Death on the Working Front" -- WWII-era Workplace Safety Bulletin from TIME, Inc

New York, New York: TIME, Inc, 1942. Good. Toned with modern paper repairs, small points of damage to upper cover, minor dust soiling.. A WWII-era work safety bulletin published in July 1942 as a supplement to "Fortune", featuring a striking image on the front cover of a worker's hand dripping in blood after a workplace accident. The bulletin, which features powerful photo illustrations of industrial workers on the job at home supporting the troops abroad, begins with a call to improve workplace safety in the name of patriotism: "Accidents in Wartime Give Aid to the Enemy". Includes illustrated tables with statistics on workplace accidents, including the most common bodily injury (fingers) and the rising cost of workplace injuries, which results in man-days lost and workers killed. Also includes an interesting chart which shows that the most dangerous and accident-prone industries are the ones most crucial to the war effort (e.g. mining, marine, steel, public utilities, construction). Provides the reader with general overviews of workplace safety specific to industrial jobs, such as not smoking on the job, keeping work sites tidy, proper protective equipment etc. Ends with a call to increased workplace safety education. Provides an important window into the importance placed upon industrial workers at home to support the men abroad. Single vol. (12" by 9"), pp. [16], photo illus., in original photo illus. wrps.