Dear Members of Congress:

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is pleased to submit its report for

fiscal year 1997.

As an independent federal agency, CPSC helps to keep families—especially children—safe

in their homes, schools, in recreation and other places by overseeing the safety of 15,000 types of

consumer products. To reduce injuries and deaths associated with these products, CPSC identifies

and analyzes product hazards, helps industry to develop voluntary standards for products,

monitors compliance with voluntary standards, issues and enforces mandatory standards, obtains

recalls of dangerous products from the marketplace, and informs the public of potential product

risks.

This year, CPSC worked with industry to obtain several large recalls of hazardous

products that were quickly brought to the public’s attention. These recalls included over 40

million halogen torchiere floor lamps, more than one million playpens, and nearly one million baby

monitors.

In addition, as part of the process to develop a mandatory standard for bicycle helmets,

CPSC completed analysis on the issue of special provisions for bicycle helmets for children under

age five. 

The following pages explain in detail CPSC's work in fiscal year 1997, which helped

reduce injuries and save lives. 

As Chairman, and with my esteemed colleagues Vice-Chairman Mary Sheila Gall and

Commissioner Thomas Hill Moore, we will see that CPSC continues to share the responsibility of

product safety with our product-safety partners, industry and the American public. 

Sincerely,

Ann Brown
CONTENTS

CPSC Highlights ............................................................ 1

Bicycle Helmets-Final Rule .............................................. 1

Ketoprofen ........................................................... 1

Handbook for Public Playground Safety ..................................... 1

Pool and Spa Guidelines ................................................. 1

Recalls .............................................................. 1

Small Business Ombudsman .............................................. 2

CPSC Activities ............................................................. 2

Hazard Identification and Reduction ........................................ 2

Data Collection: National Electronic Injury Surveillance System ................... 3

Update of Injury Cost Model ............................................. 3

Studies ............................................................ 3-4

Mandatory Standards ................................................. 4-5

Voluntary Standards ................................................. 5-6

International Activities .................................................. 6

Conferences .......................................................... 7

Enforcement and Compliance Activities ........................................... 8

Import Surveillance .................................................. 8-9

Enforcing Product Regulations ............................................ 9

Corrective Actions .................................................... 10

Civil Penalties ....................................................... 10

Fast Track Recall Program .............................................. 10

Special Investigations Unit .............................................. 10

Field Activities ............................................................. 11

Telecommuting and Automation ......................................... 11

Recall Round-up ..................................................... 11

Public Information Programs .................................................. 12

Safety Partnerships ................................................. 12-13

Guidelines .......................................................... 13

Publications ...................................................... 13-14

Information Services ........................................................ 14

Hotline ............................................................. 14

Internet ............................................................ 15

Clearinghouse ....................................................... 15

Information Technology ................................................ 15
APPENDICES

Appendix A: Deaths, Injuries, and Cost of Injuries from Consumer Products A-1

Appendix B: Policies, Final Regulations, and Proposed Regulations B-1

Appendix C: Meetings of Substantial Interest C-1

Appendix D: Log and Status of Petitions and Applications D-1

Appendix E: Voluntary Standards Activities E-1

Appendix F: Voluntary Corrective Action Plans and Product Recalls F-1

Subsection A/Regulatory Recalls

Subsection B/Section 15 Recalls

Appendix G: Litigation and Settlements G-1

Appendix H: Index of Products Regulated by CPSC H-1

Appendix I: Federal-State Cooperative Program I-1

Appendix J: Organizational Structure and Functions J-1
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CPSC Highlights

Bicycle Helmets - Final Rule

In fiscal year 1997 the Commission continued development of a mandatory safety standard

for bicycle helmets as directed by The Children's Bicycle Helmet Safety Act of 1994. The

Commission voted to approve the final standard in February 1998. The standard includes

requirements for impact reduction, chin-strap strength, additional helmet stability, and added head

protection for children age 5 and under.

Ketoprofen

CPSC issued a final rule to require child-resistant packaging of the over-the-counter pain

killer, ketoprofen. Packages containing more than 50 milligrams of ketoprofen are required to be

child-resistant.

