Asbestos Awareness

Asbestos Awareness
A151
(10 minutes)
This dramatization brings home the facts about asbestos hazards and exposure. The importance of following OSHA's guidelines for asbestos handling handling is emphasized.

Asbestos Awareness
A154
(20 minutes)
This video will provide maintenance workers and other personnel with a thorough knowledge of asbestos, the health effects associated with it, and appropriate work practices for situations where asbestos is involved.

Asbestos: Awareness Exposure
A162&
(10 minutes)
This video describes the removal process of asbestos, OSHA guidelines and health risks associated with asbestos exposure. Health risks and how to protect your self is also covered.

Asbestos Cement Pipe Safety
A121
(11 minutes)
Asbestos cement pipe (A/C pipe) has been in use in water and sewer applications for years. Though many agencies are avoiding using A/C pipe, it is still in the ground and subject to repair. Asbestos is a carcinogen and care must be used when working with this material. Safe methods for cutting, milling and disposal are detailed.

Asbestos: Controlling the Hazard Part 2
A120
(15 minutes)
The second part of this two part series introduces removal and disposal. This section gives in-depth instruction to employees involved in the removal and/or disposal of asbestos materials.

Asbestos: Understanding The Hazards
A122
(22 minutes)
Informs employees of the potential health hazards involved when working with asbestos and the precautions that are necessary to reduce the incidence of exposure and contamination. The program discusses the common routes of asbestos and describes how asbestos fibers can harm tissue and cause disabling or life threatening diseases. The program stresses that smoking and working with asbestos greatly increases the risk of lung disease. Work practices, proper protective equipment, and tools are covered.

Asbestos Awareness In The Workplace
A170
(10 minutes)
This video has been created to educate employees about the dangers of working with material that may contain asbestos. It will also help satisfy the training requirements for Class IV employees under OSHA’s Exposure to Asbestos standard.

Asbestos Threat
A172
(8 minutes)
Defines Asbestos, its related habits and where it can be found. Explains how to reduce exposure to this cancer causing substance. A must see!

Procedures for Asbestos Removal
P115
(10 minutes)
This is an excellent program for businesses with maintenance personnel intending to remove and dispose of asbestos from their facility. It covers the planning and work procedure stages, worksite preparation, and necessary safety precautions throughout the removal and disposal.

Back Injury Prevention/Manual Lifting

Back Care
B102
(13 minutes)
Public works and construction employees have special needs for back care. The "old" lift with your legs routine does not always apply. Employees work in mud, rain, snow, and heat. Shoveling, using breakers, tamps, lifting concrete bags, etc. are all tasks that require special training to avoid strain/sprain injuries. This video addresses not only safe lifting techniques, but safe methods for shoveling, breaking pavement and many other tasks directly related to strain & sprain injuries.

Back Injury Prevention
B144
(10 minutes)
This video makes an important link between proper lifting techniques and everyday situations such as bending over to pick up the newspaper or reaching to take a pan out of the cupboard. It will teach your employees the physiology of the back and how it works, the importance of exercise and fitness in maintaining a healthy back, the fulcrum principle and how failing to pay attention to it can increase the strain on the lower back and the impact life-style has on the back.

Back "On Call"
B101
(17 minutes)
The goal of this presentation is to inform people of positive ways to prevent back injuries and motivate them to use the techniques presented in this video program. Ideal video for office workers.

Back Talk
B120
(19 minutes)
This video re-enacts an employee waking up with back pain and, by means of scenes using a supernatural person, explains how a back is structured and why it should be taken care of.

Back to Basics
B135
(5 minutes)
In this video we offer tips on how to avoid back problems while lifting, pulling, pushing, bending or twisting when you are moving heavy or awkward objects.

