It's the Safety Fest
Carl Lovick with Kootenai County Sheriff Volunteer Search and Rescue explains how best to spark a fire using minimal tools as he speaks Wednesday morning during the "Remote Worker Safety and Backcountry Survival" session at Safety Fest of the Great Northwest. Free sessions on a variety of safety topics continue today at the North Idaho College Workforce Training Center in Post Falls.
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Adam Gerson, compliance assistance specialist with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Boise Area Office, talks about leading cultures of safety in the workplace Wednesday during Safety Fest at the North Idaho College Workforce Training Center.
Teck Gotreau from Kootenai County Sheriff Volunteer Search and Rescue holds up a tealight Wednesday as she discusses what she keeps handy while out in the backcountry during a session at Safety Fest in Post Falls.
POST FALLS — Safe workspaces are more than just hard hats, leather gloves and steel-toed boots.
They also include effective communication, appropriate boundaries, trust and cultural awareness. Other factors to consider are gender, organizational hierarchy and age.
"Age could be a factor as some people refuse to take orders from folks that are young," said Adam Gerson, compliance assistance specialist with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Boise Area Office.
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