Videos
All videos are English DVDs unless otherwise specified.
Back basics
Order code: ERGO-08
34 minutes | The 34-minute DVD assists companies with reducing back injuries and improving manual material handling safety. Anatomy and physiology are reviewed using detailed, lifelike illustrations to enhance understanding of neutral posture and increase awareness of the importance of back safety on and off the job. Real world scenarios address challenges frequently encountered in the workplace during manual material handling tasks. DVD includes pre- and post-tests, participant handouts, and illustrations of stretching and strengthening exercises.
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Back in action
Order code: LIFTING-04 (Includes English, Spanish, and Portuguese)
20 minutes | Help improve awareness and cultivate individual responsibility when it comes to back health issues. This program covers basic anatomy of the back, warning signs of potential injury, risk factors, and preventative measures. Show your employees how proper lifting techniques and a proactive health regimen can help maintain a properly aligned spine, strong core, and better quality of life. Added features and benefits: customizable PowerPoint, informative training points, and printable Leader's Guide (2010).
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Back injury prevention (VHS)
Order code: LIFTING-18 (Spanish)
10 minutes | Video provides important information about everyday movements both at work and in home settings. Includes structure of the back, range of motion, mechanics of back injuries, encouragement for good posture and exercise, lifting principles, and positive attitude toward safety (1996).
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Back safety
Order code: ERGO-02
21 minutes | Discusses how the back and spine function. Provides information about everyday movements both in work and home settings. Includes: "S" curve protection: sitting, standing, and sleeping positions; stretching, taking breaks; diet and stress management; and proper lifting, carrying, and setting down.
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Back safety: exercise and ergonomics
Order code: ERGO-03 (English)
15 minutes | This video stresses the importance of back safety training and discusses the risks involved in everyday body movement and the ways to prevent those risks from turning into debilitating back injuries. The video stresses a proactive approach, including proper health through exercise and ergonomic safety. You'll see basic stretching techniques along with other methods and tips for safe lifting and healthy movement. Safety squat, ergonomic lifting, stretching techniques, and general OSHA lifting training are covered (2005).
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Back safety: exercise and ergonomics
Order code: ERGO-04 (Spanish)
15 minutes | This video stresses the importance of back safety training and discusses the risks involved in everyday body movement and the ways to prevent those risks from turning into debilitating back injuries. The video stresses a proactive approach, including proper health through exercise and ergonomic safety. You'll see basic stretching techniques along with other methods and tips for safe lifting and healthy movement. Safety squat, ergonomic lifting, stretching techniques, and general OSHA lifting training are covered.
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Back safety: lift well, live well
Order code: LIFTING-03 (Includes English, Spanish, and Portuguese)
15 minutes | This program shows how you can prevent back pain through smart work practices and practical advice. Video covers: back basics, positive steps, warning signs, proper lifting, and exercise; included with video: employee handbook with quiz, training points and bonus materials, customizable PowerPoint presentation, a printable Leader's Guide, and helpful web links (2004).
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Easy ergonomics for caregivers: "Today's Workplayce" series (VHS)
Order code: ERGO-11
15 minutes | This edition of Today's Workplace reviews basic ergonomic principles using real-world examples. Join us as we address simple and practical methods for reducing ergonomic risk factors and potential injuries. Practicing sound ergonomics in the work environment will help insure that caregivers are free from injury, working comfortably, and available to help those who count on them (2004).
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Ergonomics: break the RMI habit
Order code: ERGO-05 (Includes English and Spanish)
12 minutes | This incorporates requirements of the California OSHA ergonomics standard with common sense ergonomics procedures to help your employees work safer and smarter. Includes: introduction to RMIs, good posture, and reverse stretching; included with video: employee handbook with quiz; DVD includes: info training points and bonus materials, customizable PowerPoint, printable Leader's Guide, and helpful web links (2005).
