To whom it may concern

 

I have reviewed Frank Carrano’s training materials and can confirm that the Brett Group will be using Frank to launch our Behavioural Based Safety Training package in q4 2006.

 

I found the support material to be of a high standard and when I met Frank was impressed by his humility and passion to prevent injuries.

 

In my other role as branch vice chair of the south eastern branch of IOSH I have commissioned Frank to talk to our branch in November

 

Simon A Judd CFIOSH

Group SHE Manager

Brett Group

 

Working in the construction industry and knowing of the injuries sustained to our workers, I needed to ensure that Frank’s presentation was shown to my employees so that they became fully aware of the consequences that an accident can have not only on them but their life and their family.

A very hard hitting personal passionate presentation and it certainly gets the message home.

I can recommend Frank’s presentation to anyone not only in the Construction industry but further a field as it certainly makes your employees think twice about their safety and the safety of others.

Robin Sykes

Jonsford Construction
Kettering,

Northamptonshire,

NN14 4AS
Tel: 07986875711

 

“We engaged Frank to present his story at a “town hall” meeting with staff to help to raise awareness of the hazards which can exist in the workplace and to highlight the personal consequences associated with a serious industrial injury.  Frank’s presentation was very well received – he has a serious story to tell but delivered this in a sensitive and thoughtful way.  He delivered the key messages clearly and effectively.“

Mike Bowyer

Country Vice President

Halliburton Energy Services Group

   

I have known Frank Carrano for approximately four years now as I was the Safety Advisor at Castle Cement at the time of his accident.

The impact of the accident on Frank as an individual was enormous both physically (as you can see from the pictures) and also psychologically as he came to terms with the enormity of what had happened to him.  In addition, it affected a great many of us at the site because we all liked and respected Frank as an individual.

As a direct result of his accident, Frank was off work for up to a year and in that time the Company drew up a set of procedures/measures to ensure that no job could ever be carried out again without everyone first considering the safety of the task to both themselves and those around them.

Frank was a great champion of these new initiatives at a time when he could have quite easily been bitter about his experiences.

To demonstrate this, Frank agreed to go around all the sites within the Castle Group and spread the message of the human cost of accidents as an introduction to our IOSH Safety Courses, thereby combining the legal, economic, but most importantly the human element of a good health and safety system.

I would definitely recommend that you invite Frank into your company and see the impact he can make on your workforce.  

Alison Gould

Health and Safety Advisor

British Gypsum Ltd

 

We recently utilised Frank’s services for three sessions over a two day technical competencies seminar for our engineering and inspection division. We asked Frank to be our guest speaker during the Health and Safety presentation with the intention of ‘livening up’ what in the past had been seen as rather dull. It certainly had the desired effect with Frank’s presentations being seen as one of the high points of the two day seminar! What Frank does best is come across as a normal man who went to work one day and didn’t come home at the end thanks to an accident that could have been so easily avoided. 

To this end, I would not hesitate in recommending Frank to any organisation wishing to impress on its employees the importance of taking Health and Safety seriously and the human cost of accidents when they don’t.

Paul Hay

Health and Safety Training Consultant

Bureau Veritas Training

  

Frank Carrano paints a vivid picture of life following an industrial accident. He tells his story with honesty and emotion and with it comes the realisation of the consequences of not following safe systems of work or the temptation to take a short cut to do that "2 minute job last thing on a Friday". 

I would fully recommend frank's presentation to any other company, the feedback we had from our offshore workforce was nothing but positive.

Emma-Jayne Fullarton
SHE Manager
BritSats Project
AMEC Oil & Gas
BritSats Project SHEQ
City Gate Aberdeen, Phase 2, United Kingdom
www.amec.com

To whom it may concern.
After listening to Frank I was impressed by his simple, factual and 'no frills' approach to his accident and relating his personal experiences and the impact it had on himself, family, friends and work colleagues. 
As Chairman of the Hampshire, Health, Safety and Environmental Group, I consider that all companies and safety groups would benefit greatly from listening to Frank's story and the measures taken by his company in the aftermath of the incident.
The standard of his presentation was high and delivered with clarity and sincerity.  It was tailored to address the group members present, which were mostly SHE professionals.
Many thanks Frank and every success in the future

Robert A Briggs
Chairman
Hampshire Health, Safety and Environmental Group

 

"Frank can give you a powerful and thought provoking talk & I recommend him to everyone. His message conveys personal suffering to him and those around him. He is not there to shock you, but make you realise safety needs to be considered at all times, and if you do not keep reassessing the situation this can lead to a terrible accident which has devastating effects to individuals and businesses. Frank can give your event the punch that is sometimes needed to drive home the safety message to your employees and contractors." 

"The fact that you actually have a person that has suffered not only physically but mentally and portrayed the suffering of others went deep. Reading in the papers, a memo or safety alert does not go half as deep as the persons actually standing in front of you explaining how easy it all happened, in fact it almost happens nonchalantly. I recommend Frank to help raise awareness of the consequences of a serious accident in your business"

Regards

Tim Wright DipNEBOSH, Grad IOSH

Morrison Utility Services 
Health & Safety Manager & IOSH South Downs Events Organiser
Tel 02392 514031
Mob 07921 934234