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Division of Safety & Hygiene Video Library
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Construction Videos

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THE ABC`S OF YOUR PERSONAL FALL ARREST SYSTEM
 Shows how to properly select and use personal fall arrest systems. Covers both construction and industrial settings.
Accompanying guide available.
2002, 15 minutes, No. 600075


ABRASIVE BLASTING SAFETY
 Discusses safety practices related to abrasive blasting, including PPE, equipment inspection and potential hazards.
2003, 12 minutes, No. 600078


ADVANCED TIPS: RIGGING & LIFTING
 Offers detailed guidance on proper rigging and lifting. Part 1 covers preparation, analyzing the load and choosing a sling. Part 2 covers rigging strategy and making the lift.
2002, 26 minutes, No. 600096


AERIAL WORK PLATFORM SAFETY TRAINING
 Presents safe operating procedures of aerial work platforms, such as scissors lifts and boom lifts, used in maintenance and construction projects. Accompanying guide available.
1999, 15 minutes, No. 600059


ALZAMIENTO EN EL LUGAR TRABAJO CON EQUIPO MÓVIL PARA LA CONSTRUCCIÓN: TÉCNICAS CORRECTAS DE APAREJAMIENTO DE CARGA
 Provides detailed information on proper rigging and handling techniques when excavation and earthmoving equipment are used to sling and move loads. In Spanish. Also available in English (No. 600092).
1997, 29 minutes, No. 600093


ANCHORAGES: MAKE THE CONNECTION
 Presents rules for identifying anchorage points and guidelines for safe hookups. Includes construction and confined space situations.
1992, 17 minutes, No. 600027


BACKHOE SAFETY
 Shows how to safely operate tractor-loader backhoe, including pre-start checks and startup, loading, transporting, working safely onsite, lifting, and shutdown procedures.
1992, 18 minutes, No. 600048


BACKHOE SAFETY: INSPECTION AND WALK AROUND
 Provides a detailed lesson on how to perform a pre-operational inspection of a backhoe. DVD also available (No. 400089).
2006, 12 minutes, No. 600089


BRIAN'S STORY: YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
 Features Jeff Bell, the father of a young man killed while working on a construction site, speaking about everyone’s role in creating a safety culture that prevents such tragedies. Accompanying guide available. Closed captioned.
2008, 20 minutes, No. 600108


CALL BEFORE YOU DIG ANYTHING
 Emphasizes importance of contracting necessary authorities before excavating or digging. Reviews electrocution hazard from buried utility lines and preventive measures.
1993, seven minutes, No. 600063


CAVE-IN RESPONSE
 Reviews how to safely respond when someone is buried by trench cave-in. Covers basics of reporting accident, approaching site, and safely reaching and removing victim.
Accompanying guide available.
1991, 23 minutes, No. 600060


COMO TRABAJAR EN FORMA SEGURA: ORIENTACION DE SEGURIDAD PARA EMPLEADOS
 Presents overview of nine construction safety topics, including housekeeping, personal protective equipment, vehicle safety, and excavations. In Spanish. Also available in English (no. 600017).
1998, 12 minutes, No. 600025


COMPETENT PERSON & SOILS TESTING
 Explains “competent person” tests and classifies soils in order to comply with OSHA construction rule on trenching and excavations.
1992, 27 minutes No. 600050


CONSTRUCTION B-A-C-K SAFETY
 Shows how to prevent back pain in construction workers through good posture and body mechanics and recommended lifting techniques. From the Hard Hat Safety Series.
1991, 10 minutes, No. 600018


CONSTRUCTION CONFINED SPACE ENTRY
 Shows how to identify confined spaces and how to assemble confined space entry permit program and team. From the Hard Hat Safety Series.
1992, 10 minutes, No. 600014


CONSTRUCTION ELECTRICAL SAFETY
 Shows how to recognize and avoid electrical hazards on construction sites. Covers GFCI, lockout/tagout, PPE, power tools, and emergency procedures. From the Hard Hat Safety Series.
1993, 10 minutes, No. 600023


CONSTRUCTION FALL PROTECTION: GET ARRESTED!
 Describes types of fall protection (guardrails, hole covers, positioning devices, fall arrest systems and safety nets). Encourages viewers to set up fall protection systems correctly and keep them in good condition. From the Hard Hat Safety series. Also available in Spanish (no. 600070). Accompanying guide available. Closed captioned.
1998, 11 minutes, No. 600069


CONSTRUCTION FORKLIFTS: EXTENDING YOUR REACH
 Discusses the safe operation of construction forklifts, including types used, lifting principles, inspection, training, overhead electrical hazards and moving a load. From the Hard Hat Safety Series. Accompanying guide available. Closed captioned.
1999, 14 minutes, No. 600077


