Introduction to Product Safety (Webinar)

In Product Safety for Consumer Products , you'll learn ...

• Organizations which support product safety
• The information and support offered by product safety organizations
• What product safety encompasses
• Common hazards consumer products need to consider

Overview

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Anytime a product is designed from scratch or being modified, there are many competing requirements that must be met, including performance, quality, cost, manufacturability, assembly, and of course, product safety. Product safety has become more and more important over the years as the level of awareness of this requirement has been highlighted by the government and by the legal community, who pursue manufacturers every year for millions of dollars when their product is deemed unsafe or causes significant property damage.

The government and legal system demand that products are safe above and beyond what code requirements drive for that particular device. Most companies are aware of this potential liability but don’t fully understand what product safety truly encompasses or take a haphazard approach to this requirement and have no formal system in place to ensure the products they make have been designed to be safe upfront. The intent of this webinar is to explore all aspects of product safety.

Product safety will be defined, and the hazards which must be considered will be identified. From there, we will learn how to proactively design in product safety upfront and some of the tools which are available to accomplish that goal.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Describe the history of product safety.
• Identify organizations that support product safety.
• Explain the information and support offered by product safety organizations.
• Describe what product safety encompasses.
• Define product safety and associated terms.
• Identify common hazards that consumer products must address.
• Explain how to manage risk while balancing product safety with business needs.
• Apply product safety principles to various examples.
• Identify tools that support the execution of product safety.