Hazard Screening Report: General Appliances (Product Codes 101-103, 106-108, 112-116, 118-119, 125-127, 131-139)

摘要

The group of products included in this report consists of General Appliances. This report provides several pieces of information that will allow the reader to compare products within this report as well as to compare with products in other categories in other hazard screeing reports. This report shows an index of the size of the overall injuries and deaths associated with General Appliances. The first information presented is a summary of the injury, death, and cost data for the entire class of products. A graph is presented which shows the frequency of emergency room-treated injuries from 1997 to 2002. This is followed by a pie chart showing the distribution of the injuries for this class of products by energy source of the hazard, i.e., mechanical, fire, electrical, chemical, or other. There is also a summary table, which shows the injuries, deaths, and costs associated with each product group. The report also considers addressability of the injuries, by attempting to identify those injuries which had only incidental product involvement and would not be addressable by mandatory or voluntary standards or by other action which the CPSC could take.