Video Library
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Department of Industrial Accidents
Office of Safety
600 Washington Street, 7th Floor
Boston, MA 02111
These Safety Training Videos are available to you at no cost. Please contact Marcos Devers at (978) 683-6420, ext. 138.
Title: Contractor Electrical Safety Awareness
Produced By: National Grid
Date: 2003
Intended For: Power Line Workers
Time: 14 Minutes
Topics Covered: Electrical death information, electricity overview, electrical risks, overhead lines and heavy equipment OSHA Standards, ladders, underground lines, what to do if a line is hit, reducing risk.
Title: Forklift Safety
Produced By: JJ Keller and Associates
Date: 1999
Intended For: Forklift Operators
Time: 20 Minutes
Topics Covered: Training requirements, hazards, general use precautions, safer operation, refueling and recharging.
Title: Lead Hazard Awareness
Produced By: Massachusetts Carpenters Training Program
Date: 1993
Intended For: Vocational students, beginner carpenters, or anyone working with lead.
Time: 30 minutes
Topics Covered: History, use and health effects of lead, symptoms of exposure, deleading, monitoring and protection.
Title: Ergonomics at Analog Devices (2 copies)
Produced By: ATR
Date: 2003
Intended For: Office workers, specialized equipment users
Time: 12 minutes
Topics Covered: Proper postures and forms (chairs, desks, computers and keyboards), specialized equipment such as microscopes.
Title: Weld Safely: Protect Yourself From Welding Hazards
Produced By: American Lung Association
Date: 1988
Intended For: Vocational students and beginner welders
Time: 34 minutes
Topics Covered: Industrial hygiene, visible hazards, fume hazards, welding gases, methods of protection, respirators
Title: Ergonomics at Pepsi Cola
Produced By: Sargent and Associates
Date: 2003
Intended for: Forklift operators
Time: 3 minutes
Topics Covered: Safe forklift operations for lifting things up
Title: Boston Housing Authority Injury Prevention: Breaking the Chain of Strain
Produced By: BHA
Date: 1998
Intended For: Employees who are lifting frequentlybr>
Time: 10 minutes
Topics Covered: Lifting techniques, snow shoveling
Title: Safety is no Accident
Produced By: ATR
Date: 1998
Intended For: Machine workers and office workers
Time: 12 minutes
Topics Covered: Ergonomics for muscles, safety principles, lifting, stretching
Title: The Safe Behavior Process: Safe Machine Use at Epedx
Produced By: ATR
Date: 1998
Intended For: Industrial machinery operators
Time: 19 minutes
Topics Covered: Industrial machines; forklifts, vacuum hoists, strapex, lantech, slitter and scissor ramps
Title: Working Safety with Pesticides (2 copies)
Produced By: BHA
Date: 1990
Intended For: Pesticide workers
Time: 40 minutes
Topics Covered: Health affects, prevention, protective gear, product safety in regards to pesticides
Title: Stretching at NEBS
Produced By: ATR
Date: 2003
Intended For: Office employees frequently on their feet
Time: 14 minutes
Topics Covered: Stretching
Title: Safe Workers Teens: The Hazards We Face In The Workplace (2 copies)
Produced By: Department of Public Health
Date: Not listed, looks like mid 1990s
Intended For: High school students
Time: 13 minutes
Topics Covered: Rights, information on hazards, right to know
Title: Chadwicks: A Safe Workplace (also available in Spanish, Creole, and French)
Produced By: ATR
Date: 2000
Intended For: Factory workers
Time: 14 minutes
Topics Covered: Safety awareness, lifting, clutter, forklifts, stretching, knife safety
Title: Kids at Work Produced By: Lifetime Documentary
Date: 1991
Intended For: Child labor advocates
Time: 60 minutes (with commercials)
Topics Covered: Garment district sweatshops, Family farming, dangerous machinery, Fruit farms, effects on schoolwork
Title: It Didn’t Have to Happen- Preventing CTDs (2 copies)
Produced By: MassCosh
Date: 1990
Intended For: Employees interested in information on CTDs
Time: 35 min
Topics Covered: How CTDs are created, ways to change, pro union information
Title: Driver Safety - Set The Pace For Safety
Produced By: ATR
Date: 1998
Intended For: Tractor trailer drivers
Time: 10 minutes
Topics Covered: Pretrip routine, road, cargo, and equipment safety
Title: Aspirin, Eyedrops or Ergonomics?
Produced By: Office Education Project, Labor Productions
Date: 1989
Intended For: Office Employees
Time: 24 minutes
Topics Covered: Eyestrain equipment, ergonomic desks, chairs, keyboards
Title: Risk Factors and Your Ergonomic Eye at ESP Lock
Produced By: Windham
Date: 2001
Intended For: Manufacture employees
Time: 11 minutes
Topics Covered: Ergonomic risk factors for manufacturing; repetitive motion, posture, etc. Techniques to minimize risks.
