- Author
- Hendrickson, R. G. | Robertston, E. M. | Kelly, R. V.
- Title
- Illustrative Generic Standard for the Control of Thermal Burn Hazards in Household Appliances. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBSIR 76-1097, June 30, 1976, 47 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- burn hazards | burns (injuries) | consumer products | household appliances | fault trees | operations research | thermal burn hazards
- Abstract
- This document reports on the development of an illustrative generic standard for controlling hot surfaces associated with certain categories of consumer products. The development includes evaluations of accident data, fault-tree diagrams, theoretical heat-flow phenomena, current standards, and application of the thermesthesiometer as a test instrument. This work is a companion to the Guidelines for the Development of Generic Safety Standards, and as such, it applies the methods and techniques provided in the Guidelines. The principal tool of analysis is the fault-tree method. This method brings to safety problems a versatile and insightful way of depicting events, conditions, and causes associated with hazards and accidents. The intent is to demonstrate the feasibility of the generic approach to controlling safety aspects of consumer products. Although the illustrative standard is based on a study of actual data, the conclusions are not to be construed as final or authoritative.