Absence of a worker from the factory owing to an accident at work. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1942.

The initial O of "off" is formed like a traffic sign with, inside it, a hospital bed

Above, a stand for holding the time-stamped tickets identifying factory workers who have clocked in for work; one ticket is missing

London (Terminal House, 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1) : Produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents ; [London] : Issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service, [1942] ([Place of manufacture not identified] : Loxley Bros. Ltd.)

1 print : lithograph, printed in black, grey, orange and yellow ; sheet 75.5 x 49.6 cm

One of our fighters is missing .. if you are off work with an accident. A. Games. Verso of the Wellcome Institute's impression signed and dated in pencil: "Abram Games 1942 81/5"

Wellcome Collection 20285i

Copyright © Estate of Abram Games. Letter to the Wellcome Library from the Estate. 24 January 2001

Abram Games 1996