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Making the School Day Safer  (15 Minutes)

This videos focuses on various areas of school district property/casualty loss control. It takes the viewer through a typical school day, from busing students to school in the morning to the security provisions which should be in place after hours.

School boards and administrative staff should consider using this video as an educational tool in regard to teaching personnel the proper safety practices and procedures which should be in place within a public school entity.

Human Behavior/Reducing Unsafe Acts  (12 Minutes)

The vast majority of accidents in the workplace are caused, in whole or in part, by the unsafe acts of employees. The major emphasis of this video is reducing unsafe acts through education.

Employee Training Responsibilities  (21 Minutes)

Preparation for training employees, their follow-up training, and types of training most effective in the work environment are the main focus of this video. Each of these areas are covered with an eye toward maximum efficiency to save time, effort and money. It also emphasizes the need for supervisor participation in the training process.

Safety Orientation in Office Environments (14 Minutes)

Meets OSHA requirements for training employees in the general hazards to which exposed. Can be used for experienced employees or newly hired employees.

Teacher Safety Orientation  (16 Minutes)

This program meets OSHA training requirements about general hazards in the classroom and school environment. Suitable for both inexperienced and experienced teachers, it covers electrical and mechanical safety, lifting, ladders, accident prevention and reporting, chemicals, and more.

Safety Orientation for Custodial and Maintenance  (18 Minutes)

This program discusses general hazards on the job, including hand and power tools, electricity, machine operations, lifting, fire, asbestos, personal protective equipment, and more.

Landscape Maintenance Safety  (16 Minutes)

Many agencies maintain parks, grounds, and median strips. This video addresses safety and maintenance procedures for mowers, string trimmers, and other tools and equipment commonly used in landscape maintenance.

Safety Inspection and Maintenance of Playgrounds  (21 Minutes)

Demonstrations by professional maintenance workers explain how to properly inspect and maintain playgrounds. Damaged swing seats are replaced, exposed bolts and nails are removed, gravel is swept off walkways, broken glass is picked out of sand, written daily inspection charts are checked off, slides, swings, clatter bridges, decks, rings, balance beams, are shown being maintained and much more. This video is an excellent training tool.

Workplace Safety Inspection Checklist  (15 Minutes)

Overview of what workplace inspections are all about, how to complete inspection forms, and basics relating to unsafe conditions in any type of workplace. Ask for sample checklist from PSBA when borrowing this tape.

Personal Protective Equipment  (9 Minutes)

Excellent program designed to emphasize the importance of using personal protection when required. Explains hard hats, gloves, eye protection, hearing protection and other aspects of protective equipment.

Back Injury Prevention/Lifting Safely  (10 Minutes)

The variety of lifting tasks in the manufacturing industry require specific techniques to be accomplished safely. This program provides an in-depth look at proper lifting techniques under difficult conditions, and hazards resulting from incorrect methods. It is definitely a "must see" program for employees BEFORE an accident occurs, and good for retraining employees who experience a back injury.

Back Care  (13 Minutes)

Most back care videos address lifting nice, clean boxes in a non-strenuous environment. In the real world, many injuries result from shoveling, operating breakers, lifting pipe and bags of concrete, etc. This program offers way to avoid back strain.

Lifting Safely/Flex Supports  (10 Minutes)

Program on how to lift safely and how to use back support devices. This program is designed for those companies using some type of back support or belt. Explains what belts can and can't do.

Ladder Safety  (8 Minutes)

Unsafe use of ladders is responsible for many serious injuries. This video explains safety considerations while working with ladders.

Slips and Falls - How to Prevent  (16 Minutes)

Excellent program for making employees aware of slip and fall dangers and how to prevent these often-serious injuries. Covers floors, waxes, runners and other aspects of slip and fall prevention.

Kitchen Safety - A

A "must see" for employees working with knives, cooking utensils, slicers, cutters, and other kitchen equipment. Trains employees in proper use and safety procedures of kitchen equipment, as well as accident prevention in the kitchen.

Kitchen Safety - B  (12 Minutes)

Designed for the kitchen employee relating to equipment safety. Includes food preparation equipment, cleaning equipment, chemicals, knives, food slicers, electrical safety, floors and other necessary information.

Shop Safety for Junior/Senior High School Students  (16 Minutes)

This program covers safety in the shop environment. Welding, electrical, mechanical, personal protective equipment, hand and power tools, and fundamentals of industrial safety are covered.

Lab Safety for Junior/Senior High School Students  (14 Minutes)

This video is intended to augment the science teacher's safety instructions to students, emphasizing safety in the science labs. Protective clothing and equipment, fire prevention, chemical safety, and basic lab safety such as acids, flammables, glassware safety, and lab equipment are covered.

