2024 Southern Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Conference: Early Bird Registration Ends September 30

A three-day event in southern Oregon will feature a variety of workshops and presentations designed to help employers and workers improve on-the-job safety and health. Topics include fall protection, hazard recognition, safety committees, excavation safety, and injury prevention.

In addition to addressing many standard safety and health topics, the Southern Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Conference – to be held Oct. 15-17 at the Ashland Hills Hotel & Suites in Ashland – offers a professional development workshop on safety culture, leadership, and business; a pre-conference workshop on drug and alcohol reasonable suspicion for supervisors; and first aid and other emergency training.

The conference is a joint effort of the Southern Oregon Chapter of the American Society of Safety Professionals and Oregon OSHA.

The three-day event will feature keynote speaker James Boretti, president and CEO of Boretti, Inc., a professional safety, health, and environmental firm in California that provides technical and business safety solutions. Boretti has more than 33 years of experience with an extensive background in occupational safety and health. He has been a certified safety professional since 1997.

On Wednesday, Oct. 16, Boretti’s keynote presentation, “The Business of Safety: Intersection of Organizational Needs with Safety Values,” will explore the challenges of understanding three key components of all organizations: business, culture, and leadership.