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  • A graph showing statistics for serious industrial accidents in Austria, 1927-1933: a devil tries to raise the statistics, workers with ropes try to lower them. Colour lithograph, ca. 1934.
  • A skull, a tumbler of beer and a bottle of alcoholic drink; advertising the danger of alcohol as a cause of industrial accidents in Czechoslovakia, and contrasting it with milk. Colour lithograph, 193- (?).
  • A first-aider tends to a man bleeding profusely after a fall off a broken ladder; a message about HIV/AIDS and accidents in the workplace; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the CII, the Confederation of Indian Industry programme on HIV/AIDS prevention and care. Colour lithograph by Amita P. Gupta, ca. 1997.
  • A man in protective costume, while doing dangerous work, uses a canvas screen to protect others from risk. Colour lithograph after Ludwig, 1950.
  • A hornet, and a metal band which has sprung loose from around a crate, comparing the effects of the two. Colour lithograph after G.R. Morris.
  • A booted foot about to tread on hazards (shown as vignettes): a loose bolt on the ground, defective floorboards, and untied laces). Colour lithograph after Arthur G. Mills.
  • A house painter on a platform with a waist-high crossbeam to prevent an accidental fall. Colour lithograph by A. Th. Schwarz, ca. 1957.
  • Dangerous situations in factories: six scenes. Colour lithograph after Sompek, 1929.
  • Dangerous situations in factories: six scenes. Colour lithograph after Sompek, 1929.
  • A spanner and an adjustable spanner, as if in conversation, standing against a brick wall covered with a spider's web. Colour lithograph after G.R. Morris, 1945.
  • The face of the Japanese emperor represented as a yellow sun issuing red rays. Colour lithograph after H.A. Rothholz, 1945.
  • Building accidents. Colour lithograph by A. Th. Schwarz, ca. 1934.
  • An adjustable spanner placed on a girder from which it could fall. Colour lithograph after Blake.
  • A man tripping up: avoidance of accidents in factories by keeping gangways clear. Colour lithograph by A. Th. Schwarz, ca. 1934.
  • A frayed steel cable with dangerous, jagged projections. Colour lithograph after Pat Keely, 1945.
  • The danger of leaving a hammer on top of a step-ladder. Colour lithograph.
  • A careless lathe operator getting his tie caught in the lathe. Colour lithograph after P. Mendoza, 1943.
  • The jagged edges of a metal fastening band which has broken around a crate. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden, ca. 1940-1950.
  • An orange sea-horse with a serrated back like a circular saw, against which two medical auxiliaries carry an injured man on a stretcher. Colour lithograph after Pat Keely, 1945.
  • A circular saw properly set up and equipped. Colour lithograph after Pat Keely, 1943.
  • 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 workman lifting a metal bar and placing strain on his body. Colour lithograph.
  • High-level building maintenance workers using a harness for safety. Colour lithograph after Sompek, 1929.
  • Builders on a wooden scaffold let a bucket and some bricks fall down into the street. Colour lithograph after G. Kurt, 192-.
  • A foolish man playing with compressed air apparatus. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden.
  • A man wearing a patch over his left eye, as a result of not wearing protective goggles. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden.
  • A foolish man playing with compressed air apparatus. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden.
  • A hand with the middle finger cut off, contrasted with a flower growing in its place from the palm of the hand; advertising care in protecting the fingers. Colour lithograph after B. Chadebec.
  • An artificial hand holding a sheet of glass. Colour lithograph after G.R. Morris, 1945.
  • A plant with fingers growing out of the stem; advertising care in handling machine tools etc. in order to protect the fingers. Colour lithograph after Lewitt-Him.