Filmclusive Encyclopedia
Safety
Film production roles, equipment, workflows, and terms.
Absence-of-voltage test
A verified test confirming electrical conductors are de-energized before they are treated as safe.
Active-threat plan
A coordinated response plan for credible violent or rapidly developing security threats.
Administrative control
A rule, schedule, procedure, training measure, or work practice that changes how exposure is managed.
Aerial-lift safety
Safe use of boom-supported elevated work platforms, including articulating and telescoping lifts.
Air quality index
A public scale communicating outdoor pollutant levels and associated health concern.
Aircraft safety
Production controls for filming with or around aircraft, flight operations, propellers, rotors, fuel, and active movement areas.
Altitude illness
Health effects caused by insufficient acclimatization to reduced oxygen at elevation.
Ampacity
The maximum current a conductor may carry continuously under stated conditions without exceeding its temperature rating.
Ampere
The unit used to measure electric current flowing through a conductor.
Anemometer
An instrument measuring wind speed at a defined location and exposure.
Animal-handling safety
Controls for working with animals while protecting performers, crew, handlers, the public, and animal welfare.
Arc-flash boundary
A calculated approach distance associated with potential thermal energy from an electrical arc.
Armorer safety briefing
A task-specific meeting led by the weapons professional before performers or crew work with production firearms.
Asbestos awareness
Recognition and control of potential asbestos-containing materials before disturbance in older locations.
Assigned protection factor
The workplace respiratory-protection level expected from a properly selected and used respirator class.
Atmospheric smoke
A controlled airborne effect used to make light, depth, weather, or fire atmosphere visible on camera or stage.
Atmospheric testing
Measurement of oxygen, flammable, and toxic conditions before and during hazardous-space work.
Attachment plug
The cord-end device whose contacts connect equipment conductors to a compatible receptacle.
Authorized person
A worker approved or assigned by the employer for specified duties or locations.
Automated external defibrillator
A portable device analyzing heart rhythm and guiding shocks during eligible cardiac arrest.
Ballast plan
A documented arrangement of weight resisting overturning or sliding of temporary structures.
Basket hitch
A sling configuration passing under a load with both ends supported above.
Biological hazard
A microorganism, body fluid, waste, animal material, or toxin capable of causing harm.
Blank ammunition
A cartridge designed without a projectile but still capable of hazardous pressure, flame, debris, and noise.
Bloodborne-pathogen control
Precautions preventing occupational exposure to blood and potentially infectious body fluids.
Boat safety
Controls for production work aboard, alongside, or filming from powered or unpowered watercraft.
Bolt-type shackle
A shackle secured by a bolt, nut, and retaining pin for longer-term connections.
Branch circuit
The conductors between final overcurrent protection and connected production loads or outlets.
Breakaway-glass safety
Controls for selecting, preparing, rigging, rehearsing, and cleaning up glass substitutes or specially prepared breakable glazing.
Cable management
The routing, securing, protection, and identification of cables to reduce damage and trip hazards.
Cable ramp
A protective cover that reduces trip and vehicle damage risks where cables cross a walkway or drive path.
Cable strain relief
A fitting or method preventing pulling and bending forces from transferring to electrical terminations.
Cable-ramp rating
The documented load and use capacity of a protective cable-crossing system.
Cam-lock connection
A separable single-pole power connector used in temporary high-current entertainment distribution.
Camera-car safety
Planning and controls for a moving vehicle used as a camera platform or to photograph other vehicles.
Carbon-monoxide hazard
Exposure to a colorless toxic combustion gas that can accumulate around engines or heaters.
Ceiling exposure limit
An occupational exposure concentration that should not be exceeded at any time.
Certified equipment
Equipment evaluated and identified as conforming to recognized safety requirements by an accepted certification body.
Choker hitch
A sling configuration tightened around a load through one sling eye.
Circuit breaker
An overcurrent protective device that opens a circuit when current exceeds its rated conditions.
Code of safe practices
An employer’s documented core safety rules and responsibilities for recurring work activities.
Cold-stress prevention
Controls used to prevent hypothermia, frostbite, impaired dexterity, and related harm in cold, wet, or windy conditions.
Combustible fuel
A material used as fuel that can burn and create fire, explosion, vapor, or asphyxiation hazards.
Come-along
Informal term for a lever or cable puller used to tension or move loads.
Company switch
A venue service disconnect providing a designated connection point for temporary entertainment power.
Competent person
A designated person capable of identifying relevant hazards and authorized to take prompt corrective measures.
Confined space
A space with limited entry or exit not designed for continuous occupancy.
Confined-space attendant
A trained person stationed outside a permit space to monitor entrants and initiate required response.
Confined-space entry permit
A document authorizing entry into a permit-required confined space after specified hazards and controls are addressed.
Crowd density
The number and distribution of people within a defined audience or circulation area.
Crowd surge
A collective movement creating dangerous pressure, loss of balance, or compression among people.
De-energized
Disconnected from all electrical sources and relieved of stored or induced electrical energy as required.
Dead front
An electrical enclosure condition in which normally accessible surfaces expose no live parts.
Dead hang
A fixed suspension in which the supported load does not move during operation.
Deceleration distance
The additional vertical distance traveled while a fall-arrest device dissipates energy and stops a fall.
Design factor
The ratio relating a component or system’s failure strength to its permitted working load under defined conditions.
Designated person
A person selected or assigned by the employer to perform a particular duty.
Disconnecting means
A device or grouped devices capable of isolating equipment from its electrical supply.
Distributed load
A load spread across a defined length, surface, or multiple structural points.
Dive plan
A written plan for underwater production work defining personnel, profiles, equipment, communications, hazards, and emergency response.
Search is unavailable. You can still browse the categories and pages.