Handbook for Public Playground Safety

The Handbook for Public Playground Safety was revised and republished to update the

guidelines to reflect the latest safety information. Significant modifications to the 1997 handbook

include the addition of recommendations for maximum heights for horizontal ladders to minimize

fall injuries, revised recommendations on use (fall) zones, recommendations addressing clothing

and drawstring entanglement hazards from protrusions on slides, recommendations for acceptable

climbing ropes, the addition of shredded tires as a protective surfacing material, and added

information on how to address playground equipment with leaded paint.

Pool and Spa Guidelines

In 1997, CPSC completed Guidelines for Addressing Potential Entrapment Hazards

Associated with Swimming Pools and Spas. The guidelines provide safety information that will

help identify and address potential entrapment/entanglement hazards in public and private pools

and spas. They are intended for use by parks and recreation personnel, public health

organizations, equipment purchasers and installers, owners, inspection officials, and others who

are responsible for pool and spa safety.

Recalls

In fiscal year 1997, CPSC obtained 362 corrective actions involving about 67.5 million

consumer product units that either violated mandatory safety standards or presented a substantial

risk of injury to the public. The largest of these corrective actions involved the recall of more

than 40 million halogen torchiere floor lamps because the bulbs posed a fire hazard.
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Small Business Ombudsman

CPSC’s Small Business Ombudsman program is designed to quickly put small business

people in direct contact with agency experts through a single telephone call, with a goal of

providing expert assistance to every small business within 48-72 hours of when they reach out to

CPSC for help. To help achieve our purpose, the agency established a new extension on its tollfree hotline that connects small businesses directly with our Ombudsman's office. 

The Small Business Ombudsman program continues to function well. Requests to our

Ombudsman for assistance come from all 50 states, as well as from foreign countries such as

England and Spain. Through direct contact with CPSC staff, the agency has helped more than

1,400 small business persons comply more easily with its product safety guidelines and, therefore,

manufacture safer products. 

CPSC Activities

To reduce injuries and deaths associated with the 15,000 product types under its

jurisdiction, CPSC identifies and analyzes product hazards, helps industry to develop voluntary

standards for products, monitors compliance with voluntary standards, issues and enforces

mandatory standards, obtains recalls of dangerous products from the marketplace, and informs the

public of potential product risks.

CPSC carries out its mission chiefly through the following activities: hazard identification

and reduction, enforcement and compliance, field investigations, and public information programs.

Hazard Identification and Reduction

To identify hazardous products and to design effective strategies that reduce these hazards

and improve consumer safety, CPSC studies and investigates deaths, injuries, diseases, and

economic losses associated with consumer products.

Data Collection: National Electronic Injury Surveillance System 
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Through the agency's National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), a

statistically-selected national sample of hospital emergency rooms, CPSC collects information on

product-related injuries. In 1997, CPSC completed an update of the national sample of hospital

emergency rooms reporting to NEISS. The new sample, which consists of 101 hospitals, assures

that NEISS estimates of product-related injuries reflect the most current information on the size

and distributions of U.S. hospitals. In addition, NEISS continued to provide the foundation for

much of the Commission's work, including special studies of injuries associated with fireworks

and youth soccer.

The system has been a model for similar systems in Great Britain, Australia and Japan. The

European Community also recently implemented an injury-reporting system modeled specifically

after the NEISS.

Update of Injury Cost Model

CPSC's Injury Cost Model is a computerized system used to generate costs of injuries. In

1997, CPSC completed work on an updated model that will provide comprehensive and up-todate estimates of the societal costs of all medically attended consumer product-related injuries.

The revised cost estimates will be based on data from a wider range of treatment facilities and will

reflect changes in medical technology, diagnostic procedures, and treatment 

of injuries since the model was originally constructed. A group of outside experts met in August

1997 to discuss and evaluate the methodology and data used to revise the model. The revised

model will be placed in service in 1998.

Studies

Anthropometric Data

The 1977 CPSC report, Anthropometry of Infants, Children, and Youths to Age 18 for

Product Safety Design, is recognized throughout the world as the most comprehensive data on

children's dimensions. This data is used by CPSC to support standards development and product

safety assessment efforts. In addition, manufacturers, researchers and other government agencies

rely on this data. In 1997, CPSC sponsored a study to determine whether the data is still valid.

This study will be completed in 1998. If this initial analysis shows that a full-scale study is needed,

CPSC will pursue a major effort to update the entire database.