CONSTRUCTION LOCKOUT/TAGOUT: SIX STEPS TO SAFETY
 Defines lockout/tagout and reviews six steps to assure secure lockout/tagout. From the Hard Hat Safety Series.
1991, 10 minutes, No. 600016


CONSTRUCTION SAFETY ORIENTATION FOR EMPLOYEES
 Provides an overview of the many safety topics employees should know about as they begin working on construction sites. Accompanying guide available. Closed captioned.
2002, 23 minutes, No. 600103


CONSTRUCTION STAIRWAYS AND LADDERS
 Shows safe use of stairways and ladders in construction work. From the Hard Hat Safety Series.
1992, 10 minutes, No. 600019


CONSTRUCTION WELDING SAFETY
 Demonstrates how to maintain safe welding work zone. Includes information on oxyfuel gas and electric arc welding, health hazards, and handling compressed gas cylinders. From the Hard Hat Safety Series.
1993, 10 minutes, No. 600021


CONTRACTOR SAFETY: IT`S EVERYBODY`S BUSINESS
 Provides contract workers with an orientation to working on multi-employer work sites. Focuses on common safety hazards and emphasizes that everyone is responsible for safety. Accompanying guide available. Closed captioned. DVD also available (No. 400099).
2004, 17 minutes, No. 600099


CRANE SAFETY AWARENESS FOR SITE SUPERINTENDENTS
 Emphasizes the role of the construction site superintendent in preventing crane accidents by having a thorough working knowledge of crane operations and potential hazards.
1992, 8 minutes, No. 600097


CRAWLER EXCAVATOR: SAFE OPERATING TECHNIQUES
 Demonstrates safe operating techniques for crawler excavators in a variety of construction environments.
1993, 23 minutes, No. 600088


EXCAVATION, TRENCHES AND SHORING
 Stresses the importance of planning excavations, recognizing potential hazards of cave-in or contact with utilities, using protective systems such as sloping, shoring or shielding and working safely in and around trenches. Accompanying guide available.
1996, 15 minutes, No. 600066


EYE PROTECTION
 Emphasizes importance of eye safety in construction industry. Covers selection of appropriate eye protection, including for welding, and what to do for eye injuries. Also available in Spanish (no. 600068).
1992, 10 minutes, No. 600067


FALL PROTECTION FOR CONSTRUCTION
 Covers the OSHA requirements for fall protection in construction and describes a variety of systems and procedures intended to protect workers from falls. Includes a section for the steel erection industry. Accompanying guide available. Closed captioned.
2002, 20 minutes, No. 600111


FALL PROTECTION FOR IRON WORKERS: SAFETY IN THE SKY
 Presents the basics of ironworker fall protection safety based on OSHA's rule on steel erection. Closed captioned.
2001, 18 minutes, No. 600071


FALL PROTECTION: TAKING CONTROL
 Stresses importance of recognizing and respecting potential fall hazards and instructs in proper use and care of fall protection equipment.
Accompanying guide available.
1994, 11 minutes, No. 600040


FALL PROTECTION: THE BASICS
 Demonstrates in humorous fashion features of passive and active fall protection and the physics of falls. 1995, 10 minutes, No. 600054


FALL PROTECTION: THE RIGHT CONNECTION
 Describes the types of fall protection, the components of a personal fall arrest system, how to use and care for the equipment and rescue from height. For both construction and industry. Accompanying guide available. Closed captioned.
2007, 19 minutes, No. 600102


FLAGGER SAFETY
 Provides an introduction to the safety issues of traffic control flaggers. Covers clothing, signs, position and the importance of the job.
2004, 13 minutes, No. 600101


FORKLIFT SAFETY FOR CONSTRUCTION
 Provides an overview of the many safety topics employees should know about as they begin working on construction sites. Accompanying guide available. Closed captioned.
1999, 21 minutes, No. 600104


GETTING THE JOB DONE SAFELY: WORKER SAFETY ORIENTATION
 Presents overview of nine construction safety topics, including housekeeping, personal protective equipment, vehicle safety and excavations. Also available in Spanish (no. 600025).
1998, 12 minutes, No. 600017


HANDLING STRUCTURAL STEEL
 Demonstrates how to safely handle and rig structural steel. Includes correct techniques for unloading, sorting and making the lift. Shows how to rig specific loads. Also available in Spanish (No. 600091).
1999, 28 minutes, No. 600090


HOW TO PROPERLY INTERPRET A LOAD CHART
 Explains proven methods that crane operators can use to precisely calculate safety of any lift.
1993, 20 minutes, No. 600045


IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
 Provides an overview of the proper use of personal protective equipment used in construction.
Accompanying guide available. Closed captioned.
2002, 7 minutes, No. 600087


IN THE TRENCHES: EXCAVATION SAFETY FOR WORKERS
 Uses real jobsite conditions to illustrate how to work safely in and around excavations and trenches.
1996, 14 minutes, No. 600098


JOBSITE LIFTING WITH MOBILE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT: PROPER LOAD RIGGING TECHNIQUES
 Provides detailed information on proper rigging and handling techniques when excavation and earthmoving equipment are used to sling and move loads. Also available in Spanish (No. 600093).
1997, 29 minutes, No. 600092


LADDER SAFETY
 Demonstrates safe use of ladders, including step ladders and extension ladders. Also shows safe use of rolling scaffolds.
1994, 13 minutes, No. 600058


LADDERS AND SCAFFOLDS: IT`S UP TO YOU
 Shows safe work practices and maintenance procedures for portable, job-made, and fixed ladders and stationary upright, mobile/rolling, and suspended scaffolds. Accompanying guide available.
1993, 22 minutes, No. 600041


LAS ESCALERAS Y ESCALERILLAS: EL PRIMER PASO
 Shows the types of ladders, their setup and inspection, and safe work practices. Includes safe use of stairways. In Spanish. Also available in English (No. 600024).
1991, 18 minutes, No. 600009


LOS ANDAMIOS FIJOS EN LAS CONSTRUCCIONES
 Discusses safe work practices while working on scaffolds in construction, including assembly, the role of the competent person, inspections, electrical hazards and fall protection. From the Hard Hat Safety series. In Spanish. Also available in English (No. 600028).
2000, 11 minutes, No. 600026


MANEJO DE ACERO ESTRUCTURAL
 Demonstrates how to safely handle and rig structural steel. Includes correct techniques for unloading, sorting and making the lift. Shows how to rig specific loads. In Spanish. Also available in English (No. 600090).
1999, 28 minutes, No. 600091


OSHA: AN INTRODUCTION FOR CONSTRUCTION
 Presents an overview of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, addressing its purpose, standards, general duty clause, inspections and citations, multi-employer worksites, etc.
Accompanying guide available.
Closed captioned.
2004, 19 minutes, No. 600082


PRE-OPERATIONAL INSPECTION FOR HYDRAULIC CRANES
 Provides step-by-step methods for performing pre-operational inspection of hydraulic cranes.
Accompanying guide available.
1993, 18 minutes, No. 600044


PRE-OPERATIONAL INSPECTION FOR LATTICE BOOM CRANES
 Emphasizes importance of inspection and maintenance of lattice boom cranes.
Accompanying guide available.
1995, 15 minutes, No. 600047


PROTECCION PARA LOS OJOS
 Emphasizes importance of eye safety in construction industry. Covers selection of appropriate eye protection, including for welding, and what to do for eye injuries. In Spanish. Also available in English (no. 600067).
1992, 10 minutes, No. 600068


RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: ROOFING SAFETY, SIDING SAFETY, FRAMING SAFETY
 Promotes safe practices in residential construction. Three separate 12-minute segments cover roofing, siding and framing safety. Produced for the State of Washington but applies to Ohio. Also available in Spanish (no. 600073).
1999, 40 minutes, No. 600072


RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: ROOFING SAFETY, SIDING SAFETY, FRAMING SAFETY (SPANISH)
 Promotes safe practices in residential construction. Three separate 12-minute segments cover roofing, siding and framing safety. Produced for the State of Washington but applies to Ohio. In Spanish. Also available in English (no. 600072).
1999, 40 minutes, No. 600073


RIGGING EQUIPMENT BASICS
 Explains how to choose the right materials, connections and methods for a safe lift. Covers rigging basics, slings and hitches, the rigging process and attachments.
Accompanying guide available.
Closed captioned.
2004, 20 minutes, No. 600081


RIGGING OPERATIONS
 Presents safety information needed to plan and execute a lift. Includes the rigging plan, load characteristics, equipment requirements, environmental factors, inspection and lift safety.
Accompanying guide available.
Closed captioned.
2004, 25 minutes, No. 600080


ROADWAY WORKER SAFETY: IN THE ZONE
 Describes the hazards and risks to workers who build and maintain roads. Addresses common construction hazards as well as those specific to roadway work zones. Accompanying guide available. Closed captioned.
2008, 24 minutes, No. 600109


SAFETY BOB'S CONSTRUCTION SAFETY ORIENTATION
 Discusses a variety of safety issues vital in keeping construction workers from getting hurt. Covers PPE, trenching, ladders, scaffolds, fall protection and electricity. Also available in Spanish (No. 600106). Accompanying guide available. Closed captioned.
2007, 22 minutes, No. 600105


