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SAIF’s annual agriculture safety seminars return for the 27th year

The free trainings begin in November and run through March 2025.

SAIF’s annual agriculture safety seminars are back! Held in 16 cities across the state, these free trainings will begin in November 2024 and run through March 2025. Ten of the trainings are conducted entirely in Spanish. 

Although the seminars are designed for owners, operators, supervisors, and foremen, anyone working in the agricultural industry, as well as agents, is welcome to attend. Small agricultural employers attending the seminar will meet one of the four requirements that exempt small ag operations from random OSHA inspections. 

Three hours of technical and one hour of business continuing education credits are available from the Landscape Contractors Board. Four regular producer continuing education credit hours for licensed insurance agents are pending approval by the Department of Consumer and Business Services. We are pleased to announce the Oregon Department of Agriculture has approved the seminar for two core pesticide continuing education credits.  

Topics for 2024-25: 

Navigating Oregon OSHA’s top citations

Coexistence with agriculture chemicals revisited

Winter warriors: Cold stress safety on the farm

Emergency first aid on the farm

Presenters: 

Eric Lloyd, safety consultant with Risk Management Resources, Inc.

Wes Koester, SAIF safety management consultant

Edgard Garcia-Ramirez, SAIF translator

Emmanual “Manny” Arrellin-Lara, Oregon Risk Management Solutions bilingual safety consultant

Locations 

The seminars start in November of this year and last through March 2025. Check here for dates, locations throughout Oregon, and to register.

If you have questions, please get in touch with Brittany Wilcox at 503.373.8678.