General Safety Tips (Series 1)
Four-panel cartoon sheet of workplace safety rules for materials handlers: standing clear of suspended loads, goggles around steel strapping, clearing debris, and gloves and safety shoes. Panels show the cartoon mishap (a falling crate, a snapping strap, a trip) beside each rule, a mild fear-appeal; the technique is faint.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (artist Brander, USNR)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Labor, Home front
- 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, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-855 (NAID 514349).
Text on the object
GENERAL SAFETY TIPS (SERIES 1) Stand clear of loads suspended from fork trucks, cranes, hoists. Wear goggles and use correct tools when handling steel strapping. Keep floors clear of debris and scrap lumber. Protect hands and feet with gloves and safety shoes. [signature: BRANDER USNR] BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS, NAVY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C. [imprint: ☆ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—602427]
