My Safety Pledge
A framed text sheet sets out ten numbered first-person pledges on workplace safety, from following the rules to reporting injuries to the first aid department. It is an instructional notice rather than an emotional appeal; the nearest technique is plain-folks, as the 'I will' wording puts the commitments in the worker's own voice.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Wartime Shipbuilding Limited
- Region
- North America
- Country
- Canada
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Mackenzie King Government
- Leader
- William Lyon Mackenzie King
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Labor, Home front, Health
- Event
- World War II
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision (Canadian wartime poster, 1939-1945)
Wartime Shipbuilding Limited. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-645.
Text on the object
MY SAFETY PLEDGE 1. I pledge myself to follow all rules and regulations pertaining to the safety of myself and others. 2. I will constantly watch for any unsafe acts, practices or conditions that might reduce the safety of myself or others. 3. I will report all unsafe acts, practices or conditions to my foreman immediately. 4. I will do my job in a safe and orderly manner, so that I will not endanger the safety of myself or others. 5. I will report all injuries, no matter how slight, to the first aid department immediately. 6. I will keep my work place in a safe and orderly condition at all times. 7. I will promote and respectfully solicit the cooperation of all workers in safety and good housekeeping. 8. I will bear in mind at all times that my job will be safe only as long as I make it safe. 9. I will never lose sight of the fact that accidents don't just happen, they are caused. 10. I will do these things with respect and mutual understanding in all my relations with my fellow workers, because only in this way can I feel sure that I am doing everything within my power to make my job and my department a safer and better place to work. WARTIME SHIPBUILDING LIMITED
