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
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- War Department Safety Council
- 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
- War and the military, 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)
War Department Safety Council. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-666 (NAID 514145).
Text on the object
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
