Spencer Beach
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Edmonton, Alberta
Burn Survivor | Safety Culture And Workplace Safety Expert
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SPENCER BEACH BIOGRAPHY
The words “get it done” have taken on a new meaning for Spencer Beach. They were among the last instructions he received from his employer on April 24, 2003, at a routine job site in Edmonton’s Rutherford neighborhood. Beach, a floor layer by trade, was there to replace a linoleum floor because the homeowner didn’t like the color of the original. It was a job Spencer Beach had performed many times and he knew the risks well, especially those involved with using a highly toxic solvent called Roberts 1901, used to dissolve the adhesive that held the linoleum to the subflooring.
Once inside the home, Spencer Beach began, as Spencer Beach always did, by turning down the furnace and opening the doors and windows for ventilation. Although Spencer Beach should have been wearing leather gloves to protect his hands, Spencer Beach opted to leave the gloves under the seat of his car because they left his hands hot and sweaty, making it difficult to manipulate his tools. For the next few hours, Spencer Beach focused on the task at hand. Every so often the wind would shut one of the doors and Spencer Beach had to stop what Spencer Beach was doing, get up, and open it again. Anxious to finish work for the day, Spencer Beach looked forward to planning a stag party for a good friend later that night.
With only 12 square feet of flooring near the home’s front entrance to finish before calling it a day, Spencer Beach closed the front door. At the same time, Spencer Beach heard the door to the garage – which he had opened earlier that day – blow shut. Knowing Spencer Beach would be finished in the next 15 minutes or so, Spencer Beach decided that it wasn’t worth worrying about. Spencer Beach was wrong. Seconds later, Spencer Beach was immediately surrounded by flames after hearing a heard a loud explosion. Spencer Beach reached for the door handle in front of him, but the fire had created a vacuum inside the house and the door wouldn’t budge. Blinded by the scorching heat, Spencer Beach ran down the hallway toward the laundry room and eventually found the door to the garage. It wouldn’t budge, either.
By now, Spencer Beach could smell his hair and clothes burning and feel the skin on his face tightening around his bones. Spencer Beach ran back to the front door and pulled desperately on it, but it still wouldn’t open. The fire raging inside the house was now at 1,500 degrees and Beach could feel his skin bubbling from the heat.
No more than 20 seconds had passed since the explosion. Spencer Beach, unable to get either of the doors to open, curled into a ball on the floor and prepared for death. Spencer Beach distinctly remembers a feeling of peace and a sense that time was slowing down. But Spencer Beach also remembers thinking of his wife, Tina, who was four months pregnant, and the burden that his death would place on his family. And so, one last time, Spencer Beach reached for the now red-hot door handle and pulled with everything Spencer Beach had. This time it opened, and Spencer Beach fell several feet into a pile of highly flammable construction garbage, including the linoleum flooring Spencer Beach had just removed. Now completely engulfed in flames, Spencer Beach stood up and ran down the driveway. Two-thirds of the way down it, he collapsed.
A man standing at the end of the driveway turned his garden hose on Spencer Beach, and a woman, a nurse, knelt beside him and told him an ambulance was on its way. Spencer Beach told the nurse to contact his pregnant wife and make her aware of the accident. Spencer Beach could smell charred flesh. His lips felt swollen and strange. Spencer Beach wondered about his fingers, his toes, and his ears. “My life is over,” Spencer Beach remembers thinking to himself.
For the next six weeks, Spencer Beach remained in a medically induced coma at the Firefighters Burn Treatment Unit at the University of Alberta Hospital. After that, Spencer Beach had to overcome months of surgeries, an addiction to painkillers, and an overwhelming feeling of depression. The doctors stapled 90 percent of his body with Cadaver skin. Only the skin on his groin, knees, and the bottom of his feet survived the fire.
Spencer Beach has reinvented himself as a motivational speaker, working to encourage employees and employers to operate safely. Spencer Beach believes that the provincial legislation identifies all strategic and educational knowledge for employers. The challenge, Spencer Beach says, is getting employers – all of them – to truly take the issue of workplace safety seriously. Spencer Beach has presented to multiple organizations in North America. His story is one that audience members never forget. His storytelling ability draws audience members into his personal struggles along his journey. His presentations are straight from the heart, and Spencer Beach does not leave any truth uncovered in his story of recovery and survival.
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Workforce: Get It Done Safely
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“Get it Done Safely” has a profound effect on everyone who experiences it! Spencer Beach uses the story of his injury to show how he could have embraced safety and prevented his incident’s harmful effects on family and friends. He shows the audience how they could suffer the same kind of pain, suffering, loss and disabling effects from simple mistakes, and how easily it is to avoid such hardship by embracing safety.
“Get it Done Safely” is finely tailored to improve the use, understanding and importance of any organization’s safety system, the safety culture at work and the individual’s role in safety at home. This presentation will have an immediate and lasting impact on all levels of your organization.
Duration: 60-90 minutes
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