safety

The Commission of the European Union (EU) has an updated list of standards that...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has voted unanimously to eliminate mandatory, third-party...

How does safety work? That is, given a hazardous situation, how do we prevent injury from that situation?

A new symbol is being standardized for arc flash – and it’s an important step forward for safety.

Appliance manufacturer Viking Range has agreed to pay a $4.65 million civil penalty in...

Did you ever wonder why we use 0.1 ohm (and sometimes 0.5 ohm) for the ground impedance value for plug-and-socket connected equipment?

In the aftermath of a March 2017 fire that claimed the life of two young girls, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging consumers to discontinue use of a self-balancing scooter model imported from China.

Social media and the internet in general have given manufacturers a much greater ability to communicate with their consumers on a regular and frequent basis.

Recently, a colleague remarked to me, “Philosophically, of course, there is no such thing as absolute safety.” Could this be true? Is there a situation where a man could not possibly injure himself?

One of the more perplexing issues I have grappled with over the years is determining when an industrial product becomes a consumer product and therefore subject to the laws concerning consumer products.