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It's your back: don't break it
Order code: LIFTING-12 (Includes English and Spanish)
20 minutes | This video includes steps to prevent back injury, proper posture, safe body mechanics, protective lifting devices, safe transfer techniques, the "ACT" acronym (assess-create-transfer), back-strengthening exercises, and evaluation home of ergonomic hazards. This is the home health version (2008).
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Lifting and stretching: a back owner's guide
Order code: LIFTING-05
18 minutes | This lifting and stretching safety training program concentrates on maintaining the "power position." There are three natural curves in every person`s spine that, when kept in line, are the biggest help to reducing back strain. This video provides three rules to utilize when lifting safely: keep the object close and the curves in your spine, build a bridge between you and the object, and always go feet first. Also covers warmup and preventative exercises.
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Safe lifting for hotel/motel (VHS)
Order code: HOTEL-09
10 minutes | This is part of a hotel video series. This video covers back mechanics, structure and function, and lifting principles and techniques specifically focused on the hotel/motel industry. (1996).
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Safe lifting for hotel/motel (VHS)
Order code: HOTEL-10 (Spanish)
10 minutes | This is part of a hotel video series. This video covers back mechanics, structure and function, and lifting principles and techniques specifically focused on the hotel/motel industry. (1996).
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Safe materials handling (VHS)
Order code: GENSAFE-12
11 minutes | Provides eight safe work rules to help prevent injuries when handling certain materials. This is very good for all workplaces where materials are handled. Recommended for workers and first-hire supervisors (1991).
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Safe patient handling in health care (VHS)
Order code: LIFTING-02
12 minutes | 1) Introduction to various lift and transfer equipment from a patient's perspective. 2) Applied Ergonomics for Nurses and Health Care Workers (30 min.) An instructional video that helps identify risk factors and teach prevention techniques through planning and preparing. Includes six case studies involving different types of lifts and transfers that embrace the new safe patient handling. Instructors guide included (2004).
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Smart lift (VHS)
Order code: LIFTING-14
10 minutes | Video covers the same ol' lifting techniques as do other lifting videos, but also includes an excellent, unique section on prework stretches. This presentation is primarily targeted at retail work. Included with video: trainer's manual (2005).
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Soft tissue injury prevention video (VHS)
Order code: ERGO-07
22 minutes | This video focuses on why soft tissue injuries occur and highlights effective methods to reduce the number of these injuries, such as back injuries, sprains and strains, and pinched nerves. Most importantly, it focuses on how you can reduce them. Included with video: trainer's manual (2005).
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Special education ergonomics: saving your back
Order code: ERGO-01 (Includes English Spanish)
18 minutes | Caregivers in special education encounter greater physical demands. This program concentrates on effective ergonomics to ensure daily physical and physiological activities don't exceed caregiver capabilities. The video addresses needs of special education students, recognizing excess demands, correct transfer methods, prevention, and protection. Added features and benefits of the DVD training include: customizable PowerPoint®, expanded Leader's Guide, chapterized content, and a printable quiz (2007).
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Strains and sprains: Avoiding the pain
Order code: ERGO-06 (Includes English, Spanish, and Portuguese)
Sprains and strains may not be considered serious workplace injuries, but they absolutely cause lost time, reduce wages, and disrupt employee health and productivity. Reduce the risk of these injuries occurring in your workplace with this high-impact training DVD. Show your employees how strains and sprains occur, how to recognize their warning signs, and how to minimize them with proper posture, exercises, and other simple adjustments.
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The last straw (VHS)
Order code: LIFTING-10
18 minutes | A guide to manual material handling, this training program is designed to help reduce the number of back injuries. It demonstrates how back injuries can effect a person's life and the importance of using the correct procedures to minimize the risk of injury. Included with video: leader's guide with quiz (1993).
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The right moves: ergonomics in the workplace (VHS)
Order code: ERGO-17
18 minutes | This is a live-action video program designed to inform supervisors and managers about the nature and seriousness of cumulative trauma disorders. It emphasizes how to identify, analyze, and control work situations that can lead to musculoskeletal disabilities by implementing ergonomic principles. Included with video: Leader's Guide (1989).
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