But with worker rights came worker safety. And the problem of how to communicate it, if not every worker was literate. Vivid, often gruesome posters depicting the worst case scenario ...

These posters were intended to prevent industrial accidents and injuries. But they looked more like scenes from horror movies, and more likely made workers fearful. Take a look for yourself ...

The Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) or WPA was the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of unemployed people ...

Similar government posters explaining federal anti-discrimination laws and workplace safety rules are already fixtures in company break rooms.

Over at 50 Watts, art and design blogger Will Schofield has curated a fantastic collection of vintage workplace safety posters, printed in the Netherlands from the 1920s through 1970s.

Health and Safety Law posters HSE Health and Safety law posters tell workers what they and their employers need to do in simple terms. They must be displayed on all business premises or employers ...

Employers covered by Washington's comp program must post three workplace posters from L&I: Notice to Employees - If a Job Injury Occurs; Job Safety and Health Law; and Your Rights as a Worker.

Safety posters from the golden age of accident prevention: Have we lost the art of communication at a cost of countless lives? Simon Usborne uncovers the poignant personal story that inspired the ...

The winning entry in the third annual Massachusetts Safe Jobs for Youth poster contest has an important message for teen workers: Don’t be a statistic.

Similar government posters explaining federal anti-discrimination laws and workplace safety rules are already fixtures in company break rooms.

Some of the industrial safety posters from World War Two depict men who have been blinded after failing to wear goggles at work. "These highlight the need to keep the British workforce, which was ...