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title: I need you on the job full time... don't get hurt
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/i-need-you-on-the-job-dont-get-hurt-1943/
description: 'Safety poster: a painted close-up of a helmeted soldier with a submachine gun pointed toward the viewer, shell bursts behind.'
section: Collection
---

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[![I need you on the job full time... don't get hurt, 1943 US poster: Safety poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/i-need-you-on-the-job-dont-get-hurt-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/i-need-you-on-the-job-dont-get-hurt-1943.jpg)

# I need you on the job full time... don't get hurt

Safety poster: a painted close-up of a helmeted soldier with a submachine gun pointed toward the viewer, shell bursts behind. The text says 'I need you on the job full time... Don't get hurt'. The tell is the soldier speaking to the worker as the person who depends on his output, so the soldier's authority is lent to the safety message.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
I need you on the job full time...
DON'T GET HURT
[signature:] [illegible]
[imprint:] ☆ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—O-539039 [partly legible]
WAR DEPARTMENT SAFETY COUNCIL
```

[← "I could have used some of that, soldier"](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/i-could-have-used-some-of-that-soldier-1943/) [I Need Your Skill in a War Job! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/i-need-your-skill-in-a-war-job-owi-1943/)

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