The poster contest supports National Work Zone Awareness Week, which takes place April 20 – 24, and promotes using caution and care while driving through a work zone.

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 ...

Now in its eleventh year, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) annual kids’ Safety on the Job poster conference is open for entries through Feb. 14, 2013. The contest, which accepts entries ...

Unlike workplace safety posters—also a recent invention in the early twentieth century—Mather’s art dictated rules of interpersonal workplace behavior. The posters preached self-discipline ...

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.

WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled Friday that the National Labor Relations Board can require most private businesses to put up posters telling workers they have a legal right to form a union.

The posters, to be displayed effective April 30, explain workers' rights to bargain collectively, distribute union literature and engage in other union activities without reprisal.

The eye-catching poster, which features a row of injured figures with crutches, eye patches, slings and bandages, reads: “200,000 young workers are injured annually. Don’t be a statistic.” This poster ...