Wow...

The one where the woman falls from the ladder is deeply disturbing.  Definetly R-rated bizzare stuff.

If it is supposed to be comical, I don't know who would find these funny.

Jesus...

I don't think it's meant to be comical. I think it's meant to scare the bejezus out of you.

And as far as scaring the bejezus out of the audience, any of these spots is easily a better horror movie than, say, any of the "Final Destination" movies. These ads are to a feature-length horror movie as a Hemmingway short story is to a Dan Brown novel.

If you think that's hardcore, you should see what Manitoba does to absent-minded office clerks at the paper shredder.

As someone who has been in a deep fryer accident myself, this was totally f'ing traumatizing.  Thanks a lot.

These play on public television?

when my cousin was eleven he played smoke signals with a pot of boiling water, spilled all over his lap.

I gotta tell you one thing though, Canada got nothing on China, the whole country is a daily catastrophe that recurs daily. I really have no idea how their got to be so many people there considering their workplace safety rules (ie. none)

Please update this post with a warning.  I wish I had not seen this, and I certainly would not want any kid to see it.

This commercial would have been exactly the same if it had aired in the US, except that it would somehow be about marijuana.

Still...did they hire friggin' Eli Roth?

I think it's an excellent public service announcement, and it works precisely because you're not expecting it to be so dramatic. If it makes one person be more careful and avoid an accident as a result, I say it's well worth it. So, kudos. --And no, I don't think a warning should be posted --that would defeat the purpose of the ad.

This seems a little reminiscent of the recent OSHA campaign to educate people about "worker clumsiness" in lieu of enforcing workplace regulations....

Canada's been telling it like it is on safety issues for a long time.  During 1973 I was attending a college near the border and one of our television stations was from Canada.  They were pushing seat belts at that time and public service spots talked about the the foolishness of not buckling up.  One point made was that if you are thrown from the vehicle (which some folks argued was somehow "better"), you will be traveling at that same speed where ever you land.  While the voice over described this the image was a watermelon sailing through the air in slow motion, until it hit a telephone pole and split in half, flying in in different directions, and another hitting the road at a low angle and pretty much disintegrating.  Very effective.