Testimonials
[Brad] uses his personal experience to demonstrate how every accident/incident
can be prevented; that one employee is all that it takes to stop the domino effect
of an incident, regardless of position/title in the organization, and safety is
everyone's responsibility.
He is the most powerful speaker I have ever seen, his communication technique
is extremely simple and the most powerful known to man - it is from the heart. He
is able to transport his audience to the place and moment of his accident. Then
he looks at all the actions that could have prevented the incident but it did not
happen. He also talks about the impact of the incident to everyone around him and
those at the helm of the organization. He does a fantastic job and the people react
to his speech in ways that I've never seen before (some cry, others even faint),
but everyone reflects on the subject. - Edu Araujo, Celanese
It has left the most lasting impression that I can believe is
possible, and it surely will save further people from serious injury or death as
it will have done in the past since his campaign started. Well done for finding
him and for bringing him to AT Plastics. - Nigel Forge, AT Plastics
Brad spoke at our last manager meeting and he is terrific! When he tells his story
it gives you goose bumps and a new resolve for safety! Everyone... deserves to see
Brad tell his story... they will definitely consider the consequences the next time
they put their safety at risk. - Paul Sartin, Amcor
This was without question the most powerful and meaningful safety experience I've
ever been a part of. Brad really touched a lot of people this week. I've seen several
excellent motivational safety speakers in my career, but never anyone as effective
as this.
Brad shares a very tragic and emotional story of his safety accident that always
leaves my students wanting to do their very best to protect themselves and their
co-workers from accidents. To remove an arm during him presentation gets everyone's
attention very quickly. - Rudy Puzey, BYU-I Construction Management Department
You have a very powerful message that will impact many people in the future. -
Anne R French, Ph.D. - Senior Partner, Safety Performance Solutions
The most emotional presentation I have ever seen. As good as Charlie Moorecraft.
Watching Brad even got ME fired up! - Dr. E. Scott Geller
One lineman said it was like watching "Scared Straight". Whatever works.
The issues Brad addresses around lockout/tagout, near miss reporting, management
of change, personal accountability hit home with me. I was very impressed and shared
my thoughts with the Production Manager at our Epsilon plant. we are interested
in sharing mr. Gardner's story with our Production personnel. - Theresa Turnbach,
DV Regional HES Manager, Epsilon
Thank you again ... for lobbying so passionately to bring Brad up. I know of at
least two instances where operators have approached me, immediately after the presentations,
and identified circumstances similar to the ones that led to Brad's terrible accident.
Both of these resulted in immediate and tangible intervention. Already money well
invested. - Dave Gets, AT Plastics Site Director