Hand and Power Tool Safety  (13 Minutes)

Excellent program to help reduce injuries when using hand and power tools. Explains electrical safety, impact tools, wrenches, cheater bars and miscellaneous safety when using hand and power tools. Emphasizes safety behavior and attitude.

Chains/Slings/Hoist  (12 Minutes)

Excellent program for anyone using overhead cranes/jib hoists. Discusses slings, lifting angles, safety procedures, inspection procedures, and more.

Safe Driving Principles (School Bus Drivers)  (18 Minutes)

Taped during actual school bus driving operations on the streets and highways of a mid-sized American city, this presents examples of many potential driving hazards a school bus driver faces and how best to be prepared for them.

Basic Driving Skills (School Bus Drivers)  (18 Minutes)

A variety of basic driving skills are demonstrated including proper choke usage, clutch and brake operations, correct procedures for left and right hand turns, backing and more. Proper and frequent mirror use is stressed.

Transporting the Physically Handicapped  (18 Minutes)

Describes the challenges involved in transporting the physically handicapped, covering the use of special equipment such as wheelchair lifts and restraints. Gives helpful hints on how to interact with these students, stressing the importance of allowing them to become as independent as possible.

Accident Investigation/Employee Awareness  (18 Minutes)

Familiarize employees with accident investigation procedures so they can assist management in preventing future accidents. This video covers direct and indirect cost of accidents, supervisor's role during investigation, making workplace improvements and much more.

Safety Committees - The Real Story  (12 Minutes)

In the limited time allowed by the manufacturing industry, effective safety committees may be difficult to achieve, but can be effective if properly used. In most cases, Safety Committees become a burden rather than providing true benefit. This program explains how to make them effective, without time or effort.

Safety Program - How to Develop  (19 Minutes)

Designed for supervisors and mid-management, this tape explains how supervisors are the key to any program and how to provide safety leadership in a manufacturing environment. Complete step-by-step program for successfully developing and implementing an effective safety program. These steps, when implemented, have reduced accidents and injuries by as much as 50 - 75%!

Supervisor's Guide to Accident Reporting  (12 Minutes)

Explains why accident investigation reports are important and offers tips on investigation fact-finding techniques. Demonstrates the wrong way to conduct an employee interview after an accident and some "human behavior" tips.

Safety Awareness:  A Commitment to Yourself  (30 Minutes)

Motivate employees to make safety a part of their lives, as well as their job. This video includes candid interviews with real accident victims and discussion is related to consequences and costs of accidents, recognition and reduction of unsafe acts, how shortcuts can lead to long-term problems along with personal, emotional, physical and financial costs of accidents.

School Bus Safety for Elementary School Students  (8 Minutes)

Every year, children are hurt while riding on a school bus. This video provides a basic review stressing the importance of safety on the school bus.

Playground Safety for Elementary School Students  (7 Minutes)

This video teaches students how to avoid accidents on the playground, how to report accidents when they happen, and the importance of obeying rules to prevent accidents.

School Bus Accident Reporting and Investigation  (15 Minutes)

Shows drivers and supervisors how to fill out a school bus accident report after an accident and how to effectively conduct a school bus accident investigation.

Media Relations After a School Bus Accident  (10 Minutes)

Can help districts avoid having drivers or supervisors inadvertently make a comment on some aspect of a school bus accident that will be magnified out of proportion and be detrimental to an insurance group of School Board in any subsequent claims filed or if lawsuits develop.

Just in Case: Suppression of Fires on School Buses  (22 Minutes)

Shows students and drivers how to successfully suppress six different kinds of fires ranging from an electrical fire to an engine fire, tire fires, kids setting seats ablaze, vent fires, and a ruptured fuel line of a car that had collided with a bus and has sprayed the bus with fuel. Proper evacuation procedures are shown in each situation.

Death Zones (Danger in the Loading and Unloading Area)  (20 Minutes)

Covers danger in the loading and unloading area. Three different stories dramatically reveal what can happen to a kindergartner who drops a Valentine card in front of the bus and runs back for it; a junior high school student fooling around outside the bus; to a female high school student who slips off a snow bank and is crushed under the wheels of a bus.

Trouble Spots (Danger Areas for Unloading/Loading Buses  

Covers the danger areas or trouble spots drivers and students must be aware of whenever a bus stops to pick up students in the loading and unloading zones or when stopping at railroad crossings.

