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Industrial accidents

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  • A man with an injured back after lifting a crate of heavy metal bolts; with diagrams of the approved and disapproved methods of lifting. Colour lithograph after K-S.
  • A frayed steel cable with dangerous, jagged projections. Colour lithograph after Pat Keely, 1945.
  • 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 foolish man playing with compressed air apparatus. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden.
  • Dangerous situations in factories: six scenes. Colour lithograph after Sompek, 1929.
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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.

    Lukács, Endre, 1906-2001. | Date: 1950 | Reference: 663458i
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    A red arrow wearing goggles, its right goggle cracked. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden.

    Cusden, Leonard. | Reference: 32572i
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    The danger of leaving a hammer on top of a step-ladder. Colour lithograph.

    | Reference: 32616i
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    Industrial accidents occur more frequently to those who drink alcohol. Lithograph, 1917.

    | Date: Reprinted 1930 | Reference: 679994i
    Part of: Why America went dry.
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    A careless lathe operator getting his tie caught in the lathe. Colour lithograph after P. Mendoza, 1943.

    Mendoza, Philip. | Date: [1943] | Reference: 612118i
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