Views expressed in this presentation are those of the staff and do not necessarily represent the views of the Commission

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1 Views expressed in this presentation are those of the staff and do not necessarily represent the views of the Commission 1

2 Annual Impact of Consumer Products* 28,200 Deaths 33,600,000 Injuries $800 Billion Societal Costs *As of 2007

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4 Sports, Fitness, and Recreation Children's Products Clothing and Accessories Home Electronics Kitchen Appliances and Supplies Furniture Lamps, Lights, and Lighting Equipment Homegoods Lawn and Garden Motorized Vehicles Heaters or Heating Systems Tools Hair Grooming Equipment or Accessories Holiday/Seasonal Other

5 Independent federal regulatory agency formed in 1972 Regulates over 15,000 types of consumer products Relatively small Mission: to protect the public against unreasonable risks of injury or death from consumer products through education, safety standards activities, regulation, and enforcement 5

6 Ann Marie Buerkle Acting Chairman Robert (Bob) S. Adler Commissioner Joseph Mohorovic Commissioner Elliot F. Kaye Commissioner Marietta S. Robinson Commissioner The President appoints one Commissioner as the Chairman, who acts as Principal Executive Officer

7 Consumer Product Safety Act Established CPSC in 1973 as an independent agency Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (2008) ATVs, toy safety Public Law (2011) Third party testing requirements Children s Gasoline Burn Prevention Act (CGCPA) Portable gas containers Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) warning labels Child Safety Protection Act (CSPA) - Choking hazards Labeling of Hazardous Arts Material Act (LHAMA) Art supplies Flammable Fabric Act (FFA) sleepwear, furniture Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 (PPPA) child resistant caps Refrigerator Safety Act (RSA) anti-entrapment mechanism Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Act (VGBA) drain cover and suction anti-entrapment

8 Thousands of types of products - found in the home, schools, public places. Some product types we do NOT regulate: - Tobacco products - Medical devices - Food and drugs - Motor vehicles - Boats - Aircraft - Firearms - Pesticides - Workplace products - Alcoholic beverages

9 Headquarters Bethesda, MD National Product Testing & Evaluation Center Rockville, MD 9

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12 Market Surveillance Import Surveillance In-depth Investigations Inspections Defect Investigations Enforcement of Rules & Bans Corrective Actions/Recalls Penalty Referrals Advice & Guidance 12

13 Analysis Engineering Sciences EXHR Human Factors EXC/OGC Product Safety Assessment Health Sciences Preliminary Determination Epidemiology Economic Analysis

14 Toy Test Lab Children s Products Lab Pool and Spa Products Lab Impact Lab (Bike Helmets) General Product Test Lab Outdoor Power Sports Lab Electrical Products Test lab Chemistry Lab Combustion Products Test Lab Modern Conference Space Machine Shop Flammability/Fire Test Lab

15 Average of over 1,000 regulated product samples/year represents about 10,000-15,000 individual items tested Chemical Lead in paint and non-paint products Fireworks Chemicals other than lead Flammable Fabrics/Flammability Clothing textiles Vinyl plastic film Children s sleepwear Mattresses/Mattress pads Carpets/Rugs Toys Cellulose insulation Electrical Electrically operated toys CB antennas Mechanical Toys Baby walkers Bicycles Bicycle helmets Cigarette lighters Multipurpose lighters Bunk beds Cribs Pacifiers Dive sticks Garage door openers Lawn darts Walk behind power mowers Architectural glazing materials

16 Examples of Product Testing Fireworks Toy Testing Cooking Appliance Upholstered Furniture Portable Bed Rails Lighting Fixtures

17 Chemical Exposure and Risk Assessment Testing

18 Fire Science and Combustion Lab Fire Protection Products Standard for Mattress Flammability Smoke Alarms Portable Generators Generator configured for an emission test. Candles

19 Electrical Engineering Lab Deep Fryer Safety Standard Electrical Toy Standard Standard for Cell Phone Batteries Range Fire Extinguishing Systems

20 Human Factors Lab Entrapment and Injury Potential Analysis Child Restraint Issues Age Appropriateness Analysis Strangulation Hazard Analysis

21 Mechanical Engineering Lab ATVs Amusement Rides Playgrounds Juvenile Products Bicycles Swimming Pool Alarms

22 Hot Line reports Public Data base Civic groups Attorneys Retailers State death certificates MECAPS reports Consumers Internet surveillance Medical professionals CPSC Field Investigations Newspapers, radio, television, Internet, trade blogs, etc. Fire & police reports Non-MECAP coroners, hospitals 22

23 National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) collects annually over 350,000 consumer product related injury reports and 300,000 non-cpsc injury reports In-depth investigations (INDP) Death Certificates (DTHS) over 5,000 death certificates annually Injury and Potential Injury Incident Database (IPII) consisting of news clips, hotline reports, internet complaints, and Medical Examiners And Coroners Alert Project (MECAP)

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29 Brad Bennett Jeremy Tri General Information: (301) Toll-Free Consumer Hotline: (800) TTY (301)