Views expressed in this presentation are those of the staff and do not necessarily represent the views of the Commission 1
Annual Impact of Consumer Products* 28,200 Deaths 33,600,000 Injuries $800 Billion Societal Costs *As of 2007
500 400 30 408 33 445 31 402 29 385 50 410 300 200 378 412 371 356 360 100 0 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 Defect Regulated 3
53 44 34 233 45 338 Sports, Fitness, and Recreation Children's Products Clothing and Accessories Home Electronics 80 123 137 335 Kitchen Appliances and Supplies Furniture Lamps, Lights, and Lighting Equipment Homegoods Lawn and Garden Motorized Vehicles 146 209 Heaters or Heating Systems Tools 146 183 184 Hair Grooming Equipment or Accessories Holiday/Seasonal Other
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
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
Consumer Product Safety Act Established CPSC in 1973 as an independent agency Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (2008) ATVs, toy safety Public Law 112-28 (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
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
Headquarters Bethesda, MD National Product Testing & Evaluation Center Rockville, MD 9
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Market Surveillance Import Surveillance In-depth Investigations Inspections Defect Investigations Enforcement of Rules & Bans Corrective Actions/Recalls Penalty Referrals Advice & Guidance 12
Analysis Engineering Sciences EXHR Human Factors EXC/OGC Product Safety Assessment Health Sciences Preliminary Determination Epidemiology Economic Analysis
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
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
Examples of Product Testing Fireworks Toy Testing Cooking Appliance Upholstered Furniture Portable Bed Rails Lighting Fixtures
Chemical Exposure and Risk Assessment Testing
Fire Science and Combustion Lab Fire Protection Products Standard for Mattress Flammability Smoke Alarms Portable Generators Generator configured for an emission test. Candles
Electrical Engineering Lab Deep Fryer Safety Standard Electrical Toy Standard Standard for Cell Phone Batteries Range Fire Extinguishing Systems
Human Factors Lab Entrapment and Injury Potential Analysis Child Restraint Issues Age Appropriateness Analysis Strangulation Hazard Analysis
Mechanical Engineering Lab ATVs Amusement Rides Playgrounds Juvenile Products Bicycles Swimming Pool Alarms
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
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)
Customize NEISS Search https://www.cpsc.gov/research--statistics 24
Search Public Reports 25
https://www.cpsc.gov/safety-education 26
https://www.cpsc.gov/recalls 27
https://www.saferproducts.gov/cpsrmspublic/incidents/reportincident.aspx 28
Brad Bennett bbennett@cpsc.gov Jeremy Tri jtri@cpsc.gov https://www.cpsc.gov/about-cpsc/contact-information General Information: (301) 504-7923 Toll-Free Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772 TTY (301) 595-7054 29