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Old safety PSAs were more hardcore in general. The other week, I stumbled on this Riff Trax version of "Shake Hands with Danger":
https://youtu.be/_nqa6e6WV2o
Fans of the "Well there's your problem" podcast will probably recognize the song. This thing gets increasingly gory as it goes. I think there's an argument that not shying away from the brutality is a more effective message.
My grandfather's brother died exactly this way