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

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 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. Also pending approval are two pesticide credits from the Oregon Department of Agriculture. 

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 and locations throughout Oregon. Click here to register. 

If you have questions, please get in touch with Lyn Zielinski-Mills at 503.373.8806.