Original Title/Caption:  "America is the Loser, Too - When Avoidable Accidents Stop Production. The U.S. Army says -- 'Make Haste Safely.'"

Description: This full color World War II poster features a young man wearing a bandage wrapped around his head covering one eye. The top half of the post uses dark colors, while the bottom half of the poster is bright red and features the message "Make Haste Safely" in white lettering. The poster was signed "Schaikjer" and was produced roughly between 1942-1943.

Source: Schlaikjer, artist. "America is the Loser, Too - When Avoidable Accidents Stop Production. The U.S. Army says -- 'Make Haste Safely.'" Poster, ca. 1942-ca. 1943. From the National Archives at College Park, Record Group 179, Records of the War Production Board, 1918 - 1947. Still Picture Records, Series: War Production Board, 1942 - 1943. http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/basic_search.jsp (accessed March 20, 2007).

Historical discussion: Here, viewers are told that industrial accidents damage America’s ability to win the war.  The artist links accidents to the loss of the war by using the word “loser” to demonstrate the significance of workplace safety.