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VHS

 
 
Title: Basic Safety in Forest Operations
Description: Maritime School of Forestry covers chain saw safety, PPE, tree felling techniques, hung up trees, and winching.

Worksafe NB (23 mins)
English, French (2000)
Industry: Forestry
  
Title: Basic Scaffolding Safety
Description: NB requirements for frame scaffolding. The video covers tube and clamp erection, scaffold stability, access, egress, tie in, work platforms, back rails, inspection and rescue.

Worksafe NB (18 mins)
English, French (1998)
Industry: Construction
  
Title: Beware the Bite: Electrical Safety
Description: Snakes are the stars of this video as they serve as an ideal metaphor for the ferociousness, speed and deadliness of electrical hazards. Common electrical safety concerns such as housekeeping, barriers, lock out, tag out, and caring for shock victims are reviewed.

Electrolab/Coastal (20 minutes)
English (1996)
Industry: Electrical
 
Title: Confined Space Entry Investigation
Description: This video is designed to educate employees on the hazards of working in confined spaces as well as to teach the basics of accident investigation. The goals are to avoid accidents before they happen and to avoid repeating the same types of accidents once they occur

Electrolab/Coastal (22 minutes)
English 
Industry: Construction, All
 
Title: Contractor Safety: It's Everybody's Business
Description: This video is designed to inform employees about the hazards that they may face on multi-employer worksites and specific steps that they can take to significantly reduce the risk of accidents. It focuses on a variety of specific hazards including slips, trips and falls; fire safety; personal protective equipment; confined space entry; trenching and shoring; lockout\tagout; hotwork; chemical process safety; and working with hazardous chemicals. It outlines requirements of the general contractor or owner in relation to the responsibilities of the contractor on site. Any firm doing contract work in another workplace or hiring contractors will find this review useful.

Electrolab/Coastal (20 mins)
English (1993)
Industry: Construction
  
Title: Controlling the Beast: Lockout/Tagout
Description: This video is designed to work with your employer's plan and teach basic concepts about the nature of the beast - hazardous energy. You'll learn about various energy sources, what lockout/tagout is, and when you should lockout/tagout. You'll also learn to use the six steps that are required to control hazardous energy properly.

Electrolab / Coastal (19 minutes)
English (1997)
Industry: All
  
Title: Cranes: Inspection, Care and Storage
Description: This video shows a range of lifting equipment and the fundamental principles to be followed to prevent accidents. It also looks at all the general do's and don'ts when using slings and highlights the importance of the pre-use checks and what all operators should look for when selecting the appropriate sling for a given task.

Safety Care (17 mins)
English (1994)
Industry: Construction
  
Title: Cranes: Safe Operation of Overhead Cranes
Description: This video shows the safe operation of overhead cranes and details the five major steps to ensure their safe use, including pre-op checks, op checks, planning the lift, op rules, and shutdown procedure. Overhead cranes are extremely useful in many industrial situations and can be used safely if the appropriate precautions and working procedures are adopted.

Safety Care (19 mins)
English (1995)
Industry: Construction
  
Title: Disposable Respirator Exposure Control
Description: This video informs employees about the benefits of using disposable respirators to protect their health, and that these respirators can be very effective when used correctly. The video focuses on equipment selection, inspection, fit testing, storing and maintaining

Electrolab/Coastal (12 minutes)
English
Industry: All
  
Title: Ergonomics: Solving the Puzzle
Description: This program focuses on the industrial environment and how solving and preventing ergonomic issues can be like solving a puzzle. A number of factors can contribute to an injury, including repetition, force, vibration, cold and others. Solutions discussed are work rotation, engineering controls and employee awareness.

Electrolab/Coastal (18 minutes)
English (1997)
Industry: All
  
Title: Hearing Protection: Sounds Good to Me
Description: This video is designed to inform employees how to reduce the risk of hearing loss. The program, hosted by Charlie Daniels, covers the ear functions, sound impact on the ear, and hearing protection devices. It also shows how the employee and employer work together to minimize the impact of noise in the workplace.

Electrolab/Coastal (14 minutes)
English (1998) 
Industry: All
  
Title: Job Safety Analysis: Proactive Planning
Description: This video emphasizes the importance of planning ahead for safety, instead of waiting for an accident to happen before analyzing job procedures. It demonstrates how to prepare for the Job Safety Analysis (JSA) by creating a JSA form and assembling a JSA team. The procedures for performing a JSA are detailed and include identifying job steps, identifying hazards and resolving hazards. Lastly, the importance of self-inspections is covered.

Electrolab/Coastal (15 minutes)
English (1998)
Industry: All
  
Title: Making It Work
Description: Television personality, Hana Gartner hosts this video that looks at the keys to a successful health and safety committee. This video will be of interest to both labour and management representatives whether you're developing a joint health and safety committee or looking to improve the effectiveness of your current committee.

Electrolab (13 minutes)
English (1992)
Industry: All
  
Title: Personal Fall Protection: One Step Beyond
Description: This video discusses the types of personal fall protection systems, equipment anchorage and tie-off, and rescue of fall victims.

Electrolab/Coastal (13 minutes)
English (1998)
Industry: Construction
  
Title: Understanding and Controlling Welding Health Hazards
Description: Hygienists in NB present information on how fumes and gasses can harm your health. They make suggestions on how to control fumes, and they discuss respirator use where control is not possible.

Worksafe NB (20 mins)
English (1997)
Industry: Construction, Welding
  
Title: Warehouse Safety: It's No Mystery
Description: This video is designed to inform employees about the most common hazards in warehouses and how to avoid them. The program explains the importance of good housekeeping, hazard communication, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) and paying attention to ergonomics. It also shows how to minimize back injuries and work safely with and around forklifts at the loading dock.

Electrolab/Coastal (22 minutes)
English (1996)
Industry: y: All
  
 Young Workers
  
Title: Are You In Danger?
Description: A restaurant host talks us through many issues important to new and young workers in the workplace; the discussion includes rights and responsibilities of workers and employers, as well as common hazards in the workplace. Two women are featured who tell their personal stories of injury. This video is well-done and easy to watch and learn from.

Canada's Youth Employment Strategy (15 mins)
English, French
Industry: Young Worker
  
Title: Lab Safety: The Accident at Jefferson High
Description: This is a good, clear review of high school chemistry lab safety rules, presented in light-hearted way. Two police investigators arrive at a high school to investigate a lab accident; after checking out the lab and learning all about lab safety from students and teacher, they realize they are at the wrong school. This is a bit dated, but the information presented is sound.

Magic Lantern Group, Inc. (19 mins)
English (1986)
Industry: Young Worker
  
Title: Lost Youth
Description: Four youths speak about the workplace accidents that changed their lives forever. Reenactments of the accidents are realistic and the youths' stories are compelling; the youths and their parents discuss the importance, for new and young workers, of asking questions, and receiving proper training.

Worksafe BC (17 mins)
English (1999)
Industry: Young Worker
  
Title: Science Lab Investigations
Description: Two "movie reviewers" review clips of high school students working in a chemistry lab; they discuss the safe and unsafe practices exhibited by the students.

Magic Lantern Group, Inc. (23 mins)
English (2003)
Industry: Schools (Gr. 9-12), Young Worker
  
 


 



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