SAFETY BOB'S CONSTRUCTION SAFETY ORIENTATION (SPANISH VERSION)
 Discusses a variety of safety issues vital in keeping construction workers from getting hurt. Covers PPE, trenching, ladders, scaffolds, fall protection and electricity. In Spanish. Also available in English (No. 600105). Accompanying guide available. Spanish version.
2007, 22 minutes, No. 600106


SCAFFOLD SAFETY: IT`S NO JOKE
 Provides general introduction to all types of scaffolds. Covers design and construction, inspection, fall protection, and safety procedures.
Accompanying guide available.
1997, 17 minutes, No. 600051


SCAFFOLDING SAFETY: ERECTING AND DISMANTLING
 Demonstrates site evaluation and preparation, selection and inspection of scaffolding, proper erection and dismantling procedures for scaffolds, and safe work practices.
Accompanying guide available.
1997, 19 minutes, No. 600049


SETUP FOR SAFETY
 Demonstrates critical points of safe setup of cranes.
1993, 18 minutes, No. 600043


SHORING SAFELY
 Demonstrates installation and removal of timber and aluminum hydraulic shoring systems. Includes digging precautions, soil types, use of shoring charts, and safe work practices in and around trenches.
Accompanying guide available.
1995, 23 minutes, No. 600065


SISTEMAS DE DETENCION DE CAIDAS EN LA CONSTRUCCION
 Describes types of fall protection (guardrails, hole covers, positioning devices, fall arrest systems and safety nets). Encourages viewers to set up fall protection systems correctly and keep them in good condition. In Spanish. Also available in English (No. 600069).
1998, 12 minutes, No. 600070


SLIDING BOOM FORKLIFT: OPERATING TECHNIQUES
 Provides an introduction to safely operating a sliding boom forklift on rough terrain.
2001, 18 minutes, No. 600095


STAIRWAYS AND LADDERS: THE FIRST STEP
 Shows types of ladders, their set up and inspection and safe work practices. Includes safe use of stairways. Also available in Spanish (No. 600009). Accompanying guide available.
1991, 18 minutes, No. 600024


STATIONARY SCAFFOLDS IN CONSTRUCTION
 Discusses safe work practices while working on scaffolds in construction, including assembly, the role of the competent person, inspections, electrical hazards and fall protection. From the Hard Hat Safety series. Also available in Spanish (No. 600026). Accompanying guide available.
1997, 11 minutes, No. 600028


STEP RIGHT UP!
 Points out key ladder safety issues with classic old-time humor. Re-issued by the American Ladder Institute.
1977, 19 minutes, No. 600079


TRAFFIC CONTROL THRU WORK ZONES
 Demonstrates basics of proper traffic control through work zones on city streets. Discusses equipment used, how to set up safe lane closings, and safe work practices. Accompanying guide available.
1991, 21 minutes, No. 600061


TRANSPORTING CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT: BEST PRACTICES FOR TIE-DOWN & HAULING
 Gives a thorough review of safe loading and proper tie-down procedures for transporting construction equipment.
2007, 37 minutes, No. 600107


TRENCH EMERGENCY
 Reviews basics on trenches and their hazards, and presents right ways to rescue trapped worker after cave-in.
1993, 16 minutes, No. 600006


TRENCH SAFETY: IT`S MORE THAN DIGGING A HOLE
 Describes how and why trenches cave in. Covers soil types, competent persons, protective systems, and other safety measures. Accompanying guide available.
1998, 20 minutes, No. 600056


TRENCHING AND SHORING
 Presents an overview of excavation and trench safety basics, including angle of repose and shoring.
1995, 13 minutes, No. 600064


UNDERSTANDING HAND & POWER TOOL SAFETY
 Emphasizes the importance of using safe tools, using tools safely, wearing proper protective equipment and guarding moving parts. For construction workers.
Accompanying guide available. Closed captioned.
2002, 7 minutes, No. 600086


WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN: DEMOLITION SAFETY
 Describes safety practices for demolition of buildings, including planning, site preparation, signage, debris removal and personal protective equipment.
1994, 12 minutes, No. 600083


WORKING AROUND CRANES
 Warns viewers of the hazards of working around cranes, addressing crane assembly, wire rope and rigging, power lines and signaling.
Accompanying guide available.
1995, 19 minutes, No. 600085


WORKING CRANES NEAR POWER LINES
 Shows how to properly set up and perform work with cranes around power lines, safely avoiding electrical shock.
1993, 20 minutes, No. 600046


WORKING SAFELY AROUND EXPLOSIVES
 Reviews safety procedures for storing, transporting and using explosives in construction.
1992, 5 minutes, No. 600084


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