03Be understood

Napo and friends

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) / Napo Film

  • Government & public services
  • Web
  • Educational materials

YataLogic’s analysis

The key point of this case

Uses characters’ movements to compare unsafe actions, their consequences and safer alternatives.

From official information

Officially documented uses

  • Napo films address occupational health and safety through visual language that does not rely on dialogue.
  • Official teaching resources and pathways for classroom use are provided.
  • The Napo Film Consortium dissolved at the end of 2025, but existing works remain available.
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YataLogic’s view of the challenge

Which challenge does this relate to?

When safety rules are lists of text and technical terms, people may struggle to picture how accidents happen and the consequences of their own actions. Text alone is also difficult to share in multilingual environments.

Roles identified by YataLogic

The character’s job

  • Demonstrate unsafe behavior on the viewer’s behalf
  • Make accident consequences visible through nonverbal bodily actions
  • Show how safer actions differ and prompt discussion

Application ideas from YataLogic

How could another business apply this?

Use short, nonverbal scenes to show accidents and near misses that cannot be tried in the real workplace.

Where is it used?

Official website videos and teaching materials

What could you measure?

These are example measures for your own application, not reported performance figures from the featured company.

  • Can identify hazards in the scene
  • Can explain the consequences of an action

Sources

Source checked: 2026-09-02

Status documented in the source: Current example

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These cases do not prove effects caused by a character alone. Officially documented uses are presented separately from YataLogic’s analysis of their roles.

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