Whew! Topoff is over, which is a good thing for many, many people around here. It was an extremely valuable exercise and every department here at the OTC learned something […]

Who doesn’t like pumpkin pie? Well, me, actually. I like it fine, it’s just not one of my favorites—which is why I brought half of a homemade pie I was […]

Okay, so not Blazers players. But it’s a fantastic story nonetheless! Bob Burke is an advance scout and former assistant coach for the Blazers. Recently he was in southern California […]

On July 9, I blogged about the usual Friday activities of myself and my co-workers. If you recall (or if you scrolled down to see), we get good eats and […]

Let me begin by offering a sincere apology to the hordes of loyal readers of this blog for missing my new normal two-week blog interval last week. I suppose I […]

I’ve never been a really huge fan of needles. I won’t say I’m afraid of them, as I’ve always been fine getting vaccinations or having blood drawn for physicals. No […]

A short while ago I asked my supervisor to dig up some safety training numbers for me. What she got back to me was astonishing. In fact, I’m so proud […]

Here in Health & Safety I get to communicate daily with a lot of interesting people around the community. Usually it’s by e-mail or phone, and sometimes—if I’m lucky—through the […]

In the Health and Safety Department at OTC we get really excited about what we call “save stories.” We live for true stories of people putting lifesaving skills to work. […]

I’m a little woozy! I just got done giving a double platelet donation – which is awesome in that I got to stay on the clock and go watch a […]