ANSI Z535 In Focus
This year, 2022, is a revision cycle year for ANSI Z535, and it marks the first time many of the standards have changed in over a decade. This month’s column explores the latest updates and what they mean for product safety.
Product Manuals in Focus
Read an interview with Dr. Robinson for context on manuals, including the latest standards and best practices for incorporation with your product safety strategy.
Product Safety and Liability: A Historical Overview
History is very telling in influencing the trajectories of product safety and liability. To get the details, we turned to insight from Doug Nix, Managing Director of Compliance inSight Consulting and lead author of the Machinery Safety 101 blog. Read the interview with Nix for context on how the past has shaped the ideology and approaches that we employ today.
Product Safety and Liability Components in Focus
Explore the key components to keep in mind for your product safety strategy – from risk assessment to safety labels and manuals – and some of the ways that they all work together to improve safety and reduce risk.
ISO/TS 20559: A Systems Approach to Safety Communication
This new international specification focuses on workplace safety sign systems. Yet many of its underlying concepts speak to various forms of safety communication meant to reduce risk in today’s world – including product safety labeling.
“Keep Out of Reach of Children” Symbol in Focus
Ee’re taking a close-up look at a specific new symbol’s development. This article includes behind-the-scenes insight straight from Geoffrey Peckham, the chairman of ISO/TC 145.
The Making of an ISO 7010 Symbol
Understanding the Process to Create Standardized Symbols and How It Effects Your On-product Warnings
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ISO 7010 Symbols
International standards are important to product manufacturers for several reasons; they help with safety, compliance with varying regional regulations, and the ability to export across borders.
Regulatory Compliance Labeling and Symbols
Between WEEE, RoHS, REACH and other environmental directives, regulatory compliance labels for handling and disposing of certain products is less intuitive than it seems.
Using Supplementary Safety Symbols
This month we look at what “supplementary symbols” are – and how and when to use them on the safety labels on your products.