safety

Even though warnings and instructions are not followed by all product users, they are important for product safety and product liability defensibility. Manufacturers must decide how safe to design their products and when they can also rely on warnings and instructions to make the product safe.

The ANSI Z535.3 standard focuses solely on guidelines for the design and use of safety symbols.

In our "On Your Mark" columns, we often discuss the importance of American National...

The FAA has published requirements that require testing for all battery devices that are a part of the aircraft itself.

This column covers specifics on symbol use – one of the fundamental elements of your labels – and options for handling complexities you may be facing.

Read a quick guide to understanding the considerations of the main label and symbol format options available to you, including pros and cons, and whether they meet the U.S. ANSI Z535.4 standards, the international ISO 3864-2 standards, or both standards.

Solar Electronics founder Al Parker used to say about EMI testing, “There’s more than one way to skin a cat.” Here are a couple more.

Product safety labels are an important part of keeping users safe and reducing liability risk. There are two main standards for safety labels that are key to creating effective warnings that accurately communicate hazard information: ANSI Z535.4 domestically and ISO 3864-2 internationally.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has approved a new federal safety standard...

How does a manufacturer comply with its duty to warn, given the number of people in the U.S. who do not read English or any language? Does the law require multilingual labels or safety symbols, and when is it a good idea to include them?