New 2026 video release!

Charlie Morecraft returns to the stage with a newly recorded and deeply refined version of the world-renowned Remember Charlie message, now titled The Hidden Price of a Shortcut. This modern keynote, recorded recently, brings Charlie’s story forward 30+ years after the accident, offering a powerful blend of emotional impact, lived experience, and leadership insight. This new 40-minute presentation is followed by 12 minutes of real, unscripted audience Q&A, creating an atmosphere of openness, connection, and lasting reflection for every attendee.

About The “Remember Charlie” Presentation (40 Minutes)

The Human Truth Behind Safety

In this polished, cinematic keynote, Charlie recounts the refinery explosion that left him burned over 50% of his body—a disaster caused by a single shortcut he believed would “save time.”
Instead, it cost him:

• His health
• His career
• His family
• His identity
• Three decades of physical and emotional recovery

The presentation integrates classic elements from Remember Charlie while adding never-before-shared reflections about what the accident has cost him to this very day.

New Perspectives, 30+ Years Later:

Charlie now speaks with the clarity and wisdom that only time can create. He reveals:

• How the accident reshaped every year of his life
• The unseen consequences that didn’t appear in the original film
• The emotional truth behind recovery, regret, and resilience
• What he wishes he understood as a worker—and what he wishes leaders would ask

This new live on-stage version is more personal, more relatable, and more relevant than ever.

Why This Story Matters Today

Despite new technology, improved training, and better equipment, accidents continue to happen for the same human reasons:

• Rushing
• Complacency
• Overconfidence
• “I’ve done this a thousand times”
• “Nothing will happen… it’s just for a second”

Charlie dismantles these beliefs through lived experience, bringing safety from the theoretical into the deeply personal world of real consequences.

Bonus content: Q&A featuring real, impactful questions from the audience (12 minutes)

Following the 40-minute keynote, Charlie opens the floor to a deeply personal, unscripted conversation with the audience. Rather than a typical Q&A, this segment becomes an emotional exchange, a continuation of the story, and an opportunity for attendees to ask questions and understand the ripple effects of one shortcut through the lens of lived experience.

During this dialogue, Charlie expands on themes that resonate across every level of an organization:

• PPE and the Reality of Its Last Line of Defense: Charlie describes the protective equipment he was wearing on the day of the explosion and explains with absolute clarity what would have happened had he not been wearing it. It becomes a sobering reminder that PPE is not simply a requirement — it is the thin line between life and death.

• The Hidden Toll: Family, Loss, and Lifelong Aftermath: Charlie opens up about the connection between his accident and his daughter’s death years later. He shares, with emotional honesty, the harsh statistics surrounding burn survivors: the elevated rates of alcoholism, drug addiction, divorce, and even suicide. He explains how he personally experienced every single one of those challenges — and how his family suffered as a result. This moment brings the human cost of shortcuts into full focus.

• Who the Real Heroes Are in Safety: Charlie shifts the conversation toward courage. He explains that the bravest individuals in safety aren’t the ones who “push through” or rush jobs, but the workers who stop, speak up, and refuse shortcuts even when it’s unpopular. To Charlie, the real hero is the person who protects their team — not by being fast, but by being responsible.

• Returning to Work: The Emotions No One Sees: Charlie reflects on what it felt like to return to the refinery after years in hospitals and rehabilitation. He describes the emotions that many injured workers carry quietly. His openness helps leaders understand the psychological journey that follows workplace accidents, well beyond physical recovery.

• Becoming a Safety Coordinator: Changing Attitudes, Not Just Rules: Charlie speaks about how, after the accident, his mission shifted from simply doing his job to influencing culture. As a Safety Coordinator, he learned that people don’t change because they’re told to, they change because the message reaches them personally. He shares how his experience helped shift attitudes, improve communication, and transform safety from a policy into a value.

• Lessons Learned from the USS Nimitz: Charlie recounts his powerful experience speaking to the troops aboard the Aircraft Carrier Nimitz, where safety is not a suggestion, but a discipline rooted in mission and survival. He shares what impressed him most and the lesson every organization can adopt, regardless of industry.

• The Biggest Take Away: Charlie closes the conversation by reflecting on the single most important truth he has learned since the explosion… a message guaranteed to make a lasting impact on one’s decisions toward safety moving forward.