Back to Basics
B143
(14 minutes)
Back injuries caused by improper handling are still the number one cause of loss time injuries. Many of these injuries and costly workers compensation claims could have been avoided through a combination of techniques involving good ergonomic design, safe lifting practices and exercise. This is a quick paced program that tests the viewer's present knowledge, reinforces existing training and introduces important new concepts for preventing back injuries.

Backache - Causes and Prevention
B105
(23 minutes)
Using a mime, this video teaches what makes the back vulnerable to injury, how to prevent back problems by reducing stress, using the back correctly at work and at play, strengthening back muscles, and eating properly.

Basics to Backs
B109
(14 minutes)
Today, people have to work smarter to compensate for what our comfortable life style has done to us. Basics to Backs discusses ways which we can do this to reduce the incident of on-the-job back injuries. The program reviews stress forces on the lower back, alternatives to lessen the risk of back injury if lifts approach the maximum permissible limit, and ways to minimize lower back compressive forces associated with heavy lifting.

Beat Backache
B122
(45 minutes)
This video demonstrates in detail how the mechanics of the back work and how body weight, diet, exercise, posture, stress and arthritis affect it's well-being. Shows proper lifting, sitting, standing and posture as well as appropriate chairs and mattresses. An in-depth back strengthening exercise program is also demonstrated.

Changing Truck Tires Safely
C103
(5 minutes)
On September 9, 1985, a back injury occurred in Hinkle, Oregon when a man was changing a flat tire. As a result of this injury, a new procedure for changing flat tires was put into effect. This program reviews why the man was injured by using the NIOSH Biomechanical Guidelines. Special emphasis is placed on an explanation of the new procedure for changing tires.

Controlling Back Injuries
C153
(10 minutes)
Reduce injuries and reduce worker compensation claims with this video. Includes basic mechanics of the back, primary causes of back injury and measures to prevent back injuries, including proper lifting techniques.

Dealing with Manual Handling
D128
(10 minutes)
Lifting, pushing, pulling, pouring and wearing weighty protective clothing all fit the category of manual handling. This video explains through the use of control measures how all manual handling situations should be addressed.

Getting Your Back Into It
G113
(5 minutes)
Shows how your back works and how you can support it with good posture and good work habits to avoid costly injuries.

Have a Chair
H146
(5 minutes)
One major cause of backaches in the white collar workforce is improperly adjusted chairs. This safety video discusses office chair adjustment.

Health Care - Back Safety for Health Care Providers
H178
(11 minutes)
Excellent program for all employees. Explains how the back works, body mechanics and how each employee can make the proper decision when lifting anything, even in awkward situations.

How to Prevent Back Injuries
H156
(English - 20 minutes)
H157
(Spanish - 20 minutes)
Lack of exercise, poor posture, fad diets and even sleeping positions can all affect the health of your back. These habits play a large role in making back injuries the number one safety problem in the workplace. This video shows how to protect yourself, both at home and on the job.

It's Your Back Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
I122
(Vol. 1 - 21 minutes)
(Vol. 2 - 12 minutes)
Volume 1 deals with minimizing the risks of back pain on the job. It includes information for lifting, carrying, standing, pushing/pulling and various other on the job positions.
Volume 2 (on the same video about 30 seconds after volume 1 has been viewed) deals with back injury prevention off the job.

Lifting And Carrying
L127
(10 minutes)
Examines the correct procedures for moving different types of objects and underlines the principle of safe lifting techniques.

Lifting Injuries - Analysis and Solutions
L101
(17 minutes)
Plant managers, supervisors, safety specialists, loss controllers and other safety/health personnel will appreciate this demonstration on how to calculate parameters for safe lifting activities.

Lifting Safely - Back Injury Prevention - Solid Waste Industry
L112
(English - 12 minutes)
L119
(Spanish - 12 minutes)
Many workers compensation claims and costs are attributed to back injuries and unsafe lifting. Residential pick up workers, maintenance personnel, office employees, drivers and landfill operators are all potential victims of back injuries.