Are You Ready? School Bus Evacuation Drills  (22 Minutes)

Is both a motivational and training tape for both students and drivers. It dramatically shows how students coming home from a field trip late at night are involved in a head-on collision. It shows how they safely evacuate the bus and get the school bus driver, who is unconscious, out of the bus because they paid attention during the school bus evacuation drill held periodically in every school district. In the telling, this program demonstrates proper evacuation procedures not only in a head-on collision, but a side collision, and a rear-end collision.

Hazard Communications for Custodial Maintenance  (10 Minutes)

This program complies with OSHA training requirements for employee "right to know" programs. Topics include material safety data sheets (MSDS), labeling, chemical hazards, and basic prevention techniques to avoid chemical exposure.

Universal Precautions  (8 Minutes)

Designed for health care providers but is an excellent program for engineering, custodial, security administration and other personnel who provide services in the health care environment. Excellent refresher for nursing, lab and other providers who normally receive additional universal precautions training.

Transferring Students with Physical Disabilities  (18 Minutes)

Disabled and severely handicapped children are being mainstreamed into classrooms in increasing numbers. This means that teachers and teacher aides are required to lift and carry (transfer) these students continuously during a normal workday. This has led to an increase in back injuries. The video demonstrates how to safely transfer these students and emphasizes how teachers and their aides can protect themselves from injuring their back while transferring.

The Choice is Yours  (10 Minutes)

This video describes Chem-Nuclear Systems' efforts to identify a volunteer host municipality for Pennsylvania's low-level radioactive waste disposal facility. All groups and individuals interested would receive and in-kind grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Low-Level Waste Management Program in Idaho Falls, Idaho. This video highlights the voluntary siting process and the technical requirements for the 500-acre site. It includes photos of a similar facility operating in Spain, as well as a new animated segment describing the triple-safe design planned for Pennsylvania.

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace  (12 Minutes)

This video explains what sexual harassment is all about, the legal and moral aspect of complying with labor laws and how to prevent sexual harassment on the job.

Sexual Harassment - What your Employees Need to Know  (8 Minutes)

This video outlines the legal definition of sexual harassment and provides employees with information regarding the recognition and reporting of sexual harassment.

Personal Protection Safety - Eye  (9 Minutes)

Perfect for orientation or retraining to meet OSHA standards.

Fire Protection and Electrical Safety  (9 Minutes)

Excellent for new or experienced employees, covers fire extinguishers, sprinklers, housekeeping, chemicals, cords, receptacles, and general electrical safety.

Safety Committees  (15 Minutes)

Create an effective safety committee; one that both educates members and improves safety performance:

1. Most effective membership and chairperson

2. Introductory, follow-up meetings and making recommendations

3. Keys tasks: written safety manual, hazard correction, record keeping, training, safety  counseling, etc.

Working on Ladders, Poles and Scaffolds  (14 Minutes)

Dangerous, even deadly, falls in the workplace can be avoided by increasing safety awareness. Ladders: choosing the right type pre-use inspection of PPE and pole, correct ascending and descending techniques. Scaffolds: maximum loads, guardrails and toeboard, safety belts, lifelines and nets, moving scaffolds.

School Bus Driving - Controlling Skids  (16 Minutes)

Skids contribute to 1 in 4 serious road accidents. Ability to maintain vehicle control is vital in keeping young passengers safe. Demonstrates:

1. Why skids occur and how to prevent them

2. Importance of remaining calm, alert in emergencies

3. Unavoidable skids: handling front, rear and all wheel skids, as well as power skids

4. Handling spinouts and hydroplaning

It Only Takes a Second  (4 Minutes)

Viewers won't forget the powerful accident re-enactments and dramatic consequences illustrated in this motivational video. It's a great meeting opener for any safety topic! This program makes you think safety.

Steps for Safe Lifting & Carrying   (10 Minutes)

Employees need to realize that every time they lift or carry something - on or off the job - they could be putting their backs at risk. This video shares the secrets of the lifting professionals: proper lifting techniques, avoiding muscle strain, tilt tests, and so on.

Accident Causes and Prevention  (11 Minutes)

Guaranteed to reduce the occurrence of employee unsafe acts, thereby eliminating the majority of accidents in the workplace!

School Crime: Campus Combat Zone   (25 Minutes)

Gunshot wounds are one of the leading causes of death among school-age children in the United States, second only to motor vehicle deaths. This program presents methods and techniques for reducing the proliferation of guns and other weapons in schools. Some scenes are graphic.

School Crime: Establishing Communication  (25 Minutes)

Violence in our schools is one of the most significant issues facing law enforcement today. This program examines how to establish communication links with students, families and educators to create a safer school environment. Some graphic scenes.