WHY THIS CONVERSATION MATTERS

This closing dialogue turns Charlie’s presentation into a shared human experience. Workers see themselves in the story. Supervisors see their influence in every decision. Executives see the true cost of safety failures. Most importantly, attendees leave the room understanding not just what happened, but why it must never happen again.

WHO THIS PRESENTATION IMPACTS

• Frontline Workers: Connect emotionally with the “why” behind safety rules. Charlie’s story breaks through resistance and helps workers take personal ownership of safety.

• HSE and Safety Professionals: Gain a powerful complement to technical training—one that inspires behavioral change, not just compliance.

• Supervisors & Team Leads: Understand how leadership style directly influences whether workers take shortcuts.

• C-Suite Executives: See the long-term financial, operational, cultural, and human cost of a single preventable decision. This presentation aligns leadership with the true value of safety investment.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Shortcuts have lifelong consequences—far beyond the job site
• Safety culture begins with individual decisions
• Leadership influences behavior more than rules ever will
• Experience cannot protect you—only procedures can
• A single lapse can cost someone everything they treasure

WHY COMPANIES STILL CHOOSE CHARLIE 30+ YEARS LATER

• Because the story is still relevant
• Because the human side of safety never changes
• Because Charlie reaches people emotionally in a way no manual ever could
• Because organizations need their workforce to “get it”
• Because prevention begins with awareness—and awareness begins with impact

Languages & Media

• Video available in over 50 languages
• USB, DVD
• For LMS Integrations please contact us at info@charliemorecraft.com

Download the Video Overview & Synopsis

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Additional methods of payment available through our official Remember Charlie eBay channel, and approved distributors at SpeakBureau.com and SafetyHSE.com

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ALL of the information Michael has shared with these organizations is now available via online streaming, 24/7, and accessible via computer, tablet and smartphone.

Standard Package (10 videos) – Employee Injury Prevention Training

Perfect for organizations that want to dramatically increase their injury prevention video library with powerful content.

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Program Contents:

• This package contains 10 Full-Length, professionally produced Videos, being 7 videos designed for employees and 3 for the leadership team. These popular, award-winning videos are being used by thousands of companies across the country.
• The principles covered in each of these engaging and effective videos are consistent throughout the entire library.
• Comprehensive User’s Guide that offers tips for effective use included with your subscription.
• The videos can be viewed 24/7 on computers, tablets or smartphones.
• Content available in English and Spanish, both languages included in your subscription package.

Videos included in this package:

Video #1: The Back Owner’s Guide to Lifting and Stretching (English and Spanish)

You’ve heard it all before…bend your knees and keep your back straight! If it were really that simple we’d all be lifting this way and back injuries would be a thing of the past. The fact is that there is no single correct way to lift. There are however, better, less demanding and safer ways to lift and that’s what this DVD is all about. In this program, Michael introduces the viewers to 3 simple and memorable principles, “Keep it Close and Keep the Curves”, “Build a Bridge” and “Feet First”. Utilizing these principles anyone can take a demanding lift and make it “better”, “safer” and “less demanding” on the back. Length: 16 minutes.

Video #2: Blink! A Practical Approach to Workplace Stretching – Employee Version (English and Spanish)

For years, organizations have attempted to integrate stretching into the workday. The problem has been employee resistance, time constraints, perceived costs and low compliance.  This video introduces a fun, simple, practical and EFFECTIVE strategy that allows organizations to bring stretching into the workplace in a way that maximizes participation, reduces resistance and gets great results. This video is aimed at employees and it introduces the concept of “Blink!” and demonstrates a variety of simple and effective workplace stretches. Length: 11 minutes.

Video #3: Blink! A Practical Approach to Workplace Stretching – Manager Version (English and Spanish)

This video is aimed at the leadership team and it offers simple and practical strategies for implementing the “Blink!” process. Length: 10 minutes.

Video #4: A Better Way to Lift  (English and Spanish)

In this highly entertaining video with engaging visuals, Michael introduces the 3 principles that can make any lifting situation “better” and “less demanding”.  Length: 14 minutes.

Video #5: A Bit about Backs”  (3 Modules)

This unique 3-module video breaks the mold of traditional education approaches by presenting important information in an entertaining and humorous style. The modules effectively teach problem-solving skills, while high energy, humor and creative visuals capture the viewer’s attention and motivate change. Length: 11 to 14 minutes per module.

