subject: What Is The Role Played By A Safety Video? [print this page] The word safety means to keep yourself away from danger or an accident. It is a term which is associated with our everyday existence. Almost every day we face some kind of danger. An accident can take place anywhere it can occur in street, at the workplace or even at home. Therefore we need to be aware of the ways which would help us to prevent the possibility of such an occurrence and train ourselves to maximize our safety so that we can save ourselves from these dangers. It is here that a safety video plays a pivotal role not only in creating awareness about the dangers which we are surrounded with but also the manner in which they can be averted.
It can be categorized as being normative, substantive and perceived safety. Perceived-safety is also known as subjective whereas substantive-safety is a synonym for objective-safety.
A safety video provides people with various measures, educates them about the guidelines pertaining to their safety and how to stay away from danger. Proper awareness about safety is an utmost requisite and we all should be well versed about the dos and don'ts in terms of which of our safety. Sometimes we ignore little things which in turn have a deep impact on our lives, a perfect example in this regard being that of heat stress. Many people work in the sun during summer and as a result suffer from serious consequences like stroke, exhaustion and dehydration. Therefore teaching them about various precautions with the help of safety video based on heat stress would be the prescribed course of action.
Workplace-safety has gained utmost importance recently. An organization is constituted with different kind of employees and while the employees in the higher echelons may be well aware of the safety measures in the workplace, an employee in the lower rung may not be sufficiently trained to avoid the dangers. In such a situation it is the safety video in the DVD or VHS format which teaches the employees every minute detail to ensure safety in the workplace.
