New Zealand. Workers Compensation Board

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.

Date: 1958-1973

From: New Zealand Shipowners' Federation: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-11367-064

Description: Includes papers on accident compensation from 1972 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1956, 1961

From: New Zealand Federation of Labour : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-4100-48/27/1

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1956

From: West Coast Miners' Unions : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1071-069

Description: Consists of a brief guide, prepared by I B Campbell, Secretary, Workers Compensation Board (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1957 - 1969

From: [Posters of around A3 size about safety, and prevention of accidents. ca 1950-1979]

By: New Zealand. Department of Labour

Reference: Eph-C-SAFETY-1960s-01

Description: Poster shows a smiling labour in a hard hat and dungarees, walking arm in arm between Father Christmas at left, and a smiling Death the Reaper with his scythe and hourglass at the right. Colouring is festive red and green. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 408 x 320 mm.

Date: 1952 - 1969

From: [Posters of around A3 size about safety, and prevention of accidents. ca 1950-1979]

By: New Zealand. Department of Labour

Reference: Eph-C-SAFETY-1950/1960s-01

Description: Poster shows a worker between two stacks, the one on the left correctly stacked, and the one on the right tumbling towards him as he recoils in reaction. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 415 x 320 mm. Provenance: Acquired from the wall of a Port Nicholson Packaging building in 1994.