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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.

Violence on the Job
This program describes workplace violence factors, and suggests measures for reduction.

Working With Stress
This program describes workplace stress factors, and suggests measures for stress reduction.

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.

Caution: Foundry at Work
This program describes occupational safety and health factors related to foundry work.

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Occupational Safety and Health Poetry Performance
Stacy Smallwood a public health professional and poet, performs his new occupational safety poem.

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.

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.

Handling Explosives in Underground Mines
Part construction crew, part demolition crew: underground miners deal with both creation and destruction in a typical day.

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.

Hidden Scars
A story of survival and recovery, Hidden Scars is an interview with veteran hard rock miner Don Capperelli.

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.

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.

The Sky Is Falling
This video tackles the issue of highwall safety in surface mining and construction.

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.

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.

NIOSH VHS Mining Video Tapes

• Control of Back Injuries in Mining
• Emergency Response Planning - Who Needs It?
• Escape from a Mine Fire
• Recovery of Farmington #9—An Interview with Danny Kuhn
• Safety Issues in Deep Cut Mining
• A Scientific Look at Back Belts

Mining Clips and Short Videos Online

• Blast Area Security
• Clothes Cleaning Process
• Explosion Test at the SRCM
• HASARD Proximity Warning System
• Hearing Loss Prevention Unit
• How to Wear Soft Foam Earplugs (Roll-Pull-Hold)
• Lake Lynn Experimental Mine
• Longwall Dust Gallery
• Make it Safer with Roof Screen
• Mine Roof Simulator
• Reducing Dust Inside Enclosed Cabs
• Roof Bolting Simulation
• Single Axis Vibration Table
• Ventilation Gallery