Spotlight
2019 Dawson County Annual Safety Day
Pat Goldhahn shared his family’s journey through the loss of his 15-year-old daughter, Lauryn, who was thrown 150 feet from a pick-up, after it rolled 2.5 times and hit a power pole on August 25, 2016. On August 27th she was pronounced dead. Lauryn was not wearing her seatbelt.
Pat delivered several messages in his presentation; he offered a lot of take-home thoughts to everyone who was there.
Two troopers from the Montana Highway Patrol were present and spoke about distracted driving and provided detailed statistics.
As you can see from the pictures (below), the seat belt convincer was enjoyable for many (slide the arrows back and forth to view two different images).
We presented Cody Miller with a nice plaque for his excellence in safety–hoping we can award this annually to a county employee who deserves it.
The best part of the day was watching a road department employee get up in front of the entire room and share that prior to working for Dawson County he had NEVER worn a seat belt. He said he met (me) within the first week of his employment, and I had sincerely showed him the importance of seat belt use and reinforced to him that it was county policy. He now wears his seat belt every time he gets in a vehicle. It gives me hope we are making progress, even if it is one employee at a time.
