Episode number 2 of Series “Accidents don’t happen”.
Minor carelessness in handling machinery may lead to a major accident. Investigating a fatal accident involving a power saw, the film reconstructs the steps leading up to the fatality and shows the worker’s two key mistakes in handling the saw.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
313616
Language
English
Subject categories
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Machinery
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Employees - Training of
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Accidents - Prevention
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Machinery
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)