School Crime: Sounding the Alarm  (25 Minutes)

An increasing number of students report the presence of gangs in their schools. And many students nationwide find it easy to obtain alcohol and drugs in their schools. This program examines what happens when crime and violence spill into the classroom and what some schools are doing to combat this problem. Some scenes are graphic.

Crisis on Campus:  Mass Emergency Training (25 Minutes)

This video review the tragedy at Columbine High School in April of 1999 along with how to develop an effective response plan to a potential crisis. Some graphic scenes.

What to do About Work Place Emergencies (18 Minutes)

This program focuses on establishing an emergency action plan including written policies and procedures. This information helps ensure employee safety in the event of a workplace emergency.

Introduction to Special Ed Bus Driving Safety   (15 Minutes)

Using the model of a skilled school bus driver instructor providing instruction to a new trainee, this video covers a variety of key points.

1. Driving techniques to meet the needs of special ed students

2. Preparation of wheelchair prior to loading students

3. Properly tying wheelchairs

4. Demonstration of how to raise the chair lift when the electrical systems fails

Safe School Bus Crossing Procedures  (19 Minutes)

This new program demonstrates how to safely unload and cross students.

1. Eight-light system

2. Five-point mirror check

3. Danger zones

Playground Safety - Supervising our Children   (15 Minutes)

Every year, approximately 200,000 children are injured due to playground hazards, and more than 40 percent of all playground injuries happen due to a lack of appropriate supervision. This program is designed to make you aware of potential playground dangers and understand good supervision techniques.

1. Identifying hazards

2. Supervising children

3. First aid

Sports Injuries - Play it Safe   (14 Minutes)

Sprains, strains, contusions, abrasions and lacerations account for some 60 percent of all sports injuries to students. This video provides vital information to coaches, athletic directors and volunteers who run youth-oriented sports programs.

1. Prevention of sports injuries

2. Warm-up preparation

3. Proper use and importance of personal protective equipment

4. Treatment of injuries on the playing field

5. Creating a safe environment

Safe Custodial Practices   (20 Minutes)

This video addresses six important areas of safety for custodians:

1. Cleaning restrooms

2. Handling, mixing and labeling chemicals

3. Universal precautions

4. Ladder safety

5. Back safety

6. Cleaning up bloodborne pathogen spills

Fire Safety - Sound the Alarm   (15 Minutes)

In the past several years, firefighters responded to a fire in an educational facility every hour. With scary statistics like this, it is clear why fire safety and pro-active training is necessary. This program explains why fires start and what your facility can do to prevent them. Should a fire occur, this program also outlines steps that should be followed by your staff to prevent injury.

1. Emergency Action Plan

2. How a fire starts

3. Fire prevention

4. Safe evacuation

Accident Causes & Prevention  (16 Minutes)

The majority of factors causing job-related accidents can be controlled by your employees! Increase awareness of risk-producing behaviors by becoming familiar with:

1. 5 major factors involved in accidents

2. Warning signs for supervisors

Safety Orientation for Schools (15 Minutes)

School environments pose hazards all their own. Help ensure a safer work environment for your faculty and staff - resulting in fewer missed workdays and happier, healthier employees - with this new video release!

1. Back safety & ergonomics

2. Class A, B, C & D fires
3. Fire extinguishers
4. Hazard communication
5. Slips, trips & falls
6. Electrical safety
7. Housekeeping

Bloodborne Pathogens for School Employees (The Straight Facts) (15 Minutes)

This best selling video program takes a closer look at the three main bloodborne pathogens putting your faculty at greatest risk on the job - hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV. It also addresses the Standard Precautions school employees need to follow in order to protect themselves from transmission.

1. Hepatitis B vaccine

2. Exposure Control Plans
3. Handwashing
4. Housekeeping

Back Safety - Lift Well, Live Well (14 Minutes)

Almost everyone has had back pain at one time. But you're much better off taking care of our back before pain sets in. This brand-new video program shows how you can "head off back pain" when you use your head and remember to protect your back from injury.

1. Back basics

2. Positive steps
3. Proper lifting
4. Exercise

Back Safety for School Employees (15 Minutes)
This video describes the anatomy of the back and the use of good body mechanics when lifting, moving and carrying various objects. It also presents a number of gentle exercises that can be used to help keep the back strong and flexible to reduce the potential of back injuries.

Chemical Handling Safety (17 Minutes)
This video covers the basics of handling chemicals safely through the use of proper hazard identification, the use of personal protective equipment and other appropriate measures to prevent injuries and illnesses, along with what should be done in the event of an emergency.

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