Youth Soccer Deaths and Injuries

 In 1996, there were an estimated 65,300 soccer-related hospital emergency room treated
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injuries to children, ages 5 through 14, including 21 deaths. In 1997, CPSC conducted a special

study of soccer-related injuries to children in this age group to learn more about these incidents. 

Of the 21 deaths reported, all but two were due to the soccer goal tipping over onto the child.

CPSC has issued guidelines to address soccer goal tipover and is working to develop a voluntary

safety standard for soccer goals to address the tipover hazard.

Bicycle Reflectors 

In 1997, CPSC conducted controlled field testing to determine if the CPSC's 20-year-old

bicycle reflector requirements could be improved. The field study was used to compare currently

required reflectors to potentially improved prototype reflectors. The study also evaluated a

flashing red taillight/reflector. Test subjects drove through a test course in which bicycles,

equipped with a variety of reflector treatments, were placed along the curb. Testing measured the

distance at which automobile drivers reported detecting and recognizing the bicycles. 

The field study showed that modifying existing reflector requirements would not likely

result in significant improvement in nighttime bicycle visibility, but a taillight could improve the

distance at which drivers detected the bicycle. The field study also showed that it is very difficult

for a motorist to detect a bicycle crossing the motorist's path at night, such as at an intersection.

Based on the findings of the study, staff is pursuing work with the National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) to research

bicycle lights to determine minimum requirements for lighting.

Fire Safety Devices

A variety of devices are marketed to consumers to help mitigate the effects of household

fires. CPSC evaluated fire blankets and fire extinguishers for their effectiveness in extinguishing

small household fires. Test results indicated that fire blankets show promise for extinguishing

some small kitchen rangetop fires. CPSC plans to pursue the development of a voluntary safety

standard for this product. CPSC will discuss the fire extinguisher testing results with UL, the

National Fire Protection Association and other interested parties.

Mandatory Standards

Fireworks

CPSC issued an amendment to a final rule increasing the allowable fuse burn time of

certain fireworks devices.

Ketoprofen

Under the Poison Prevention Packaging Act, CPSC requires child-resistant packaging for
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several potentially poisonous medicines and household chemicals. This year, CPSC issued a final

rule to require child-resistant packaging of the over-the-counter pain killer, ketoprofen. Packages

containing more than 50 milligrams of ketoprofen are required to be child-resistant.

Bicycle Helmets - Final Rule

The Children's Bicycle Helmet Safety Act of 1994 directed the Commission to develop a

mandatory safety standard for bicycle helmets. That legislation further required that the standard

include a provision addressing the risk of a helmet coming off the rider's head during an accident,

as well as provisions addressing the risks of injury to children.

In December 1995, the Commission published a proposed bicycle helmet standard in the

Federal Register. In 1997, the staff completed testing and analysis to address technical issues

regarding the design of the test apparatus. The staff also completed additional analysis on the

issue of special provisions for bicycle helmets for children age 5 and under. The results of this

work were used to draft a CPSC bicycle helmet standard. The Commission voted to approve the

final standard in February 1998. The standard includes requirements for impact reduction,

chin-strap strength, additional helmet stability, and added head protection for children age 5 and

under.

Voluntary Standards

To help create safer products in the marketplace, and to help reduce the cost to the federal

government for developing and maintaining its own safety standards, CPSC provides technical

support to the development of selected voluntary safety standards. In 1997, CPSC provided

technical support for 46 voluntary standards projects.

Fire and Electrical Hazards

Holiday Lighting

At the urging of CPSC, a completely new edition of the Underwriters Laboratories (UL)

Standard for Christmas Tree/Decorative Lighting became effective. This edition contains new

safety requirements to prevent potential electrical fires and shock hazards.

Gas Water Heaters

During 1997, the water heater industry continued its work, begun at the urging of CPSC,
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to develop gas water heaters that resist igniting vapors from gasoline and similar flammable

liquids that could be spilled near the appliance. The industry made significant progress by

developing new technology water heaters and a test method to certify their performance.

Preliminary tests with prototype water heaters have been promising. A proposed standard test

method has been forwarded to the American National Standards Institute's (ANSI) water heater

subcommittee and work to develop the final test requirements has begun.

