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* PlayedForDrama in {{Super8 Super 8}}, when one of these ([[AvertedTrope at a very]] [[NoOSHACompliance high count]]) at Lillian steel mill is seen reset to zero before it is revealed that the accident caused the gruesome death of the protagonist's mother.

* PlayedForDrama in [[Super8 Super 8]], when one of these ([[AvertedTrope at a very]] [[NoOSHACompliance high count]]) at Lillian steel mill is seen reset to zero before it is revealed that the accident caused the gruesome death of the protagonist's mother.

* PlayedForDrama in Super8, when one of these ([[AvertedTrope at a very]] [[NoOSHACompliance high count]]) at Lillian steel mill is seen reset to zero before it is revealed that the accident caused the gruesome death of the protagonist's mother.

* PlayedForDrama in ''Super8'', when one of these ([[AvertedTrope at a very]] [[NoOSHACompliance high count]]) at Lillian steel mill is seen reset to zero before it is revealed that the accident caused the gruesome death of the protagonist's mother.

* PlayedForDrama in ''{{Super8}}'', when one of these ([[AvertedTrope at a very]] [[NoOSHACompliance high count]]) at Lillian steel mill is seen reset to zero before it is revealed that the accident caused the gruesome death of the protagonist's mother.

* PlayedForDrama in ''{{Super8 Super 8}}'', when one of these ([[AvertedTrope at a very]] [[NoOSHACompliance high count]]) at Lillian steel mill is seen reset to zero before it is revealed that the accident caused the gruesome death of the protagonist's mother.

* PlayedForDrama in ''[[Super8 Super 8]]'', when one of these ([[AvertedTrope at a very]] [[NoOSHACompliance high count]]) at Lillian steel mill is seen reset to zero before it is revealed that the accident caused the gruesome death of the protagonist's mother.

* PlayedForDrama in ''Super8'', when one of these ([[AvertedTrope at a very]] [[NoOSHACompliance high count]]) at Lillian steel mill is seen reset to zero before it is revealed that the accident caused the gruesome death of the protagonist's mother.

* ''PennyArcade'' with the following: [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/3/19/bedrock-concepts/]]

* Pictured: [[WalkyVerse SEMME]] experiences a [[http://www.itswalky.com/d/20010126.html security breach]].

* In ''TheSimpsons'':
** In the new opening: Lenny & Carl are changing the "days without an accident" one higher, then the quittingtime horn goes off and Homer runs out, knocking them over in the process.
** A prison holds a sign counting the number of days since the last break.
** A trailer park has a sign counting the number of days without a tornado. And it's reset between scenes.
** When Apu takes his citizenship test, the sign outside says something like "130 years without a civil war"
** Then there's the "days since a suicide" sign at a divorcee hotel. ''As we see it'', there's a gunshot and it resets to zero.
* In a ''{{Futurama}}'' episode a sign counts the days since Omicron Persei 8 last invaded Earth and in another episode there's one in a working ground for slaves counting the days since the last accident (and Fry accidentally nails his own hand to the sign while changing the number, then reaches for the "1" sign anyway). Also, there's one on the door to the cryogenic tubes Fry got frozen in.
* ''PennyArcade'' with the following: [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/3/19/bedrock-concepts/]]
* ''GirlGenius'' offers "[[AC:17]] days without a [[AC:major]] explosion" [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040507 in the Baron's labs]] and one [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090304 counting days since the last hideous death]] in the castle Heterodyne. There's a corpse caught in the process of updating it.
** "It has been [[LudicrousPrecision 437215353 seconds]] since [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071008 this system was last activated]]".
* ''{{xkcd}}'': [[http://xkcd.com/363/ 38 days since someone reset this sign]].
* Used in ''MonstersInc''. The sign is reset to zero after the first "twenty-three-nineteen" incident.
* Somewhere in ''YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' Little Kuriboh adds a sign to an establishing shot of the school "X days since last Godzilla attack."

* There was a ''{{Dilbert}}'' strip where somebody is putting up a sign that reads "8 days since the last accident", and then falls off the wheeled chair they're standing on.
-->'''Dilbert:''' That's ironic.\\
'''Injured co-worker:''' No, it was ironic when it happened nine days ago.
* The {{Trigun}} manga, in an interesting variation of this trope, showed a sign in one city counting the number of murders and serious injuries that had occured that day.
* ''TheIncredibleHulk'' has the occasional counter indicating number of days without incident (in this case, "incident" means "Bruce getting pissed off enough to Hulk Out and break lots of things").
* Inverted in the first ''OddWorld'' game: One of the scrolling information bars in Rupture Farms, a meat packing plant, reads "''Only'' 1,234 work related injuries this month! Keep up the good work"

* In one of the ''ActsOfGord'' stories, he comes up with the idea of having an "[[http://www.actsofgord.com/Wrath/chapter01.php X days since I've had to deal with an idiot]]" sign. The idea being that while dealing with an idiot, he would sigh and flip it back to 0, right in front of them. He hoped they'd be offended enough to leave.
* Parodied on various ''TeamFortress2'' maps, especially ones rife with {{Bottomless Pit}}s, killer saws, and/or any combination of environmental hazards, as you'll run across signs reading: "0 (as in zero) Days Since the Last Accident".
* [[ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] doesn't have that kind of restraint; he counts time since his last gay joke in hours instead of days.
* From [[http://www.tshirthell.com/hell.shtml T-Shirt Hell]] ({{NSFW}}): "03687 days since the last time I gave a shit."

