Back to All Resources

Get Wise to Safety Villains Video

Screen shot from video Get Wise to Safety Villains shows title against safety yellow background and businessman with red cape blowing in breeze.

Help build a positive safety culture and reduce work-related injuries and illness by using the below Work Wisely program video.

The video:

  • Introduces employees to the safety villains of haste, shortcut, complacency, keeping quiet and indifference
  • Offers tips on how to avoid these behaviors to Work Wisely

The video is a great way to kick off the Work Wisely campaign or re-engage staff midway through it.

How to Share Videos

The animated videos available to MCIT members as part of MCIT’s loss control and risk management services can be shared with member employees in two ways. See instructions below.

Screen shot of embedded video with airplane icon boxed in top right corner1. Locate the video you want to add to your intranet site . Click on the paper airplane icon in the upper right corner of the video.

Screen shot of where to copy embed code from an online video2. Click the blue “Copy” box to capture the embed code.

Copied embed code3. Paste the embed code into the code of the intranet page where you want the video to appear (see above). The embed code looks something like this: <iframe src=”https://player.vimeo.com/video/111111111” width=”640” height=”360” frameborder=”0” allowfullscreen></iframe>

This allows you to provide a link to the animated videos to employees that takes them to view the animated videos online. You could post the links on the entity’s intranet site or distribute in e-mails, for example.

Suggestion: For the most impact, hyperlink a screen shot image of the video’s title screen to increase the visual appeal.

  1. Follow steps 1 through 3 above for capturing the embed code.
  2. Paste the embed code into a text file.
  3. Delete extraneous text as shown here: <iframe src=”https://player.vimeo.com/video/111111111” width=”640” height=”360” frameborder=”0” allowfullscreen></iframe>
  4. The remaining text is the URL (link) for the video at the MCIT online player. Use the link to connect employees to the video.

Benefits of a Positive Safety Culture

Positive safety culture benefits employers and employees. A thriving positive safety culture can:

  • Reduce employee work-related injuries and illness
  • Improve productivity
  • Raise employee morale
  • Lower operational costs
  • Boost organization’s reputation
  • Reduce employee absenteeism

Work Wisely LogoWork Wisely Program

MCIT’s Work Wisely program helps members build and support a positive safety culture:

  • Encourage each employee to become a safety advocate
  • Boost the safety mindset of employees
  • Improve safety behaviors

When all people of an organization embrace and value safety, the frequency and severity of workplace injuries and illnesses decrease. MCIT encourages members to Work Wisely!

Topics