Video #6: On the Road: The Lighter Side of Lifting

In this fun, engaging and award-winning video, you follow Michael as he hits the road to find “better” ways to perform material handling in a variety of real-life situations. For years, people have been instructed in the “right way” to lift. While the perfect lift isn’t always possible, viewers will be introduced to some simple and practical strategies that can make every lift less demanding. Length: 21 minutes.

Video #7: Stretching Out At Work

This DVD describes and demonstrates actual stretching and warm-up activities that can be incorporated into the work environment. This video shows how stretching and warm-up exercises prior to and during work activities reduce injuries while increasing employee comfort. Michael introduces 3 of his time-tested strategies as he directs the viewers to “Let your body know what’s coming”, “Let your body breathe” and “Remember the rule of opposites”. Length: 12 minutes.

Video #8: Take Five for Health and Safety (5 modules)

This fun and informative series of 8-minute videos addresses sitting, standing, stretching, ergonomics and lifting in 5 unique, individual and entertaining segments. Each video utilizes a talk show format with Michael as the featured guest. The creative commercials between each segment drive home the key points of injury prevention. Each video is a great length for a quick review of these important topics. Length: 8 minutes per module. Length: Approximately 8 minutes per module.

Video #9: Batteries Not Included; The Energized Approach for Achieving Great Programs (Leadership Video)

Having trouble getting a safety initiative off the ground? Not sure how to get employee buy in? Is your company going through changes and you find yourself facing resistance? Have a shelf full of good programs that you’d like to turn into great ones? The Energized Approach for Achieving Great Programs will help you “power-up” your program, your employees and your workplace. Organizations that focus on the 10 Essential Energy Sources create environments that are ready for action! Using real life examples, great visuals and an easy and humorous style, Michael will introduce you to “The Energized Approach” that will maximize the investment for all your organizations’ programs. Length: 30 minutes.

Video #10: From Knowing to Doing: Effective Safety Training Strategies: (Leadership Video)

For years, classroom training has been the method of choice for influencing safe behaviors. Unfortunately it has become abundantly clear that there is a huge difference between what employees learn in the classroom and what they do with what they learned. While information has a great deal of value, its impact is not only influenced by the strength of the content, but also by how the content is developed, packaged, delivered and supported. This fun, high energy program takes a critical and humorous look at training and offers insights and strategies for training that not only influences what participants know, but also what they do.

Extended Package (160 videos) – Employee Reinforcement and Leadership Strategies

Perfect for organizations that want the full-length employee videos AND want to provide their leadership teams with an abundance of practical, powerful and time-tested strategies to “energize” their safety efforts.

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Program Contents:

• This package contains the 10 full-length training videos, included in the standard package, PLUS more than 150 brief videos for leadership and employees (90 seconds to 4 minutes each).
• These videos were created to reinforce the information in the full-length employee training programs.
• Perfect for toolbox talks, start-up meetings or as a “safety moment”.
• It also offers dozens of short videos for the leadership team that provide simple, practical and effective strategies that have helped companies across the country generate the greatest impact from their safety efforts.
• Comprehensive User’s Guide that offers tips for effective use included with your subscription.
• The videos can be viewed 24/7 on computers, tablets or smartphones.
• Content available in English and Spanish, both languages included in your subscription package.

Videos included in this package (all 10 videos from Standard package PLUS 150 brief videos for leadership and employees)

Brief Employee Coaching Videos

The following videos average 3 to 4 minutes in length. Many are 90 seconds or less. The employee videos can be shown by leadership team members to reinforce the content presented in the full-length videos. These can be used as a part of a safety meeting, during a start-up meeting or toolbox talk or as a “safety moment” to kick off a meeting on any topic. 

• Back Injury Prevention
• Stretching
• General Wellness 

Download the complete list of Employee Coaching Videos

Brief Leadership Strategies Videos

• Back Injury Prevention
• Stretching and Warm-up Programs
• General Safety
• Effective Training Strategies
• Leadership Strategies 

Download the complete list of Leadership Strategies Videos

How to get started?

• Sign up for the Standard or Extended package, and the number of users from your organization.
• You (the admin) will receive a welcome email and instructions to create login credentials and access to the 24/7 online platform.
• Upon launch you and your employees will be able to see the selected training materials. In addition, the platform sends out regularly scheduled emails with links to other videos included on your subscription.

Want to insert the videos into your Learning Management System? Contact us for details.

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