National Electrical Code

CPSC supported new proposals for the 1999 edition of the National Electrical Code to

address a number of important safety issues. CPSC supported requiring: 1) a new shutoff switch

located within sight of large spas and hot tubs that could be used in an emergency to shut down

the recirculation and jet systems and prevent entrapment drownings; 2) new electronic circuit

interrupters that are more sensitive to electrical faults and would reduce the risk of residential

fires; and 3) limits on appliance ratings to avoid overloading circuits which would reduce the risk

of fire. 

Children's Hazards

CPSC supported the development of new or revised provisions for national consensus

safety standards for products presenting potential hazards to children, such as high chairs, bean

bag chairs, clothing strings, toys, soccer goals, playground equipment and cribs. 

International Activities

CPSC's involvement in international activities during 1997 had three goals:

# to ensure that consumer products imported into the U.S. are safe;

# to encourage mutually acceptable consumer product safety standards and conformity 

assessment among nations worldwide; and

# to share information and expertise to remain abreast of scientific advances.

CPSC continued its involvement in developing internationally harmonized chemical test

methods, classification systems and labeling. These efforts are aimed at ensuring that harmonized

standards will meet current U.S. levels of product safety for consumers.

Conferences
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Systems Anthropometry Conference

In the mid-1970s, CPSC developed the world's only comprehensive database on children's

body dimensions. This anthropometric data is critical for assessing the safety of children's

products and is used for standards development activities and product assessments. In addition,

businesses, researchers and other government agencies rely on this important data for a range of

activities. CPSC is currently in the process of determining whether this data set needs to be

updated and, if it does, how that update should be conducted. To help resolve these issues, CPSC

and the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) co-sponsored a Systems

Anthropometry Conference in Bethesda, Maryland on June 24, 1997. The conference brought

together experts in the field of anthropometry to discuss current issues. The information presented

at this conference will enable the Commission to better plan for possible continuing work in this

area.

Playground Safety Roundtable

In October 1996, CPSC sponsored a meeting on playground safety. The purpose of this

meeting was to solicit comments on proposed changes to CPSC's Handbook for Public

Playground Safety and to provide playground operators with information on how to deal with

lead found in the paint on some older playground equipment. Many ideas presented and discussed

at the meeting were used in revising recommendations in the handbook.

Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detector Roundtable

In January 1997, CPSC sponsored a meeting to discuss the actions consumers should take

when a CO detector sounds an alarm. The meeting participants, including CO detector

manufacturers, fire service and emergency response personnel, gas utility responders, and

consumer representatives, discussed what specific information consumers need and how that

information can best be provided to them. CPSC is using the information to write guidelines that

will assist first responders, such as fire services personnel, in developing response procedures for

their local areas.

Enforcement and Compliance Activities
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To reduce unreasonable risks of injury and death associated with consumer products,

CPSC has the authority to take a variety of actions against hazardous products that fail to comply

with mandatory safety standards or that present a substantial risk of injury to consumers. Where it

finds violative or defective products that present a significant risk of injury to the public, it seeks

corrective action through repair or replacement of the product, or through refund of the product's

purchase price. CPSC also informs and educates regulated industries of existing standards and

how to meet them. These cooperative efforts help minimize future consumer exposure to products

that may be hazardous.

In fiscal year 1997, CPSC obtained 362 corrective actions involving about 67.5 million

consumer product units that either violated mandatory safety standards or presented a substantial

risk of injury to the public.

# More than 1 million playpens posing an entrapment hazard were recalled.

# Approximately 68,000 hand-held hair dryers were recalled because they lacked immersion

protection devices to prevent electrocution.

# More than 40 million halogen torchiere floor lamps were recalled because the bulbs posed

a fire hazard.

# Nearly 1 million baby monitors were recalled due to improperly connected wires which

could overheat, posing a fire hazard.

Toys and children's products continue to be among CPSC's prime concerns. Of the 362

corrective actions obtained in fiscal year 1997, 239 were toys and children's products involving

about 8 million product units. Most toy recalls were for the following reasons: the toys had paint

containing lead levels that were dangerous for children; the toys for children under 3 had small

parts that presented a choking hazard; or the toys otherwise presented a substantial risk of injury

to children.

