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Performing Arts & Film
Health and Safety Centre Resources (~2 pages) prepared by WorkSafe BC
Listen While You Work
This manual is written for performers and other workers in arts and entertainment industries. The focus is on workers who work in "sound-related" jobs as well as those workers who encounter on-the-job sound-exposure hazards. Includes information on identifying musical and non-musical sound hazards, plus exposure prevention, protection and developing hearing conservation programs.
Publication ( 71 pages) prepared by SHAPE
(Safety and Health in Arts, Production and Entertainment)
Preventing Musculoskeletal Injury (MSI) For Musicians And Dancers
This resource guide is written for workers in the performance industry and provides information on musculoskeletal injury prevention. Common symptoms and injuries are discussed for both musicians and dancers. Another chapter is devoted to MSIs prevalent in performers and identifies these by body parts: jaw and head, shoulder, hand and arm, joint, hip, knee, back and neck, lower leg and ankle, and foot and toe.
Publication ( 135 pages) prepared by SHAPE
Safety and Health in Arts Production and Entertainment
Checklists ( 4-6 pages) prepared by SHAPE
- Location & Production Office Hazard Checklist
- Special Effects Safety Inspection Checklist
- Stunt Safety Inspection Checklist
- Warehouse / Construction Mill / Temporary Stage Space Checklist
Focus on Safety - Safe Work Practices for Film and Television Production in B.C.
This manual is written for employers and workers in film and television production. The practices covered include general safe work practices: lifting, ladders, scaffolds, fall protection, electrical safety; craft-specific practices: construction, painting, lighting; equipment practices: cranes, mobile equipment, insert-camera cars, traffic control; location practices: buildings, city streets, wilderness locations, water locations; special effects practices: pyrotechnics, smoke and fog, polyurethane and polyester resins, mechanical devices and sets, firearms, skydiving, underwater diving. Additional resources and general health and safety guidance is also provided.
Publication ( 129 pages) prepared by WCB of BC
Safety Guidelines for the Live Performance Industry in Ontario
This partially-completed publication identifies special health and safety issues which arise in the live performance industry in areas such as hand props and costumes, orchestra pits, aerial stunts, pyrotechnics, rigging and fall arrest systems, sound, and stage combat. For each area specific hazards and general guidance on preventing injuries is provided.
Publication (~ 30 pages) prepared by Ontario Ministry of Labour
Working at heights in the broadcasting and entertainment industries
An information sheet for workers in theatres, stages, and television who work at heights.
Publication (~ 6 pages) prepared by United Kingdom HSE
Control of exposure to silica dust in small potteries
This information sheet provides guidance for small and medium-sized potteries on preventing risk of exposure to silica dust.
Information Sheet ( 6 pages) prepared by United Kingdom HSE
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