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[Posters of around A3 size about industrial safety, safety in the workplace. ca 1950-1979]
- Date
- 1955 - 1979
- By
- New Zealand. Department of Labour
- Reference
- Eph-C-SAFETY-Work-1950/1979
- Description
Includes:
Asbestos dust; wear your respirator. Published by the Department of Labour, New Zealand [1970s?]
Before you fall ... clear work area; plan path of retreat. National Safety Association of New Zealand [1960s?]
Check it first. [Man being taken away on a stretcher, a broken ladder rung in the foreground]. Issued by the Departments of Labour and Health and the Workers' Compensation Board [1950-1960s?] 2/72 [1972?]
Don't be a 'One Trip Charlie' and invite and accident. National Safety Association of New Zealand [1950s?]
For divided wheels - split rims. Use a wheel guard. Published by the Department of Labour New Zealand. 1977
Good housekeeping prevents accidents. Issued by the Departments of Labour and Health and the Workers' Compensation Board [1950-1960s?]
Good lighting is essential. To protect your eyes, use a shield or goggles. Do not attempt to change or dress a wheel unless you have been trained. Issued by the Departments of Labour and Health and the Workers' Compensation Board [1950-1960s?]
In it not at it [waste bin surrounded by badly-aimed waste]. Issued by the Departments of Labour and Health and the Workers' Compensation Board. 2/71 [1971?]
Keep fingers out; adjust guards correctly. Published by the department of Labour New Zealand [1970s?]
Keep long hair close to your head when working near machinery. Published by the Department of Labour, New Zealand. By authority E C Keating, Government Printer, Wellington, New Zealand, 1978.
Let's protect our skin. Wear suitable hand protection. Issued by the Departments of Labour and Health and the Workers' Compensation Board New Zealand 4/73 [1973?]
NZ Marine Department. Safe working loads for chain, fibre and wire rope slings [1956?]
Protect yourself from splash hazard. Issued by the Departments of Labour and Health and the Workers' Compensation Board [1950-1960s?]
Protective clothing prevents injuries; use it! Isued by the National Safety Assn of N.Z. [1960s?] (2 copies)
Safety makes sense. Practise safety in your work office! NZ Post Office / Green Cross for Safety. PR252 [1970s?]
Save your eyes; wear correct protection. Issued by the Departments of Labour and Health and the Workers' Compensation Board [1950-1960s?] (Damaged)
Slips & falls cause 15% of all accidents. Sweep it up! Wipe it up! Pick it up! Issued by the Departments of Labour and Health and the Workers' Compensation Board [1950-1960s?] (2 copies, 1 damaged)
Take care with hand tools / National Safety Association of New Zaland [1950s?]
This is National Industrial Accident Prevention Week. The accent is on youth [1968?]
To see - or not to see? That is the question ... Wear Eye protection. Issued by the Department of Labour, New Zealand [1970s?]
We are backing National Industrial Accident Prevention Week, 9-13 September 1968. Banner poster
When handling dangerous chemicals, wear all your protective clothing / National Safety Association of New Zealand [1970s?]
When lifting, don't injure your back. Bend your knees; keep your back straight. Issued by the Departments of Labour and Health and the Workers' Compensation Board of N.Z. [1950-1960s?]
Working men don't play boyish pranks. Issued by the Departments of Labour and Health and the Workers' Compensation Board [1950-1960s?]
World Health Organization. Safeguard your health; support the Industrial Health Campaign. Issued by the Departments of Labour and Health and the Workers' Compensation Board, with acknowledgements to RoSPA, Great Britain [1960s]
Quantity: 19 colour photo-mechanical print(s).
Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters, sizes varying up to around 500 mm.
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- 19 colour photo-mechanical print(s), Ephemera, Photolithographs, Posters, Photolithographs on posters, sizes varying up to around 500 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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New Zealand. Department of Labour :When lifting, don't injure your back. Bend your knee...
Date: 1950 - 1969
From: [Posters of around A3 size about industrial safety, safety in the workplace. ca 1950-1979]
Reference: Eph-C-SAFETY-Work-1960s-03
Description: Poster shows two headless skeletons, each picking up one side of a rectangular load. The one on the right is using the correct method, but the vertebrae of the one on the left spell out the word "Ouch", because the incorrect method is being used. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, on poster 425 x 340 mm. Provenance: Acquired from the wall of a Port Nicholson Packaging building in 1994.
New Zealand. Department of Labour :Save your eyes; wear correct protection. Issued by t...