Import Surveillance

CPSC and the U.S. Customs Service continued their cooperative efforts to identify and

prevent hazardous consumer products from entering the U.S. The dockside surveillance of

consumer products imported to the U.S. plays a major role in CPSC's compliance program.

Hazardous products that violate mandatory safety standards are stopped at the ports of entry so

they never reach consumers. Working together, CPSC and the U.S. Customs Service detained for

reconditioning, destruction, or export out of the U.S. more than 320 shipments of imported

consumer products that did not meet U.S. safety standards. As a result, about 16 million

dangerous product units that violated CPSC safety standards never reached store shelves. CPSC's

and the U.S. Customs Service's import surveillance program:

# prevents injuries and deaths;

# motivates manufacturers and importers to comply with safety regulations; and
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# ensures that foreign manufacturers receive the same scrutiny for safety as domestic

manufacturers, leveling the competitive playing field.

CPSC's safety standard requiring child resistance in disposable and some novelty cigarette

lighters became effective in July 1994. CPSC and the U.S. Customs Service continue to closely

enforce these requirements. In 1997, CPSC and the U.S. Customs Service prevented more than

774,000 noncomplying lighters from entering the country.

To ascertain the level of compliance with fireworks regulations, CPSC targeted imported

fireworks. CPSC and the U.S. Customs Service selectively sampled 441 shipments of fireworks.

Out of the total number of shipments, 129 violated CPSC's mandatory safety requirements,

accounting for more than 14 million units presenting violations serious enough to warrant seizure

or other action by the U.S. Customs Service to prevent entry of the shipments into the U.S. The

level of substantial compliance with the fireworks regulations remains low at approximately 60

percent for targeted imported fireworks. CPSC is continuing its efforts to ensure that fireworks

comply with agency regulations.

CPSC and the U.S. Customs Service targeted toys and wearing apparel. The U.S. 

Customs Service also alerted CPSC to a number of shipments of hazardous electrical products.

Enforcing Product Regulations

CPSC conducted more than 635 inspections of U.S. manufacturing, importing and

retailing establishments involved with products subject to the agency's mandatory requirements. 

During these domestic inspections and import surveillance activities, CPSC collected

samples of more than 2,900 different products to determine compliance with mandatory

requirements. The agency targeted products it believed might violate safety standards, including

fireworks, toys, wearing apparel, cigarette lighters, household chemicals and medications

requiring child-resistant packaging.

CPSC found that about 38 percent (almost 1,100) of the products it sampled violated

agency regulations. These inspections resulted in 96 recalls involving 10.4 million product units,

including flammable garments, fireworks and toys.

During 1997, CPSC was active in looking for violations of the flammability standards

under the Flammable Fabrics Act. Of the 308 samples of fabrics and garments that CPSC

collected, 64 violated the act.

Corrective Actions Under Section 15 of the Consumer Product

Safety Act and the Federal Hazardous Substances Act
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If CPSC determines, after a hearing before an administrative law judge, that a product

poses a substantial hazard to consumers, it can order the manufacturer to repair or replace the

product or refund the purchase price of the product to consumers. However, CPSC conducts

most corrective actions with the cooperation of companies.

Of the 362 corrective actions in 1997, 266 dealt with product hazards not addressed by

mandatory standards. This resulted in the recall, repair, replacement, refund or prospective design

change to 57.1 million units of consumer products. These products included playground

equipment, bunk beds, electrical appliances, recreational products, decorative seasonal lighting,

laptop computers, gas furnace vent pipes and mountain bikes. 

Civil Penalties

In addition to the many corrective actions involving various consumer products, CPSC

obtained civil penalty settlements totaling more than $1 million in 11 separate matters. 

These settlements covered CPSC allegations that companies knowingly 1) failed to

properly report defects in products that could create a substantial risk of injury, or that presented

an unreasonable risk of serious injury or death, as required under section 15(b) of the Consumer

Product Safety Act, or 2) violated mandatory safety requirements.

Fast Track Recall Program

CPSC began a Fast Track Recall Program to recall substantial product hazards if the

reporting firm initiates an acceptable corrective action plan within 20 working days of its report. 

This has encouraged greater reporting, sped up corrective action plans, and most importantly,

removed more unsafe consumer products from the marketplace. More than 140 firms participated

in the program, resulting in 228 corrective action plans involving more than 19 million product

units. This effort was later recognized with a "Hammer" award from Vice President Gore's

National Performance Review Team.

