Fighting the Odds
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Fighting the Odds
This training video highlights the importance of sea safety
On average a UK fisherman dies every ten days at sea. This video highlights the pros and cons about working at sea. The example in this training video shows the fishing vessel Camaret as she suffers a fire on board in the galley, the crew not being equipped to deal with the incident, panic and two crewmen are badly injured.
Fishing continues to be a very dangerous job. Between 1996 and 2005 a fisherman was 115 times more likely to be killed at work than the rest of the workforce. Although this is potentially down to the high risk environment of working on a slippery, rolling, small workspace with heavy machinery, sharp knives and often bad weather, there is another factor as well. As fish stocks decline there is less money in the industry. Fishermen are therefore forced to work longer hours and put in more effort to catch the same amount of fish. Understaffing and increased fatigue also contribute to accidents at sea.
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Health & Safety at Work
Work can be a matter of life and death. Explore how video helped spread the gospel of ‘Elf’n’Safety’ and improved Britain’s workplaces
As employers and government grew gradually but increasingly conscious of responsibilities towards the wellbeing of staff at work, so grew the role of film in the workplace. The moving image, with its emotional power and its ability to stick in the memory (especially when resorting to graphic imagery), was well placed to help get key health and safety messaging across both to employees, exhorted to follow safe practices, and to employers and managers encouraged to make conditions as safe as possible (or at least, as safe as the law requires of them).
And when things go wrong, the filmmaker may be there to help pick up the pieces, documenting or dramatising the consequences. In the era of videotape cameras and videotape viewing, late in the 20th century, the role of film in ‘Elf’n’Safety’ only grew bigger. This collection explores how it did it
16 videos in this collection
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Disability Discrimination Act: Act Now
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Handle with Care
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First Aid in the Laboratory: Chemical Spillages
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Make Health Your Business
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Health and Safety at Work for Enfield
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Safety's No Accident
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Illegal Manriding
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The Self Rescuer
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Contraband Kills
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Fighting the Odds
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Fire Service Demonstrate House Fire
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Pointers To Good Safety Management: Caring Occupations
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Pointers To Good Safety Management: Equestrian Work
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Pointers To Good Safety Management: In a Garage
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