Danger: Stand Clear of Elevated Loads!
Navy workplace-safety poster: a fork-lift truck driver raises a hand in warning as a sack falls from a pallet where a man is riding, while a worker in overalls hurries clear. Large yellow 'DANGER' lettering on red carries the fear-appeal, followed by the rule in plain words.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Navy, Navy Department Safety Poster (artist Thorndike)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Labor, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 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 Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Navy. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-624 (NAID 514102).
Text on the object
NAVY DEPARTMENT SAFETY POSTER DANGER STAND CLEAR OF ELEVATED LOADS! RIDING THE TRUCK OR LOAD IS AGAINST SAFETY RULES [signature: Thorndike] N665-440412 [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944 - O - 670198]
