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  • Bent nails protruding from the lid of an opened crate. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden.
  • A finger marked with a "lost property" sign, as a warning of the danger of looms to textile workers. Gouache painting attributed to John Bonella Third, 1949.
  • A bent and rusty nail; advertising tetanus vaccination. Colour lithograph after B. Chadebec, 1987.
  • The hand of a factory worker clutching his foot because he has knocked it against a heavy cogwheel lying on the ground. Colour lithograph after Arthur G. Mills.
  • The face of a man wearing goggles, his right goggle cracked. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden.
  • A hand protected by a guard from getting caught in the cogwheels of a machine. Colour lithograph by H. Kominek, ca. 1957.
  • A hand injured by a wooden stick which is also a pole bearing Germanic lettering and a swastika, comparing Germany in wartime to germs. Colour lithograph after H.A. Rothholz.
  • The fatal collapse of the Gloucester-Road bridge over the railway in West Croydon. Wood engraving, 1865.
  • 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.
  • 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-.
  • 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-.
  • Samuel Wood, a man whose shoulder and arm were torn off in an accident at a mill. Engraving by Cook.
  • Samuel Wood, a man whose shoulder and arm were torn off in an accident at a mill. Engraving, 1737.
  • Samuel Wood, a man whose shoulder and arm were torn off in an accident at a mill. Engraving, 1737.
  • Samuel Wood, a man whose shoulder and arm were torn off in an accident at a mill. Engraving.
  • Low-cost Mycil highly effective in athlete's foot : accidents and the British.
  • Low-cost Mycil highly effective in athlete's foot : accidents and the British.
  • A working man with two children; advertising an exhibition in Essen on occupational health and accident prevention. Colour lithograph, 1925.
  • RE carriage of milk / W. Owen.
  • RE carriage of milk / W. Owen.
  • The anatomy of accidents. No.1, Right and wrong.
  • The anatomy of accidents. No.3, Casualty at the crossing.
  • The anatomy of accidents. No.1, Right and wrong.
  • The anatomy of accidents. No.3, Casualty at the crossing.
  • The anatomy of accidents. No.4, Over the hump.
  • The anatomy of accidents. No.4, Over the hump.
  • The anatomy of accidents. No.6, Inside story.
  • The anatomy of accidents. No.6, Inside story.
  • The anatomy of accidents. No.2, Incident in a country lane.