Lifting Safely - Preventing Back Injuries
L110
(English - 12 minutes)
L111
(Spanish - 12 minutes)
This video teaches employees how to avoid back strain by explaining how the back functions and teaches proper lifting techniques. Demonstrates how to lift safely in a variety of different situations. Understanding how the back works, body and back mechanics, stretching, strains, etc.

Lifting Safely with Back Support
L133
(10 minutes)
This program is designed for employees using back supports or belts. Explains proper lifting techniques and the functions and limitations of back support devices and belts.

Manual Load Handling In The Warehouse
M126
(12 minutes)
This program describes how to inspect a load, checking for weight, nails, sharp edges, a weak bottom, or oily spots that could make the load slippery. Body position is stressed as the correct and incorrect way of lifting a load is shown. The program provides safety rules for using special tools in the warehouse including two-wheeled hand trucks, manual pallet trucks, stock-piling ladders and box cutters.

Material Handling
M106
(12 minutes)
This video identifies the hazards represented by various types of materials and conditions and the procedures to follow to minimize any risk in the construction industry. This older "slides on tape" production by the Associated General Contractors, in cooperation with OSHA, is informative although it should be viewed by a supervisor prior to being shown to a large audience.

Material Handling
M139
(10 minutes)
This program is designed for all employees who are involved in material handling. Covers safe lifting and other safety rules related to this type of work.

Mechanical Lifting Devices - Safe Patient Handling
M121
(15 minutes)
This program highlights the importance of the use of mechanical lifting devices in the appropriate situation.

Moving a Patient from Bed to Chair
M119
(10 minutes)
This video covers the following transfers: Top and tail lift, shoulder lift, pivot transfer, standing transfer, stepping transfer and frame transfer.

Moving a Patient from Bed to Trolley
M120
(10 minutes)
This video program highlights various methods for moving a patient from bed to trolley and provides a thorough training on proper procedures for lifting patients from bed to trolley and back again. Points are made for safe and comfortable patient moving.

Moving a Patient in Bed
M118
(10 minutes)
This program covers lifting devices and is designed to show how to correctly and safely transfer and lift patients and avoid injury to the lifter.

Moving and Lifting
M124
(5 minutes)
Describes in detail how to properly move, pad, and secure injured victims for positioning and placement onto spine boards or stretchers.

Preventing Back Injuries
P130
(17 minutes)
Shows employees how the back is constructed and how it works. It introduces them to the common causes of back injury, and motivates them to protect themselves from these hazards.

Preventing Back Injuries - Safety on the Job 
P108
(24 minutes)
Demonstrates proper ways of lifting and moving heavy objects. It shows how to get in and out of vehicles; how to bend, reach, and use equipment properly; and how to sit at a desk. Emphasizes the importance of safety procedures to prevent accidents, and points out that stress and fatigue can be the cause of back injury.

Safe Lifting
CS219
(5 minutes)
Provides an understanding of how the back functions, lifting techniques, as well as demonstrating how to lift safely in a variety of situations.

Smart Moves for Preventing Back & Neck Injuries
S243
Protect your back! 20% of all workplace injuries are back problems. Not just one incident causes back problems, it is several. Disused in this informative video are ways to prevent back injuries.

Workers' Enemy Number One
W115
(5 minutes)
Back injuries are a workers number one enemy. One-fourth of all injuries on the job involve the back - pulled muscles, slipped discs and pinched nerves. This video shows how to avoid these lifting problems through common sense approaches that can be adapted to almost any workplace.

Your Back at Work
Y105
(6 minutes)
Lifting heavy objects can result in aches, pains or even serious injury. Showing viewers the best methods for lifting, this program reviews several examples of moving heavy objects.

Your Back at Work
Y106
(18 minutes)
Emphasizes the importance of healthier habits in order to prevent back injuries. Identifies the source of most back pain and injuries. And using computerized animation and live-action footage it illustrates preventive exercises and proper methods of lifting.