Tactic

A broken chain sling, a baffling acronym and some natty graphics. Welcome to the world of 1970s industrial safety!

If you're bemused by the title of this industrial safety film, fear not! 'Tactic', it turns out, is a labour-saving acronym for the memorable title 'Total Accident Control Total Injury Control' - the steel industry's response to stubbornly high accident statistics. Like many films of its kind, it uses alarming scenarios (involving a broken chain sling) - plus some lessons from US accident causation theory - to prove the old adage that 'prevention is better than cure'.