Evaluating consumer product hazards

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Sep 1976 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Policy Sciences, volume 7, pages 337-350 (issn: 0032-2687, eissn: 1573-0891,

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Authors: Michael Stonebraker;

doi: 10.1007/bf00137627

Evaluating consumer product hazards

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A regression analysis is described which correlates the hazard level of a group of consumer products according to several definitions of hazard with potentially dangerous characteristics of products and their use. A surprisingly good fit to the data is observed and various observations are drawn from the analysis, among them that “open flames” are characteristic of high injury potential, but “flammability” is not. Hypotheses and open questions concerning the human factors of product safety and government intervention in the marketplace as a regulator of product safety are discussed.

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