Human Factors contributions to consumer product safety

2014 ◽  
pp. 173-179
Author(s):  
Bonnie Novak
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Product Safety ◽  
Consumer Product ◽  
Consumer Product Safety

Human Factors at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 692-694
Author(s):  
Robert B. Ochsman ◽  
Hope E. Johnson ◽  
Celestine Kiss ◽  
Michele R. Marut ◽  
Jonathan Midgett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Product Safety ◽  
Consumer Product ◽  
Regulatory Environment ◽  
Consumer Product Safety Commission ◽  
Full Spectrum ◽  
Consumer Product Safety ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Corporate Consumer

The Human Factors Division at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is an eclectic group, reflecting the multidisciplinary demands typically made upon an HF organization. The objective in these five presentations is to paint a picture of the full spectrum of human factors practiced in this unique government regulatory agency. The participants will each describe their work and illustrate the day-to-day characteristics of their human factors analyses. The range of discussions will address the overlay and integration of professional practice into policy, the regulatory environment, litigation support, and representation of the Agency to the interests of corporate, consumer, trade, and standards organizations.

Developing a Voluntary Safety Standard for Step Stools

1989 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 479-482
Author(s):  
Beth A. Loring
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
User Interaction ◽  
Product Safety ◽  
Consumer Product ◽  
Safety Standard ◽  
Consumer Product Safety Commission ◽  
Consumer Product Safety ◽  
Accident Scenarios

American Institutes for Research (AIR) assisted the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to identify the human factors issues that should be addressed in a forthcoming voluntary safety standard for step stools. According to CPSC data, older people, children, and women of all ages are over-represented in step stool accidents. We studied the accident scenarios, recommended requirements for step stools, and evaluated the completeness of a draft of the standard with respect to user interaction.

Lawnmower Safety Research

1978 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 659-663
Author(s):  
Valmon J. Pezoldt ◽  
Julius J. Persensky ◽  
Arm M. RameySmith
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Product Safety ◽  
Consumer Product ◽  
National Bureau ◽  
Safety Regulation ◽  
Safety Standard ◽  
Consumer Product Safety Commission ◽  
Consumer Product Safety ◽  
Lawn Mower ◽  
Safety Research

The Human Factors Group at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) has supported the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) during the development and evaluation of a power lawn mower safety standard. This support provided CPSC with data concerning how lawn mower users interact with power mowers. Three studies assisted CPSC in resolving specific questions concerning requirements in the proposed safety regulation based on a report from Consumers Union (Consumers Union, 1975).

Human Factors in Consumer Product Safety

1977 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 292-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
James McGuinness
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Product Safety ◽  
Warning Signs ◽  
Consumer Product ◽  
Warning Sign ◽  
Safety Regulation ◽  
Warning Label ◽  
Consumer Product Safety

A study was conducted to determine the type of signs that consumers would select as the most efficient warning label to be placed on a power mower. The Consumer Product Safety Commision is considering the implementation of a safety regulation for mowers that would consist of some combination of warning signs, deadman switch and/or clutch to reduce an estimated 112,000 injuries annually. Eighty-four percent of those interviewed responded that the addition of a warning sign could reduce injuries. Safety sign variables, and the implications of survey data for human factors design are some of the points discussed in this paper.

Skateboard Injuries

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 83 (6) ◽  
pp. 1070-1071
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Head And Neck ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Product Safety ◽  
Annual Incidence ◽  
Consumer Product ◽  
Consumer Product Safety Commission ◽  
Severe Injuries ◽  
Consumer Product Safety ◽  
Current Outbreak

Skateboards are again increasing in popularity (Time, June 6, 1988, pp 90-91). Not surprisingly, the increased use of skateboards is accompanied by a resurgence in the number of related injuries. Pediatricians informed about skateboard injuries can help to prevent needless injury. In the last skateboard injury epidemic, the annual incidence of injuries peaked at 150,000 in 1977. The rate subsequently decreased to 16,000 injuries in 1983. Since that time, skateboard injuries had increased sharply: 19,000 in 1984, 37,000 in 1985, and 81,000 in 1986. According to data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, in 1984 and 1985, 36 children are known to have died as a result of injuries sustained while riding skateboards. Analysis of Consumer Product Safety Commission data from 1984 to 1985 indicates the following salient features of the current outbreak. Of recorded skateboard injuries during this period: (1) 88% involved skateboarders less than 20 years of age, 45% involved 10- to 14-year-old children; (2) 88% involving skateboarders younger than 20 years of age involved boys or young men; (3) 74% were to the extremities, 17% to the head and neck, and 9% to the trunk; (4) severe injuries were uncommon; moderate injuries were most common in all age groups. However, the severity of injuries increased with decreasing age. Moderate or severe injuries accounted for half of the injuries to children older than 9 years, two thirds of the injuries to children 5 to 9 years, and more than three fourths of the injuries to children 0 to 4 years of age; (5) the likelihood of injury to the head and neck increased as the age of the injured decreased.

ATV Characteristics Affecting Accidents

1990 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Burleson
Keyword(s):  
Product Safety ◽  
Consumer Product ◽  
Consumer Product Safety Commission ◽  
Consumer Product Safety ◽  
Women And Children

Since 1982, at least 1,400 men, women and children have been fatally injured while operating all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). Additionally, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), 450,000 individuals have been injured as a result of ATV accidents. Of these deaths and injuries, approximately 40% were to children under the age of 16. The purpose of this paper is to examine the predominate ATV characteristics that are commonly related to ATV accidents.

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