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SPECIAL CONVENTION SECTION
Hear from national
speaker Brandon
Schroeder at the
IEC Convention &
Expo 2019.
“Believe In Safety” is quickly
becoming a top ranked motivational
safety presentation that is
changing the landscape of safety
presentations nationwide.
“ Brandon Schroeder takes his audience on a
journey from his quintessential life the day of
the accident through his agonizing recovery,
I am very excited about this event because I will be
unavoidable depression, and ultimately
talking to people just like me. Most electrical workers
do not have the access, the time, or resources to
attend the type of training I have had since my accepting his situation and persevering.
accident. Now when I look back at the chance I took Brandon’s raw emotion and relatable nature
commands resonance of his message, Believe
there is no way would I ever take a risk like that.
In Safety. One of the most valued aspects
of Brandon’s story is the full disclosure of
I take one hour to talk about my pre-accident mindset
which is the same mindset I see in many of today’s his pre-accident mindset; he discusses the
workers. In this same hour I have the chance to change realities of the safety culture on the job and
how this led him to that fateful day. He vividly
their safety outlook. I get excited for every opportunity describes how this accident changed not only
I am given to share my message. In the last year I have his life, but the lives of those that love him.
delivered my story at over 70 events, which means
thousands of executives and workers have heard my Through his 20 years of electrical
message. I never lose site of my goal, which is to and safety experience, Brandon has
stop one person from going through what I did. More worked on and toured hundreds of job
importantly to prevent one family from going through what sites through every aspect of industry,
my family endured. I will never know how many accidents construction, and municipality and utility.
my story prevents, but what I can see is the emotion
on the faces of countless people as I tell my story.”
Attend Brandon’s session, Believe in Safety: An Arc
– BRANDON SCHROEDER Flash Survivor’s Story, at the 2019 IEC Convention
on Thursday, October 3rd from 10:00 – 11:00am or
on Friday, October 4th from 10:00 – 11:00am.
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