Special Investigations Unit

CPSC established a Special Investigations Unit to develop new hazard data sources to

help identify defective products that pose a high level of risk to consumers.

Field Activities

Telecommuting and Automation
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Since the initiation of a CPSC telecommuting program in 1995, the majority of CPSC's

field staff members now work out of their homes. 

Field investigators receive assignments; collect and transmit investigative data, documents

and photographs; and complete and file reports -- all electronically.

Telecommuting has enabled CPSC to close many of its smaller offices and significantly

reduce space in larger offices. The program has reduced costs and improved efficiency. In

recognition of the success of telecommuting, CPSC was given a "Hammer Award" by the Vice

President's National Performance Review Team in 1996.

Recall Round-Up

In an effort to rid consumers' homes of hazardous products, CPSC enlisted the help of

media, state and local officials, as well as national and state health and safety organizations in a

nationwide Recall Round-Up held on April 16, 1997. All 50 states, Guam, Virgin Islands, Puerto

Rico and the District of Columbia joined in this campaign to alert parents, children's care givers,

and the general public to the hazards of selected products and encourage their repair, return, or

destruction. 

CPSC kicked off the Recall Round-Up with the satellite broadcast of a video news release

which urged consumers to check their homes for four hazardous consumer products (bean bag

chairs, bunk beds, mini-hammocks and old cribs). The video news release reached an estimated

36,921,000 television viewers. 

Throughout the nation, 25 individual press conferences or media events were held in

addition to the National CPSC Recall Round-Up Press Conference. Ten states targeted the

Hispanic community, and reached more than 1.3 million Hispanic consumers. With the help of the

U.S. Indian Health Service, CPSC reached 27 Native American Tribal Safety Officers and Indian

hospitals throughout New Mexico. Several tribes incorporated the Recall Round-Up into their

springtime health and safety fairs. In addition, during monitoring of more than 1,300 resale shops,

thrift stores, flea markets and second-hand furniture shops in 13 states, 75 potentially hazardous

or recalled products were found. CPSC estimates that an additional 100 million consumers were

reached through these activities. 

Public Information Programs

CPSC educates and informs consumers about the safe use of products and product recalls.

CPSC effectively communicates its mission and its product-safety messages directly to consumers,
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industry and the media through the following:

# direct responses to consumer inquiries;

# outreach efforts with local and national groups and industries;

# publications and public information programs; and

# media relations, including print, video news releases and press conferences.

Safety Partnerships

CPSC continues to serve as a resource for both consumers and businesses by partnering with

organizations and individuals to educate and inform consumers.

Fire Safety Checklist

CPSC partnered with the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) and the

National Association of State Fire Marshals to produce the new brochure Fire Safety Checklist

for Older Consumers. Older people are at special risk for death and injury from fires. In addition,

CPSC collaborated with 28 other organizations in the Fire Safe Home Coalition to create the

Consumer Guide to Home Fire Safety to aid consumers in making informed decisions about fire

safe choices as they build or renovate their homes.

Inhalant Abuse Prevention

In 1996 the National Institute on Drug Abuse reported that one in five American teenagers

has used inhalants to "get high." In 1997, CPSC worked with S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. to

produce and distribute a brochure and public service announcements on inhalant abuse prevention

and co-hosted a news conference featuring inhalant abuse prevention spokeswoman Deloris

Jordan, mother of basketball star Michael Jordan. 

Recall Round-up

CPSC produced a video news release on previously recalled consumer products and

distributed it nationwide to coincide with the traditional "spring cleaning" season in an effort to

rid American homes of these dangerous products. All 50 states cooperated with CPSC in

broadcasting the video news release which reached 39 million viewers.

Old Electrical Wiring in Homes

CPSC produced and distributed an additional 1,000 copies of the "Wired for Safety" video

to electrical safety inspectors, code officials and others nationwide. The video emphasizes
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hazards with old electrical wiring and safety measures to prevent fire and electric shock.

Reaching Vulnerable Populations

CPSC reissued the award-winning "child safety" radio spots (produced by 

singer/songwriter Marvin Matthews) which focused on poison prevention, crib safety, bathtub

safety and smoke detector use. The distribution of these spots was broadened, resulting in airplay

on 137 stations reaching an audience of 45 million listeners. 

