A Foot Costs An Arm And A Leg

Jesus, the limb-loss rate for workers in Victoria, Australia most be gruesomely high. You may remember previously, last fall, WorkSafe Victoria produced these grisly-but-fake workplace injury posters. Now, they’ve built the “Body-O-Matic” a human body parts vending machine placed exactly where I have no idea. What the hell’s going on Down Under? Either work safety rules are nonexistent, or Victoria workers are idiotic klutzes. Examining the machine, I see arms, feet, fingers, toes, eyes, and ears. There should probably also be in a liver in that thing. Because If plant conditions there are so freakin’ dangerous, I’d be drinking heavily. Stephen King should visit Victoria to do research for a follow-up short story to The Mangler. Concept by Lifelounge in Melbourne. |Image: BestAdsOnTV|

Injured Worker Zombies Of The World Unite!

Just in time for Halloween: some hellish in-your-face fake shockvertising to haunt your nightmares. The campaign is for WorkSafe Victoria in Australia. The workers? They’re models. Their steely gazes? They’re also aspiring actors. Their injures? Make-up, prosthetics, and Photoshop. But hey, I guess if the ads keep even just one dumbass construction worker from taking off his goggles or one drunk plant employee from sticking his arm where he shouldn’t, then we must call them a success. “It Doesn’t Hurt To Speak Up” is a pretty good understated tagline, I’ll admit. And hey, speaking of not wearing goggles, click here for a TV spot from the campaign featuring an amazingly stupid lad using a nail gun for the first time. I’m of the opinion that getting a nail in the eye would produce much louder screaming.
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