INTV W/ CASHIER CAROLYN SHEBORA FOR A BETSY STARK CS VO ON THE REPEAL BY CONGRESS OF WORKPLACE LAWS SIGNED INTO LAW BY FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON THAT FAVORS WORKERS CONDITIONS RATHER THAN THE COMPANIES / BUSINESSES THEY WORK FOR

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about Gene Hensley who is in critical condition at All Saints Hospital after sustaining electric shock while working at the United Heating Company in Fort Worth, Texas

Host , Actor William Shatner, in his office talks into camera about accidental blows and various mishaps that can occur while at work and the results of these injuries on the worker and the workplace. He introduces the next segment.

Scenes of surgeons in the operating room, EMTs with a stretcher, various workplace scenarios, a wrecked car, an injured baseball player and equipment at a store that caters to left-handed customers accompany a report on the link between left-handedness and accidents. PLEASE NOTE News anchor and reporter image and audio, along with any commercial production excerpts, are for reference purposes only and are not clearable and cannot be used within your project.

INDUSTRY LEADERS ARE MEETING IN WASHINGTON TO FIND NEW WAYS TO REDUCE ON-THE-JOB INJURIES. THAT AFTER NEW LABOR STATISTICS FIND THE NUMBER OF WORKPLACE INJURIES IS NO LONGER DECLINING.

TWO STEPS TO SAFETY

00:00:00:00 - (SOUND FOR CRAIG HEAPS PKG/RE: OSHA VOTE, WORKPLACE SAFETY) (0:00)/

Animation of lungs affected by silicosis, revealing dark silicotic nodules. This respiratory health issue is due to silica exposure.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about J. B. Sterling, a worker who fell from the Dallas-Fort Worth toll road bridge. He suffers a leg injury, and he is the second man to fall from the bridge in twenty-four hours.

MAINTAINING GOOD WORKING CONDITIONS

VIEW OF SIDE OF HILL WITH CONSTRUCTION CREW AT TOP. MAN RAPPELS DOWN LOWERS HIMSELF DOWN WITH ROPE. OTHER MEN FOLLOW. SOME MEN AT TOP OF HILL WATCHING. MEN AT BOTTOM OF HILL IN PIT, RUN TO FALLEN CONSTRUCTION WORKER. WORK RELATED INJURY. WORKPLACE HAZARDS, DANGEROUS JOBS

INTV/W A FORD MOTOR COMPANY OFFICIAL ABOUT THE INJURY RATE TO WORKERS ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE. 04:01:35:10 TWO SHOT INTV/W THE OFFICIAL WHO COMMENTS ON HOW INJURIES CONTRIBUTE TO ABSENTEEISM. 04:05:59:11 INTERVIEW CUTAWAYS AND REVERSALS. CI: INDUSTRIES: AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING. LABOR: WORKPLACE SAFETY.

Animation of lungs affected by silicosis, revealing dark silicotic nodules. This respiratory health issue is due to silica exposure.

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ALMOST TWO MILLION WORKPLACE INJURIES IN 1990 CAUSED U.S. WORKER COMPENSATION BILLS TO SKYROCKET TO $50-BILLION DOLLARS. 35-MILLION WORKDAYS WERE LOST. COMPANIES ARE NOW SEEING THAT THE EXTRA EFFORT THAT COULD BE PUT INTO SAFETY PREVENTION IS WORTH THE TIME AND MONEY.MANY ARE WORKING WITH THEIR INSURANCE COMPANIES TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS TO TEACH WORKER SAFETY ON THE JOB SITE. ACCORDING TO OSHA EXPERTS, THE BEST WAY TO REDUCE SOARING ECONOMIC COSTS OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION IS TO REDUCE HUMAN SUFFERING AND THE HUMAN COSTS OF WORK INJURY, AND THIS CAN BE REACHED BY CLEANING UP THE WORKPLACE. SAFETY EXPERTS SAY A GOOD EFFECTIVE SAFETY PROGRAM MUST INCLUDE MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT, GOOD COMMUNICATION, AND SOME KIND OF REWARD SYSTEM TO INSPIRE STAFF TO IMPLEMENT AND SUPERVISE SAFETY RULES AND HABITS. EXPERIENCE IS PROVING TRUE THAT OLD ADAGE "AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE."

SAFETY RECORD!

BG MATERIAL FOR A CS ON WORKPLACE INJURIES RESULTING FROM REPETITIVE MOTION. 04:00:43 Concluding intv with a Hathaway Shirt Factory manager in Waterville, Maine about his company's efforts to institute plant ergonomic improvements. 04:02:40 Ext shots of the Hathaway factory beside a frozen lake. CI: BUILDINGS: FACTORY, SHIRT. INDUSTRIES: CLOTHING MANUFACTURING. LABOR: WORKPLACE SAFETY.

A DALLAS CONSTRUCTION WORKER IS DEAD AFTER FALLING 13 STORIES. THE 32-YEAR-OLD WORKER FELL OFF HIGHRISE PROJECT, WHEN A WOODEN PLATFORM HE WAS STANDING ON GAVE WAY. HE FELL TO THE STREET. THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

--SUPERS--\nSaturday\nVirginia Beach, VA\n\nDr. Martin O'Grady\nSurgeon\n\n --SOT--\nDr. Martin O'Grady/Surgeon\n"The people that died, they suffered multiple injuries multiple parts."\n -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\nVIRGINIA SHOOTING 12 CITY MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEE CRADDOCK\n\n

00:00:00:00 [Rep Anne Northup (R-KY) fights to do away with regulations aimed at reducing workplace injuries caused by repetitive motion]---SOT Rep Anne Northup (R-KY) argues that it makes no sens ...

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