Health and Safety Videos and DVDs

We have a wide range of videos and dvd’s available covering the main health and safety topics businesses need to be aware of. These are available to borrow free of charge.

To hire these films either contact us by phone on 01386 565015 or download a booking form.

N.B. Hirers will be responsible for the collection and return of the videos borrowed and for their proper care, handling and use.

Ref No	Title	Subject	Outline	Duration
1	Whose Risk Is It Anyway?	An overview of risk assessment	Aimed at smaller businesses. A systematic common sense approach to health and safety hazards.	17 mins
2 (Parts 1- 5)	Signposts for Health and Safety	Health and Safety for Small Businesses	Part 1 Getting started / noise / contractors & Enforcement / manual handling / use of consultants Part 2 Risk assessment / electrical safety / European law & Housekeeping / fire & explosion / safety policy Part 3 Business benefits of health and safety / safe use of chemicals / insurance & liability & Managing risks / slips, trips & falls / No smoking policies Part 4 First aid / accident reporting / workplace transport/ competency & Public liability & protection / office safety / appealing against the Inspector Part 5 H & S Training / consultation / building sites / Regulation & Sources of information / Maintenance / machinery guarding / encouraging workers to ask for help on health and safety	60 mins each
3	Charity & Voluntary Organisations	Health & Safety in Charities & Voluntary Sector	Health and Safety video training pack Scenarios to identify hazards	28 mins
4	An introduction to the control of Legionella bacteria in water systems	Cooling Tower Systems	Risks associated with prevention of legionnaire’s disease in the workplace. Treatment and control, monitoring and cleaning and disinfection	24 mins
5 (Parts 1-2)	How Are You Managing?	Dealing with the Risks of Asbestos in Buildings	Part 1 – How are you Today? Drama, which aims to increase the awareness of the risks, associated with asbestos. Part 2 – General advice on the management of asbestos in workplace premises	DVD 27 mins
6	Stop Slips	Managing slips to reduce injury and costs	Describes a slips risk assessment model along with the hierarchy of control measures.	35 mins
7	Scratch and Sniff	Chemical risks at work	Computer animated video – Will help in identifying warning symbols, understanding risks posed by chemicals at work and reducing the risks by improving work practices	12 mins
8	Rash Decisions	Occupational asthma – causes, effects and how to prevent it	Aims to raise awareness of the causes and steps to prevent work related dermatitis in all sorts of industries including catering Hairdressers, cleaning, horticulture, printing, and construction	17 mins
9	A matter of life and breath	Occupational asthma – causes, effects and how to prevent it	How to protect employees from developing occupational asthma.	15 mins
10	Riding for a Fall	ATV’s safety and you	Reconstructions and real life cases to illustrate the importance of training to ensure safe driving of ATV’s	14 mins
11	Safe Driving on Slopes	Farm vehicles and machinery	Driving on slopes is a major cause of injuries and fatalities. Information and instruction about dangers and safe methods of driving	19 mins
12	Dangerous Manoeuvres	The effects of dangerous manoeuvres on lateral overturning	Lift overturning accidents are often fatal. This film covers various situations and the issues raised apply to all designs of lift truck	8 mins
13	What the papers weigh	Safe handling of bundles	Practical advice on the ways to reduce risks of injury to those who handle newspaper and magazine bundles - including newsagents and retailers	18 mins
14	High Designs	Design of safe access and places for work at height	This relates to the design of workplaces and how this influences the safety of those who build them and those involved in maintenance activities.	24 mins
15	Rolling Safety Along	Your guide to rollcage safety	Selection, inspection and maintenance, loading limits and load distribution, safe use of tail lifts for use with rollcages.	26 mins
16	You Can Do It - A self-help guide	The what, why and how of improving health and safety at work	A self managed learning kit containing 2 workbooks and an audiotape. 2 workbooks and action sheets.	N/A
17	Lighten the load ...featuring NAPO	DVD Shows how to avoid musculoskeletal problems in the workplace.	The series of animated scenes follow Napo as he gets to grips with various lifting and carrying situations. These serious messages are presented in a light-hearted manner and are ideal for training people, especially those who don’t read or speak English well. The clips are short and easy to understand. Each scene points out the problem and its solution. The emphasis is on engineering out bad practice and causes of strain and injury to achieve more efficient handling. Sections deal with: fast-paced work and repetitive activity moving and carrying heavy loads to prevent strain and injury workstation height and layout excessive and continual twisting use of lifting aids to eliminate or improve manual handling how to ensure good grip when handling tools vibration and use of power tools efficient and safe handling thinking and planning about lifting and workplace movements.	10 mins
18	Safe start ...featuring NAPO	DVD Ideal for training new workers.	This animated DVD follows the hapless NAPO as he starts a new job. A series of amusing sketches show him getting to grips with his new workplace - not always with flying colours. This film is ideal for training new and inexperienced workers and also cuts across language barriers, as there are no speaking parts. It takes a light-hearted approach, but there are serious messages here, presented in a format that will hold people's attention. The DVD deals with: the importance of proper health and safety training and instruction; Urging workers not to hesitate to ask questions; The need to pay attention to safety messages, such as fire drills, and location of escape routes.	10 mins