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Asbestos in building construction

This was clipped from the 1959 film, Asbestos a matter of time, by the US Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior. For more information about a...

Uses of Asbestos: Examples from the 50s and 60s

Clips showing uses of asbestos products in the 1950s and 1960s taken from government and industrial films. The films are available from the Internet...

Testing an Asbestos Suit

A clip demonstrating a new fire and heat resistant suit....

Lead Exposure at the Bunker Hill Mine and Smelter

This is clipped from the 1979 film, Working for Your Life (58 minutes, Labor Occupational Health Program Films) which explores the health and safety c...

Childhood Lead Hazard Pioneer Researcher Herbert Needleman, MD

Herbert Needleman, MD, is a pioneer in the history of medicine who has helped transform our understanding of the effect of lead on children's health....

Man and Sound 1965 DOD

Noise is not a new hazard. It has been a constant threat since the industrial revolution. Too much noise exposure may cause a temporary change in hear...

Mother describes loss of son in crane incident

In a 3-min. video, Diane Lillicrap explains how her son Steven, 21, was killed by a crane on a construction site in 2009. She discusses the crane stan...

No Escape: Danger of Confined Space

A gripping 15-min. video of a recent confined space tragedy when a chemical fire erupted deep in a hydroelectric plant tunnel, trapping and killing fi...

Dangers of Hot Work

The Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has produced a video that details the importance of monitoring when doing hot work, as well as conducting hazard evalu...

Just Driving Down the Street - A Nail Gun Injury

Police officer tells his story about being shot in the eye by an errant nail fired from a nail gun more than 75 feet away while he was driving home fr...