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This is a short version (preview) of “The Most Powerful Thing… Deck Safety Awareness for Purse Seiners,” a video designed to help crew members be more aware of safety hazards on board vessels. To view the entire video please click on the following link (URL): http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/video/seining.html. It features interviews with fishermen about their experiences working around, and in some cases being injured by, the capstan winch. In addition, the video highlights an engineering solution developed to help prevent injuries that occur as a result of getting entangled around the winch.
Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number: 2007-126d; April 2007
To receive NIOSH documents or more information about occupational safety and health topics, contact CDC-INFO at: 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636); Web link: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/pubs/niosh.aspx
Click HERE to receive a FREE copy of this video (approx. 40 mins.).
Part 1 of 4
The original motion picture is provided here in four movie clip parts. This is Part 1 of 4. Demonstrates various emergency onboard drills performed by a commercial fishing vessel crew. Takes the viewer through drills in responding to fire, man overboard, flooding, abandon ship and more.
An AMSEA production in conjunction with independent filmmaker Ellen Frankenstein, 2002. Funded by the
Original motion picture running time approximately 32 minutes.
Available in VHS and DVD at www.AMSEA.org
Spanish and Vietnamese translations also available.