Guidelines

Handbook for Public Playground Safety

The Handbook for Public Playground Safety was revised and republished to update the

guidelines to reflect the latest safety information. Significant modifications to the 1997 handbook

include the addition of recommendations for maximum heights for horizontal ladders to minimize

fall injuries, revised recommendations on use (fall) zones, recommendations addressing clothing

and drawstring entanglement hazards from protrusions on slides, recommendations for acceptable

climbing ropes, the addition of shredded tires as a protective surfacing material, and added

information on how to address playground equipment with leaded paint.

Pool and Spa Guidelines

In 1997, CPSC completed Guidelines for Addressing Potential Entrapment Hazards

Associated with Swimming Pools and Spas. The guidelines provide safety information that will

help identify and address potential entrapment/entanglement hazards in public and private pools

and spas. They are intended for use by parks and recreation personnel, public health

organizations, equipment purchasers and installers, owners, inspection officials, and others who

are responsible for pool and spa safety.

Publications

In response to consumer requests, CPSC again distributed about 2 million free

publications, which are in the public domain and can be reproduced without CPSC’s permission.

This year, CPSC produced several new publications.

The Safe Nursery Booklet, a safety guide to help consumers when buying new or 

secondhand nursery equipment. 

Handbook for Public Playground Safety, revision of 1991 edition to reflect the latest

safety information.
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The Senseless Killer, an updated brochure on the prevention of carbon monoxide

poisoning available in English and Spanish.

Charcoal Safety Tips, produced with Kingsford, this brochure provides barbecue safety

tips in both English and Spanish.

A Parents' Guide to Preventing Inhalant Abuse, produced with S.C. Johnson &

Son, Inc., defines inhalant abuse and offers advice on spotting and preventing this behavior.

Safety Alert Compilation, an updated list of current safety alerts, mostly juvenile

product related, which was reprinted by Toys R Us as "Safety Facts." 

Fire Safety Checklist for Older Consumers, produced in cooperation with AARP

and the National Association of State Fire Marshals. This easy-to-read checklist addresses

installation and maintenance of smoke detectors, use of smoking materials, safe cooking, safe

heating, electrical safety, and fire escape and response.

Consumer Product Safety Review, published quarterly by CPSC, is a newsletter which

includes data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) on consumer

product related injuries, news from the Medical Examiners and Coroners Alert Project and

Emergency Physicians Reporting System (MECAP-EPRS) on consumer product-related deaths,

listings of recent consumer product recalls, and in-depth articles on current consumer product

safety issues. 

Information Services

Hotline

The CPSC Hotline received more than 279,000 calls in 1997. Approximately 44,000 calls

were handled by the Hotline staff and 3,555 callers reported unsafe products. During 1997, the

number of phone lines to the Hotline was increased from 24 to 48 to accommodate additional

callers, especially following announcements of major recalls and product safety initiatives.

The Hotline continued to offer English/Spanish language services to callers through

recorded information and our bilingual Hotline representatives. In 1997, the Hotline received

nearly 4,000 calls for information in Spanish.

Internet

CPSC continued to expand its Internet web site by adding a section for kids, and

providing an electronic reading room to meet the requirements of the Electronic Freedom of

Information Act. Through this web site, www.cpsc.gov, the agency also provided materials such

as text and graphic information, a search feature, CPSC publications, the public calendar,
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assistance for manufacturers, retailers and distributors on compliance with CPSC regulations and

requirements, and an interactive feature that allowed consumers to file product incident reports

electronically. CPSC continued to maintain its electronic mail address, info@cpsc.gov, which

allowed the public to ask for information from the Commission. 

The agency's gopher server supplements the web site by providing news releases from 1990 to

1996, the year the web site was established. The public can also use the Internet to subscribe to

CPSC's free electronic subscription service, which automatically distributes news releases and the

public calendar by e-mail. 

Clearinghouse

The National Injury Information Clearinghouse maintains reports of accident

investigations, product-related incidents, death certificates and newspaper reports. Injury data and

statistics from electronic data sources and publications including hazard analyses, special studies

and data summaries are also available to respond to more than 5,000 requests each year from the

American public.

