A site safer.

Date:
1986
  • Film

About this work

Description

A dramatised film which illustrates what happens when a business cuts corners with safety. A firm of builders is in financial difficulty with the bank ready to foreclose on a loan; in order to finish a building contract they get a team of 'hustlers' to come and complete the work. They carry out a number of jobs on the building site which are near accident misses until their foreman has a fatal accident. The company subsequently goes into receivership. Another contractor is appointed; they all wear hard hats and go onto the site to appraise the work carried out to date. They identify poor scafolding; an untidy dangerous site and security. A model of how to apply health and safety across the organisation is outlined.

Publication/Creation

England, 1986.

Physical description

1 film reel (30 mins.) : sound; colour, 16 mm

Copyright note

M&M Audio Visual Ltd.

Notes

The copy is a bit faded.

Creator/production credits

M&M Audio Visual Ltd. Camera Billy Jordan, Assitant Camera Robert J. Ryan, Sound John Bramall, Editor John Middlewick, Written by Michael Godley, Directed by Frederic Goode, Produced by Mike McGealey. The following companies are thanked: Cubitts London, Tarmac Construction Ltd, J. W. Falkner and Sons Ltd, Simmonds Bros & Son. Sponsored by the National Federation of Building Trades Employers and the Construction Industry Training Board.
Bill McGuirk, Iain Blair, Patrick Horne, Dave Atkins, Arthur Whybrow, Billy Fellows, Ian Jentle, Mike Hayward, Tony McHale, Geoffrey Russell, Richard Owens, Prentis Hancock, Roy Heather, Al Ashton.

Type/Technique

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    7516F
    By appointmentManual request

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