scholarly journals Commentary: Risk Assessment of Low-Level Chemical Exposures from Consumer Products under the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Chronic Hazard Guidelines

1998 ◽  
Vol 106 ◽  
pp. 387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Babich
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Consumer Products ◽  
Product Safety ◽  
Consumer Product ◽  
Consumer Product Safety Commission ◽  
Chemical Exposures ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Consumer Product Safety ◽  
The U.S

Fire research at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

1986 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-256
Author(s):  
J. F. Hoebel ◽  
L. J. Sharman
Keyword(s):  
Product Safety ◽  
Fire Research ◽  
Consumer Product ◽  
Consumer Product Safety Commission ◽  
Consumer Product Safety ◽  
The U.S

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.

Does the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission make a difference? An assessment of its first decade

1986 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-40
Author(s):  
Cathleen D. Zick ◽  
Robert N. Mayer ◽  
Laverne Alves Snow
Keyword(s):  
Product Safety ◽  
Consumer Product ◽  
Consumer Product Safety Commission ◽  
Consumer Product Safety ◽  
The U.S

Product Safety Legislation and the Small Retailer

1978 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-49
Author(s):  
Paul Busch ◽  
Joseph F. Hair
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Products ◽  
Product Safety ◽  
Consumer Product ◽  
Product Recalls ◽  
Consumer Product Safety Commission ◽  
Consumer Product Safety

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has been given the mandate to insure the safety of consumer products. Retailers have a very important role to fulfill in meeting this mandate. Are retailers, particularly small ones, aware of their responsibilities to inform customers about dangerous products, to refund customer's money, and to post in-store signs on product recalls? How do small retailers evaluate the CPSC's performance? What actions can small retailers take to improve the safety of the products they sell? Answers to these questions are provided in this empirically based study.

New Wine in New Bottles: The Case of the Consumer Product Safety Commission

1990 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathy Marie Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Product Safety ◽  
Consumer Product ◽  
Consumer Product Safety Commission ◽  
Consumer Product Safety

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.

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