don’t need to tell you that the United States is currently in uncharted territory. Most of us are extremely anxious: We’re concerned about our loved ones, our communities, our jobs, and the businesses we rely on in order to keep doing what we do. Owing to the critical health …
TSS has always been focused on providing security solutions to better protect our frontline healthcare workers. Currently, the most immediate threat to their safety is exposure to COVID-19 as they work to save lives around the country. Now more than ever, we at TSS would like to express our continued …
As Total Security Solutions CEO Jim Richards explains, “There are many different ballistic glass products out there, all of them are fit for different applications—and most people call all of them ‘bulletproof glass,‘ no matter what they are.” Specifically, there are five types of bulletproof glass commonly sold today. You …
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic puts new emphasis on safety during face-to-face interaction between front-line employees and customers. As Total Security Solutions clients grapple with how to protect employees providing vital services, our bulletproof security barriers double as another line of defense against invisible viruses spread through moisture droplets from coughs …