From whiteboard videos to a Lord of the Rings airplane safety clip, here are 7 of the best workplace safety videos that are sure to inspire and stir thought-provoking dialogue on the topic of health and safety. Click on the link to go to the video.
- Safety Officers Check a Building Construction Site
- How to Use a Fire Extinguisher – Whiteboard Video
- Office Work Safety
- Service Training – Heat Stress
- Tony Crow: Safety is Important In and Out of the Workplace
- Industrial Safety: Essentials Guide
- Airplane Safety: Lord of the Rings Edition
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The Best Workplace Safety Videos
Humorous and Engaging Safety Videos with Impact
It’s incredible what a touch of ingenuity and humour can do to turn truths on health and safety into fun and delightful educational content. Here we celebrate some of the best safety videos.
1) Safety Officers Check a Building Construction Site
Why it makes the list: We thought this would be a great opener to our list of safety videos. The safety inspectors are spot on while the foreman delivers one excuse after another.
Great for: Construction workers and supervisors
Easter Egg: Did you notice the makeshift cowboy hat the foreman was wearing around his safety helmet?
Length: about 3 minutes
Source: Automotive Video
2) How to Use a Fire Extinguisher – Whiteboard Video
Why it makes the list: Fire has been the age old workplace hazard across the centuries. Labourers and workers have relied on this helpful element while also managing the hazards that come with it. This video offers a quick animated guide to assessing and managing a fire with an extinguisher.
Easter Egg: The scene where the extinguisher is being used seems to be creating not only black smoke but also “blue birds”.
Great for: Office workers, health care workers, educational institutions, and any other workplace building.
Length: About 2 minutes
3) Office Work Safety
Why it makes the list: A utility company in Norway offers a number of great tips for office workers, especially for anyone who has not done stocking work: definitely a great resource to staying healthy and safe in an office setting.
Great for: Any type of office setting
Easter Egg: Anyone else notice the stick man using an iMac for the first part of the video?
Length: About 6 minutes
Source: Norsk Hydro
4) Service Training – Heat Stress
Why it makes the list: No matter the workplace environment, employees are exposed to heat stress during different times of the year. This video helps you get informed with actionable insights towards managing this silent hazard that often goes unaddressed.
Great for: Landscapers, sanitation workers, construction workers, and anyone else who regularly work outdoors
Easter Egg: Check out the surprising heat cramp symptoms at 4:56
Length: About 11 and a half minutes
Source: Service Sanitation
5) Tony Crow: Safety is Important In and Out of the Workplace
Why it makes the list: Safety incidents can happen to those around you, even your closest loved ones. Tony used to have 20/20 vision but because of a family event he no longer has any sight despite being a safety leader in his field.
Great for: Anyone who needs to hear that the safety procedures you use on the job need to be applied when you are off the job too
Easter egg: Did you notice Tony’s companion next to him at the podium?
Length: About 3 minutes
Source: Youtube.com
6) Industrial Safety: Essentials Guide
Why it makes the list: Get the scoop on the best equipment and procedures for managing industrial industry workplace hazards. This narrated presentation makes effective use of visuals for maximum impact.
Great for: All workers in the industrial industry
Easter Egg: At around 3:45 an example of a fire hazard looks to be using equipment that is vaguely shaped like a wok.
Length: 5 minutes
Source: Decibel Lux
7) Airplane Safety: Lord of the Rings Edition
Why it makes the list: With cameo appearances made by the cast of the Lord of the Rings along with airplane hosts donning elf prosthetics, any passenger about to take off would be pleasantly surprised as they are treated with this mythical and informative short clip on passenger airplane safety.
Great for: Anyone from frequent flyers to the occasional airplane passenger
Easter Egg: Did you notice the unfortunate accident just before the oxygen masks are explained?
Length: Less than 5 minutes
Source: Air New Zealand
Additional Safety Resources
Safety Training Infographic
Use this informative infographic as part of your safety training program or print it off and display it in a prominent location.
Popular Health and Safety Training Courses You and Your Workers Can Take
Training is a key component to staying safe in the workplace. Here are a number of the more popular health and safety courses that you can take. For a complete list of all of health and safety training courses ACUTE offers, click here.
Working At Heights
ACUTE’s Working at Heights training program has been approved by the Chief Prevention Officer under the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development’s Working at Heights Training Program Standard and the Working at Heights Training Provider Standard. The ACUTE Working at Heights training provides theory and hands-on practical training and evaluation facilitated by highly skilled and competent instructors.
Part 1 Certification Basic Training for Joint Health and Safety Committee Members
This certification involves training in health and safety law, as well as the identification, assessment, and control of hazards. Standards for this training are set by the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, and the ministry also certifies JHSC members who complete approved training programs.
Confined Space Entry Awareness
This training program will familiarize a participant with the requirements of Ontario Regulation 632/05 – Confined Spaces. Furthermore, the training program is intended to provide entrants, attendants and competent persons the skills and training required to recognize confined space entry risks and how to establish measured and corresponding controls. Participants will have the opportunity to become familiar with, inspect and use Confined Space Entry (CSE) access equipment and air quality instrumentation.
Confined Space Rescue
This training program builds on the content of the Confined Space Entry Awareness course to train participants on the safety considerations and how to safely perform rescue from confined space. This program has a very significant practical component that can be physically demanding for some. Participants will have the opportunity to extricate weighted mannequins from our confined space simulators.
Fall Protection
This training program is geared towards those working at height in Industrial Establishments, Mining Operations, Health Care and Residential Facilities sectors or other workplaces that are not Construction Projects. This training program is not a replacement for ACUTE’s Working at Heights training program. This training can be modified to specifically address equipment used in the workplace.
Elevating Work Platforms
Elevating Work Platforms (EWPs) such as scissor lifts and boom lifts can be safe solutions to working at height challenges. Unfortunately, lack of training, improper use and defective equipment has led to serious incidents involving workers in Ontario. The EWP course has been constructed to prepare operators for the safe use of EWPs. The theory module covers all classes of EWPs, while the practical module covers only the type of EWP used in the participant`s workplace.
Get Engaging and Meaningful Safety Training from ACUTE
Here is what sets our industry-leading health and safety training apart from others, helping your employees work safer and smarter:
- Our trainers have firsthand experience with their training material
We have combined 150 years of experience serving healthcare, construction, and government industries. - Training programs are tailored to your specific applications and your company’s policies and procedures
ACUTE prepares your staff by developing training material and hands-on components relevant to your workplace and team. - Our training sessions can be operated on-site at your workplace, or at our first-class Training Centre
Make use of ACUTE’s facilities free of charge when you take at least one of our courses. - We work to provide the best customer service in the industry to our clients
ACUTE has been described as creative, customer-oriented, and flexible in meeting the needs of our partners.
Aside from these distinguishing factors, ACUTE also tracks your employee training records free of charge, each and every time your staff attends one of our courses. To learn more about ACUTE, see here.
ACUTE is located in Waterloo, Ontario and services customers from cities such as Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Hamilton, Milton, Kitchener, London, and Guelph, as well as other cities across Ontario and North America. Some of our offered courses include WHMIS and Transportation of Dangerous Goods.
Here is what a recent customer had to say about their experience with ACUTE as their training provider:
–Konstantinos
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