SAIF to hold free agriculture safety seminar in Ontario
By Logan Bagett on Monday, October 19th, 2026 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News
ONTARIO — A free agriculture safety seminar will be held in Ontario next month. The seminars are put on by SAIF, Oregon’s not-for-profit workers’ compensation company. The Ontario session will be Monday, November 2nd, 2026 at the Holiday Inn on Tapadera Avenue.
Click the following link to register: https://cvent.me/bqaAnL
Read the full press release from SAIF below:
SAIF, Oregon’s not-for-profit workers’ compensation company, is traveling across the state to offer free agriculture safety seminars.
This is the 30th year SAIF has offered the seminars, helping Oregon’s farm owners, managers, and workers to stay safe in one of the most hazardous industries.
The seminars are designed primarily for people working in agriculture but are open to anyone interested in safety and health—they don’t have to be insured by SAIF.
SAIF is conducting 29 free ag safety seminars in 16 cities across Oregon starting in November. Seminars will continue through March and nine of the seminars will be presented entirely in Spanish. SAIF will also host online webinars in both January and March in both English and Spanish.
This year’s seminars focus on four topics:
- Your last line of defense: PPE for farm chemical safety
- Analyze this: Ag chemical safety edition
- Ag hacks & cool tools: Why didn’t I think of that?
- First aid by the numbers
In-person seminars will be held in:
- Bandon
- Central Point
- Clackamas
- Corvallis
- Eugene
- Hermiston
- Hillsboro
- Hood River
- Klamath Falls
- Madras
- Mt. Angel
- Ontario
- Pendleton
- Salem
- The Dalles
- Wilsonville
Spanish seminars will be held in:
- Central Point
- Clackamas
- Hermiston
- Hillsboro
- Hood River
- Mt. Angel
- Salem
- The Dalles
- Wilsonville.
All will run from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and free lunch will be provided.
Employers with small ag businesses who attend the seminar or webinars will meet OSHA’s instructional requirement—one of four requirements that exempt small agricultural operations from random OSHA inspections.
The Landscape Contractors Board has approved the seminar for four hours of continuing education credits. Four producer credits have also been approved by the Department of Consumer and Business Services.
The Oregon Department of Agriculture has approved the seminar for two core pesticide continuing education credits.
More information, including registration details, can be found at saif.com/agseminars
**About SAIF
SAIF is Oregon’s not-for-profit workers’ compensation insurance company. For more than 100 years, we’ve been taking care of injured workers, helping people get back to work, and striving to make Oregon the safest and healthiest place to work. For more information, visit the About SAIF page on saif.com.
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