Conducted by student researcher, Billy Quirke, from UBC’s School of Population and Public Health (Occupational and Environmental Hygiene stream), this project investigated indoor air quality of hair and makeup trailers in Vancouver’s Motion Picture Industry.
General
Actsafe has many PDF documents in our library that can be downloaded or viewed online.
Books & Manuals
Indoor Air Quality of Hair and Makeup Trailers
The Team Approach to Safety
We all have responsibilities – as family members, friends, citizens and workers. It’s part of life. Responsibilities are important in the workplace, particularly when related to health and safety. Responsibilities are a leading issue in occupational health and safety legislation. The Workers Compensation Act and The Occupational Health and Safety Regulation lists the duties of the key workplace parties.
We shouldn’t be meeting responsibilities for safety just because the law says so. We should meet them because it’s the right thing to do, to protect ourselves and others, and to support safety in the production.
An effective production is built on the work of a range of crafts and areas of expertise. It relies on factors such as teamwork, respect among the cast and crew, and creativity. These same factors are keys to health and safety.
The Actsafe publication, The Team Approach to Safety outlines workplace responsibilities for health and safety in the motion picture sector. It addresses employers, supervisors, workers, suppliers, owners, and others such as joint safety committees.
The Team Approach not only guides you through what the responsibilities are for each level of production, but lays out specifically where many positions within the industry fall under the umbrella of Worker, Supervisor and/or Employer.
Performing Arts Safety Primer
Actsafe created the Performing Arts Safety Primer — a pocket sized booklet that contains concise and relevant information and guidelines that relate to issues that all artists, managers, and crafts people may encounter.
The Safety Primer was developed through the suggestion of Performing Arts standing committee who felt that there was a need for relevant and local reference material. The booklet answers basic health and safety questions that may come up in day to day production and rehearsal. There is further reference to Actsafe’s safety bulletins within the Safety Primer as additional resources.
Motion Picture Safety Primer – Production
This primer describes safety guidelines and requirements for the various departments and specialized activities that may occur during a production. Topics covered include construction; painting; ladders; scaffolds; fall protection equipment; lighting and electrical safety; pyrotechnics; smoke and fog; firearms; underwater diving and more.
Infosheets
Good Nutrition for Dancers
The benefits of good nutrition are numerous, and even more so for dancers. Constant training takes a toll on muscles, joints and bones. Good eating habits can improve the recovery from such strain, and even assist with lean muscle growth and soft tissue repair. Eating the right foods can increase energy, focus and concentration. Finding the proper balance of nutrients not only pre-vents fatigue and injury, but also supports a long healthy career in dance.
Registration of Non-BC Performers and Groups
There has long been confusion among BC festival societies, concert promoters, night club owners and other engagers in the performing arts and live entertainment sector as to their obligations under the BC Workers Compensation Act when engaging non-resident performers.
This bulletin focuses on group situations, such as dance troupes, orchestras and bands, and applies specifically to those touring groups comprised exclusively of non-BC residents and not employing any BC residents (“Non-BC Group”).
DVDs
A Midsummer Nightmare (Safety awareness for theatre and film)
14:18 minutes VHS
Actsafe V-62
A Midsummer Nightmare takes an entertaining and humourous look at a serious subject – safety in the theatre & motion picture industries.
Set in a theatre, the action revolves around the miscues and mishaps that befall a movie crew while shooting and offbeat breath mint commercial using scenery from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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