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Explosion of an industrial oxygen container in a factory, causing death: before filling the reservoir of a gas motor, either nitrogen or carbon monoxide should have been used first. Colour lithograph, 192-.

A hand which has lost two fingers, owing to attempts to clean dangerous machines while they are running. Colour lithograph by Jacob Jansma, 1949.

A hand which has suffered a bad wound while in contact with machinery owing to a finger ring which has broken and torn the flesh. Colour lithograph by E. Lukács, 1950.

Artificial respiration of a man who has been rescued from drowning, electric shock or carbon monoxide poisoning. Colour lithograph by Jacob Jansma, 194-.

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A hand which has suffered a bad wound while in contact with machinery owing to a finger ring which has broken and torn the flesh. Colour lithograph by E. Lukács, 1950.

A hand which has lost two fingers, owing to attempts to clean dangerous machines while they are running. Colour lithograph by Jacob Jansma, 1949.