Date: 1950 - 1969
From: [Posters of around A3 size about industrial safety, safety in the workplace. ca 1950-1979]
Reference: Eph-C-SAFETY-Work-1960s-01
Description: Poster shows the heads of four men, each wearing different recommended styles of eye protection. In the centre is the silhouette of a man walking with a white cane. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster 420 x 313 mm. Provenance: Acquired from the wall of a Port Nicholson Packaging building in 1994.
New Zealand. Department of Labour :Slips & falls cause 15% of all accidents. Sweep it u...
Date: 1950 - 1969
From: [Posters of around A3 size about industrial safety, safety in the workplace. ca 1950-1979]
Reference: Eph-C-SAFETY-Work-1960s-02
Description: Poster shows various hazards left on the floor and likely to cause slips and falls: litter, string, paper, drawing pins, nails, screws, wire, puddles of liquid. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster 425 x 325 mm. Provenance: Slightly damaged copy acquired from the wall of a Port Nicholson Packaging building in 1994.
New Zealand. Department of Labour :Good housekeeping prevents accidents. Issued by the ...
Date: 1950 - 1969
From: [Posters of around A3 size about industrial safety, safety in the workplace. ca 1950-1979]
Reference: Eph-C-SAFETY-Work-1960s-07
Description: Poster shows a worker being hit on the head by a long piece of pipe protruding from a storage shelf. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster 438 x 330 mm. Provenance: Acquired from the wall of a Port Nicholson Packaging building in 1994.
New Zealand. Department of Labour :Safeguard your health; support the Industrial Health...
Date: 1960 - 1969
From: [Posters of around A3 size about industrial safety, safety in the workplace. ca 1950-1979]
Reference: Eph-C-SAFETY-Work-1960s-04
Description: Poster shows the heads of a happy young couple at the top centre, and the logo of the World Health Organization at top right. The man wears a paisley cravat. The background is orange, and a green banner shows the words "Support the Industrial Health Campaign". The style of the young couple, including the young man's cravat, suggest a date in the mid-late 1960s. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 397 x 309 mm. Provenance: Acquired from the wall of a Port Nicholson Packaging building in 1994.
New Zealand. Department of Labour :Protect yourself from splash hazard. Issued by the D...
Date: 1955 - 1969
From: [Posters of around A3 size about industrial safety, safety in the workplace. ca 1950-1979]
Reference: Eph-C-SAFETY-Work-1960s-08
Description: Poster shows an illustration of a man in protective goggles, clothing and gloves, filling a bucket from a barrel labelled "Corrosive liquid". Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 429 x 339 mm. Provenance: Acquired from the wall of a Port Nicholson Packaging building in 1994.
New Zealand. Department of Labour :Working men! Don't play boyish pranks. Issued by the...
Date: 1960 - 1969
From: [Posters of around A3 size about industrial safety, safety in the workplace. ca 1950-1979]
Reference: Eph-C-SAFETY-Work-1960s-06
Description: Poster shows an illustration of two men, one absorbed in his work operating machinery, with eye goggles. The other stands behind him wearing schoolboy uniform, cap and short pants. He is about to play a prank, to pop an inflated paper bag right behind the man operating the machinery. A small area at top right has light pen scribble over it. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 422 x 321 mm. Provenance: Acquired from the wall of a Port Nicholson Packaging building in 1994.
New Zealand. Department of Labour :Good lighting is essential. To protect your eyes use...
Date: 1960 - 1969
From: [Posters of around A3 size about industrial safety, safety in the workplace. ca 1950-1979]
Reference: Eph-C-SAFETY-Work-1960s-05
Description: Poster shows an illustration of a grinder machine, and shows four points at which care needs to be taken when changing or dressing its wheels. The registration or alignment of some of the printed text below the illustrations is faulty on this poster. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 410 x 317 mm. Provenance: Acquired from the wall of a Port Nicholson Packaging building in 1994.
New Zealand. Department of Labour :To see - or not to see? That is the question ... Wea...
Date: 1970 - 1985
From: [Posters of around A3 size about industrial safety, safety in the workplace. ca 1950-1979]
Reference: Eph-C-SAFETY-Work-1970s-01
Description: Shows a young woman in a bikini reclining in the foreground. At top right a sighted man smiles as he beholds her, whereas a blind man with dark glasses is looking the other way, unaware or unappreciative of her presence. The title references the speech by Hamlet "To be or not to be", in Shakespeare's play "Hamlet". The poster, which would have been hung in the workplace, is a variation on the custom of having female pin-ups in male workplaces. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster 430 x 307 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2007.