* [[TransformersFilmSeries Transformers]] had one of these inside the Hoover Dam.
* ''{{BioShock}}'' has several of these signs throughout the game. At least one has fallen off the wall entirely.

* The new Ghostbusters video game has one of these signs shown in the firehouse just outside the door to the sleeping quarters/ showers.
* During a shooty shootout in a shooter factory in ''[[ShootEmUp Shoot 'Em Up]]'', numbers are predictably shot off the sign until it displays 0. Shoot.
* On an episode of Chilly Beach, one of the townspeople is changing a sight marked "Number of days Since Last Polar Bear Attack" from "0000" to "0001". He gets eaten by a polar bear and the number blows off.
* One derelict spaceship in ''MassEffect 2'' has an "It has been five days since our last workplace fatality" announcement.
** Of course, said derelict spaceship is actually an [[spoiler:EldritchAbomination]]. It's to be expected. The only reason it's been as much as five days is [[spoiler:the whole work crew are husks allready!]]
* One of the StarWarsExpandedUniverse stories mentions a sign in the lobby of the New Republic Senate reading "''x''Days Since The Last Shot Fired in Anger. Remember, Peace is No Accident!"
** When a new war breaks out, Chief of State Leia Organa Solo notices the sign and angrily orders that it be taken down.
* Done in the movie ''{{Speed}}''. In the finale, as the subway train crashes out of control through the construction area, there's such a sign. The subway train crashes ''through'' it.

* An episode of BackAtTheBarnyard has Freddy attempting to change the "Days since last accident" sign. When he does, he falls off the ladder he was using prompting a long and exaggerated cycle of him falling.
* In the ''KingOfTheHill'' episode "The Accidental Terrorist", just after Bobby got a ride on a car lift in a car dealership, the camera zooms towards the background showing the sign "2 days since the last accident."
* Eggman really is cutting corners with his attractions if they come with a MINUTES without accidents counter!

* In a ''{{Futurama}}'' episode a sign counts the days since Omicron Persei 8 last invaded Earth and in another episode there's one in a working ground for slaves counting the days since the last accident (and Fry accidentally nails his own hand to the sign while changing the number). Also, there's one on the door to the cryogenic tubes Fry got frozen in.
** In another case, Fry is working as a slave on Osiris III and accidentally nails his hand to the "Days Since Last On Site Accident" board - and then actually reaches for the "1" slab he was supposed to nail to it.

A trope usually seen in comedy. Occurs where an institution holds a sign outside their facility stating "[X] days since the last [bad event]", usually a sign like this is used to indicate the building has NoOSHACompliance, with work-related accidents or outlandish catastrophes being the most frequent bad event. Sometimes being reset by occurrences within the episode. An increasingly common variant is the sign having to be reset ''as it is being updated.'' Very much {{Truth in Television}}.

A trope usually seen in comedy. Occurs where an institution holds a sign outside their facility stating "[X] days since the last [bad event]", usually a sign like this is used to indicate the building has NoOSHACompliance, with work-related accidents or outlandish catastrophes being the most frequent bad event. Sometimes being reset by occurrences within the episode. An increasingly common variant is the sign having to be reset ''as it is being updated.''

** A trailer park has a sign counting the number of days without a tornado. And it's reset between scenes.

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** In the new opening: Lenny & Carl are changing the "days without an accident" one higher, then the QuittingTimeHorn goes off and Homer runs out, knocking them over in the process.

* On an episode of ChillyBeach, one of the townspeople is changing a sight marked "Number of days Since Last Polar Bear Attack" from "0000" to "0001". He gets eaten by a polar bear and the number blows off.

* ''RealLife'' - Production factories often have a sign that read "X Days since the last accident" or some variation thereof.
** Which most of the fictional examples are parodies of.

* [[TheDailyShow Jon Stewart's]] first televised reaction to the Henry Louis-Gates incident:

* Happens non-comedically in ''LoisAndClark'', the counter is reset to zero because of something happening in the episode.

* Parodied on various TeamFortress2 maps, especially ones rife with {{Bottomless Pit}}s, killer saws, and/or any combination of environmental hazards, as you'll run across signs reading: "0 (as in zero) Days Since the Last Accident".

* During a shooty shootout in a shooter factory in ''[[ShootEmUp Shoot 'Em Up]], numbers are predictably shooted off the sign until it displays 0. Shoot.

* ''GirlGenius'' offers "[[AC:17]] days without a [[ac:major]] explosion" [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040507 in the Baron's labs]] and one [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090304 counting days since the last hideous death]] in the castle Heterodyne. There's a corpse caught in the process of updating it.

* ''GirlGenius'' offers one [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090304 counting days since the last hideous death]]. There's a corpse caught in the process of updating it.

** Of course, said derelict spaceship is actually an [[spoiler:EldrichAbomination]]. It's to be expected. The only reason it's been as much as five days is [[spoiler:the whole work crew are husks allready!]]

* In one of the ''Acts Of Gord'' stories, he comes up with the idea of having an "[[http://www.actsofgord.com/Wrath/chapter01.php X days since I've had to deal with an idiot]]" sign. The idea being that while dealing with an idiot, he would sigh and flip it back to 0, right in front of them. He hoped they'd be offended enough to leave.