Below are Safety Guidelines for the Motion Picture industry in British Columbia. The SHAPE Safety Bulletins are Recommended Guidelines only; always consult all applicable rules and regulations.

SHAPE Safety Bulletins (UPDATED November 2009)
for Motion Picture & Television Production
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Individual Bulletins:

SHAPE SAFETY BULLETINS

Title Page
Table of Contents
General Code of Safe Practices for Production
Photographic Dust Effects Fact Sheet

#1 - Safety With Firearms
#2 - Special Use of Live Ammunition
#3 - Helicopters
#3A - Addendum "A" for Helicopters - External Loads
#4 - Stunts
#5 - Safety Awareness
#6 - Animal Handling Rules
#7 - SCUBA Equipment Recommendations (UPDATED Dec 09)
#7A - Addendum "A" for SCUBA Equipment - WCB of BC Guideline G24.13
#8 - Traditional Camera Cars
#8A - Addendum "A" for Traditional Camera Cars - Process Trailer/ Towed Vehicle
#8B - Addendum "B" for Traditional Camera Cars - Camera Boom Vehicles
#8C - Addendum "C" for Traditional Camera Cars - Power Line Distance Requirements
#9 - Multiple Dressing Room Units
#10 - Artificially Created Smokes, Fogs and Lighting Effects (UPDATED Nov 09)
#10A - Air Quality (ADDED Nov 09)
#11 - Fixed-Wing Aircraft
#11A - Addendum "A" for Fixed-Wing Aircraft - External Loads
#12 - Exotic Venomous Reptiles
#13 - Gasoline Operated Equipment
#14 - Parachuting and Skydiving
#15 - Boating Safety
#16 - Pyrotechnic Special Effects
#17 - Water Hazards
#18 - Air Bags
#19 - Open Flames
#20 - Motorcycles
#21 - Appropriate Clothing and Personal Protective Equipment
#22 - Elevating Work Platforms (Scissor Lifts) and Aerial Extensible Boom Platforms
#22A - Addendum "A" Power Line Distance Requirements
#23 - Lighting Systems and Other Electrical Equipment
#23A - Addendum "A" Power Line Distance Requirements
#24 - Blood Borne Pathogens and Other Potentially Infectious Materials
#25 - Camera Cranes
#25A - Addendum "A" Power Line Distance Requirements
#26 - Preparing Urban Exterior Locations
#27 - Poisonous Plants
#28 - Railways and Railway Equipment
#29 - Hot Air Balloons
#29A - Exterior Personnel/ Equipment
#30 - Edged and Piercing Props
#31 - Indigenous Pests
#31A - British Columbia Wildlife
#32 - Food Handling
#32A - Addendum "A" for Food Handling - Craft Services
#32B - Addendum "B" for Food Handling - Ministry of Health File#59
#33 - Infant Actors (15 days to six months)
#33A - Child Actors (two-years to 15-years)
#34 - Working in Extreme Cold Temperature Conditions
#34A - Wind Chill Chart
#35 - Working in Extreme Hot Temperature Conditions
#36 - Miniature Remote Controlled Camera Helicopters
#37 - Vehicle Restraint Systems
#38 - Inclement or Severe Weather
#39 - Foam(ed) Plastics in Set and Prop Construction
#40 - Non-Camera Utility Vehicles

SHAPE FACT SHEETS

#1 - Welding, Cutting and Allied Proccesses (ADDED June 2009)
#2 - First Aid (ADDED June 2009)
#3 - Fire Prevention (ADDED June 2009)
#4 - Construction/Woodworking (ADDED June 2009)
#5 - Construction/Demolition (ADDED June 2009)
#6 - Hair and Makeup(ADDED Dec 2009)
#7 - New Locations and Temporary Location Facilities (ADDED Dec 2009)
#8 - WHMIS (ADDED Nov 2009)
#9 - Transportation (ADDED Dec 2009)

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