Title: Risk Factors and Your Ergonomic Eye at Ark-les
Produced By: Windham
Date: 2001
Intended For: Manufacture employees
Time: 9 minutes
Topics Covered: Ergonomic risk factors for manufacturing; repetitive motion, posture, force, cold temperatures. Techniques to minimize risks.
Title: Ergonomic Eye - Opportunities To Create Change At Flagship Press
Produced By: Windham
Date: 2001
Intended For: Manufacture employees
Time: 9 minutes
Topics Covered: Ergonomic risk factors for manufacturing; repetitive motion, posture, force, cold temperatures. Techniques to minimize risks.
Title: Ergonomic Eye - Opportunities To Create Change At Acoustic Works
Produced By: Windham
Date: 2001
Intended For: Manufacture employees
Time: 9 minutes
Topics Covered: Ergonomic risk factors for manufacturing; repetitive motion, posture, force, cold temperatures, localized mechanical stress. Techniques to minimize risks
Title: Ergonomic Eye at Hudson Lock
Produced By: Windham
Date: 2001
Intended For: Office employees
Time: 12 minutes
Topics Covered: Workstation setup, rest and relaxation, repetitive motion, contact stress, cold, posture, force, vision
Title: Ergonomic Training for Pepsi Cola Bottling of Worcester - Driver Training
Produced By: Sargent and Associates
Date: 2003
Intended For: Tractor trailer drivers
Time: 5 minutes
Topics Covered: Chalking wheels, enter/exit vehicle, stretching, vehicle maintenance, open/close door
Title: Ergonomic Training for Pepsi Cola Bottling of Worcester-Merchandiser Training
Produced By: Sargent and Associates
Date: 2003
Intended For: Merchandisers
Time: 4 minutes
Topics Covered: Stretching, loading, product handling
Title: Laboratory Ergonomic Safety at Dana Farber
Produced By: ATR
Date: 2000
Intended For: Laboratory workers
Time: 17 minutes
Topics Covered: Workplace setup, fine motor use, equipment use, stretching, lifting
Title: Taking Charge of Ergonomics at Work at NEBS
Produced By: ATR
Date: 2003
Intended For: Office employees
Time: 12 minutes
Topics Covered: Stretching, Posture, reaching, repetitive motion
Title: Ergonomics at Staples
Produced By: ATR
Date: 2002
Intended For: Office Employees
Time: 10 minutes
Topics Covered: Ergonomic risk factors in office environment; chairs, computers, stretching
Title: Office Ergonomics at Brylane
Produced By: ATR
Date: 2003
Intended For: Office Employees
Time: 12 minutes
Topics Covered: Ergonomic risk factors in office environment; posture and detailed chair explanation
Title: Fire Sense: Stop, Drop And Roll - Fire Safety For The Hearing Impaired
Produced By: Westwind Production
Date: 1987
Intended for: Hearing impaired people- video has sign language and subtitles
Time: 10 minutes
Topics Covered: Fire safety for someone caught on fire
Title: Fire sense: Silent Response
Produced By: Westwind Productions
Date: 1987
Intended For: EMS Employees
Time: 9 minutes
Topics Covered: Emergency communications with the hearing impaired. Basic recognition of hearing impaired patients for EMS
Title: Polar Beverage Safety Video - Order Pickers
Produced By: Sargent and Associates
Date: 2001
Intended For: Warehouse workers
Time: 5 minutes
Topics Covered: Warehouse pickup trucks, lifting, twisting, power zone factors, stretching
Title: Polar Beverage Safety Video - Driver Safety
Produced By: Sargent and Associates
Date: 2001
Intended For: Tractor trailer drivers
Time: 6 minutes
Topics Covered: Vibration, push/pull, falls, repetition, enter/exit, hood opening, stretching
Title: Polar Beverage Safety Video - Sales and Merchandizing
Produced By: Sargent and Associates
Date: 2001
Intended For: Sales and merchandizing employees
Time: 6 minutes
Topics Covered: Push/pull, falls, reaching, improper equipment, stretching
Title: Spray Safely: Protect Yourself From Hazards In Painting (2 copies)
Produced By: American Lung Association
Date: 1988
Intended for: Vocational School teachers, auto body shops
Time: 35 minutes
Topics Covered: Identification of hazards/chemicals, chemical effects, protective equipment in regards to spray painting in auto body shops
Title: Keep an Eye on Safety - The Safe Behavior Process at Expedx
Produced By: ATR
Date: 1998
Intended For: Any employee
Time: 13 minutes
Topics Covered: Behaviors and actions toward safe behaviors, finding behaviors to change
Title: Vanchair Operators
Produced By: Trinity Healthcare Transport
Date: 2004
Intended for: Vanchair operators, EMTs
Time: 10 minutes
Topics Covered: Back injuries, load/unload, lift, carry, chair use
Title: EMT’s and Paramedics Safety Video
Produced By: Trinity Healthcare Transport
Date: 2004
Intended For: EMTs and Paramedics
Time: 12 minutes
Topics Covered: Ergonomics for EMTs and Paramedics; exiting vehicles, load/unload occupants, chair transport, board and lift procedure, location procedures, back injuries