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NIOSH Video

NIOSH-Video programs listed below can be ordered from the NIOSH
Publications Office, downloaded, or viewed online.

Move It! Rig Move Safety for Roughnecks
This video covers rig move safety for Roughnecks in the oil and gas fields. It helps make sense of the organized chaos that accompanies a rig move and highlights some easy ways to lower the risk of being injured or killed when moving to a new location.
Year: 2011
DVD Pub. No.: 2011-108D
Total running time: 23 minutes

Making Green Jobs Safe Workshop
Remarks by John Howard, M.D., NIOSH, (Director) and David Michaels, Ph.D., M.P.H., Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health
Year: 2009
Opening Remarks Total running time: 3:48
Closing Remarks Total running time: 19:08

Take Pride in Your Job: Fall Protection
This video encourages oil and gas extraction workers to use fall protection and never be “un-clipped” and thus vulnerable when at height. The video features oil and gas extraction workers talking about their use of fall protection and sharing their personal stories about why fall protection should always be worn when working at height.
Year: 2008
DVD Pub. No.: 2009-108D
Total running time: 10 minutes

Take Pride in Your Job: Seat Belts
This video encourages oil and gas extraction workers to wear a seat belt whenever in a moving motor vehicle. The video features oil and gas extraction workers describing their use of seat belts and sharing their personal stories about why seat belts should be worn all the time - every time.
Year: 2008
DVD Pub. No.: 2009-109D
Total running time: 11 minutes

NORA 2008 Symposium Welcome and Keynote
Video of Dr. John Howard's keynote speech.
Year: 2008
Total running time: 36:51

Youth @ Work: Talking Safety
This video is part of the DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2007-136 Youth @ Work: Talking Safety curriculum in occupational safety and health that can be used in classroom or other group training settings
Year: 1996
Total running time: 10 minutes.

The Most Powerful Thing...
Deck Safety Awareness for Purse Seiners
A safety awareness video designed to help crew members be more aware of safety hazards on board purse seining vessels.
Year: 2007
DVD Pub. No.: 2007-126d
Total running time: 40 minutes

Violence on the Job
This program describes workplace violence factors, and suggests measures for reduction.
Year: 2004
DVD Pub. No.: 2004-100d
Total combined running time: 27 minutes (2 shows)

Working With Stress
This program describes workplace stress factors, and suggests measures for stress reduction.
Year: 2002
DVD Pub. No.: 2003-114d
Total running time: 17 minutes

TB Respiratory Protection in Health Care
These two programs are designed to educate health care workers on proper respiratory protection. The programs are Respirators: Your TB Defense, and TB Respiratory Protection: Administrator's Review.
Year: 2002
DVD Pub. No.: 2002-114d
Total running time: 42 minutes

Caution: Foundry at Work
This program describes occupational safety and health factors related to foundry work.
Year: 1998
DVD Pub. No.: 98-109d
Total running time: 10 minutes
(Includes both English and Spanish language tracks.)

Available for online view only:
Occupational Safety and Health Poetry Performance
Stacy Smallwood a public health professional and poet, performs his new occupational safety poem.
Year: 2007
Total running time: 5 minutes, 44 seconds

NIOSH Mining Videos

NIOSH Mining videos cover a variety of topics related to mine safety and health. Some describe new processes developed by the mining research program. Others, such as "Zen and the Art of Rockbolting" or "Escape from Mine Fires", provide excellent content that can serve as the basis for training exercises.

Mining Videos Online

Aggregate Training for the Safety Impaired
This video follows two new hires through their first week on the job. Ted and Slick have not paid attention in training class and prove to be hazards to themselves as well as everyone around them.
Year: 2007
NIOSH Pub. No.: 2007-134d
Total running time: 35:06

Arc Flash Awareness
An arc flash is the sudden release of electrical energy through the air when a high-voltage gap exists and there is a breakdown between conductors.
Year: 2007
NIOSH Pub. No.: 2007-116d
Total running time: 25:39

Faces of Black Lung
This video tackles the issue of Black Lung Disease.
These two miners share their stories and provide a little insight on how their lives have been changes due to this disease.
Year: 2008
DVD Pub. No.: 2008-131
Total running time: 13 minutes

Handling Explosives in Underground Mines
Part construction crew, part demolition crew: underground miners deal with both creation and destruction in a typical day.
Year: 1999
NIOSH Pub. No.: 99-118d
Total running time: 15:09

Hazards In Motion
Hazards In Motion teaches mobile equipment safety for underground miners. The video follows the misadventures of Ben, a new miner with a short attention span and big ego.
Year: 2001
NIOSH Pub. No.: 2001-151d
Total running time: 31:28

Hidden Scars
A story of survival and recovery, Hidden Scars is an interview with veteran hard rock miner Don Capperelli.
Year: 2001
NIOSH Pub No.: 2001-150d
Total running time: 26:34

Miner Mike Saves the Day - or - Ground Support...It's Important
Winner of the NIOSH 2001 Alice Hamilton Award for Excellence in Educational Materials, Miner Mike Saves The Day exudes both humor and wisdom.
Year: 2001
NIOSH Pub No.: 2000-150d
Total running time: 33:34

Rock Falls—Preventing Rock Fall in Underground Mines
A close companion to Miner Mike Saves The Day, Rock Falls teaches the importance of proper roof scaling in underground mining to avoid injury and improve work conditions.
Year: 1999
NIOSH Pub. No.: 99-119d
Total running time: 20:31

The Sky Is Falling
This video tackles the issue of highwall safety in surface mining and construction.
Year: 2004
NIOSH Pub. No.: 2004-161d
Total running time: 38:34

You Are My Sunshine
The video "You Are My Sunshine" tells the story of the Sunshine Mine Disaster of 1972 through the eyes of 27 people who lived through it.
Year: 2002
NIOSH Pub. No.: 2002-132d
Total running time: 1:08

Zen and the Art of Rock Bolting
Zen and the Art of Rockbolting features a "master miner" who has worked underground for nearly 40 years.
Year: 2002
NIOSH Pub No.: 2002-131d
Total running time: 33:57