Information Technology

CPSC continued the aggressive multi-year project the agency started in 1994 to provide

networking, database access, application programming, and integration of services from numerous

computer systems into a comprehensive, integrated system. Agency funding allowed maintenance

level support of networking, database access and applications. The agency deferred, to fiscal year

1998, its plans to fully integrate these systems due to funding constraints.
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Deaths, Estimates of Injuries and Estimates of Costs of Injuries

From Consumer Products

 The Commission, in fulfilling its mission to protect the public against unreasonable risk of

injuries associated with consumer products, collects, reviews and analyzes data on deaths and

estimated injuries associated with such products. Appendix A presents three tables which contain

summary data by totals and by age groups for deaths, estimated injuries and estimated costs of

injuries associated with products under the jurisdiction of the Commission. These products are

aggregated into 15 product groupings.

 While the deaths and injuries in these tables represent product involvement, that involvement

does not necessarily indicate causality.

 Table 1: Deaths Associated with the Use of Certain Consumer Products, October 1, 1995-

September 30, 1996. These data are taken from death certificates the Commission purchases

from the states. Comparisons of Table 1 with previous Annual Report tables of deaths associated

with the use of consumer products ought not to be undertaken since budgetary restrictions alter

the amount and categories of death certificates purchased each year.

 Table 2: Estimates of Hospital Emergency Room Treated Injuries Associated with the Use of

Certain Consumer Products, October 1, 1996 - September 30, 1997. This is based on data

collected from a statistically selected group of hospitals as part of the Commission's National

Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS). Comparisons of Table 2 with previous Annual

Report tables of injuries associated with the use of these consumer products must be undertaken

cautiously. The NEISS hospital sample was updated on January 1, 1990, and again on January 1,

1997, to take into account changes that have occurred in the NEISS sampling frame of emergency departments over time (e.g., including hospital emergency departments opened after the

initial sampling frame was constructed). The sample was also augmented between January 1,

1991, and December 31, 1996, by doubling the number of hospitals sampled in the three largest

strata. In addition, over time, there have been modifications to the definition of in-scope injuries.

 Table 3: Estimates of the Costs of Hospital Emergency Room Treated Injuries 

Associated with the Use of Certain Consumer Products, October 1, 1996 - September 30, 1997. 

This is derived by applying the Commission's Injury Cost Model to the injury estimates of Table 2.

 For products where Commission remedial action has been considered, additional data have

been collected and analyzed to develop more detailed estimates. Based on interviews with victims
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or witnesses, the Commission identifies causes of accidents, including the interaction among the

person, the product and the environment. Using all the available data, the Commission staff

periodically prepares hazard analysis reports for selected products. To learn whether an analysis

for any particular product is available, or to receive general injury data reports or more detailed

data than are included in this appendix, please write to:

National Injury Information Clearinghouse

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Washington, DC 20207-0001
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TABLE 1

Deaths Associated With the Use of Certain Consumer Products

October 1, 1995 - September 30, 1996

Source: CPSC Death Certificate Project

Note: Product association is defined as any involvement of the product with these deaths and

does not necessarily imply causality.

The data in this table cannot be used in trend analysis with the data from previous years; due to

budgetary restrictions, differing numbers of death certificates may have been purchased in each

time period.

Death certificates are made available to CPSC through contracts with each individual state. The

time required for collection and processing varies by state, but the majority of death certificates

are received within two years of the date of death. For fiscal year 1996, data have not been

received for Delaware and the District of Columbia and data are incomplete for Alaska and

Nevada.

AGE GROUP2

 Product Group1 Total Under 5 5-24 25-64

65 And

 Over

 1. Child Nursery Equipment and Supplies 53 52 1 0 0

 2. Toys 11 5 3 2 1

 3. Sports and Recreational Activities and Equipment1,286 273 375 486 151

 4. Home Communication, Entertainment and Hobby Equipment 24 5 4 

14 1

 5. Personal Use Items 240 33 17 52 137

 6. Packaging and Containers for Household Products82 24 15 33 10

 7. Yard and Garden Equipment 358 7 17 168 166

 8. Home Workshop Apparatus, Tools and Attachments 101 4 30 59 8

 9. Home and Family Maintenance Products 48 17 19 7 5

10. General Household Appliances 44 0 2 17 25

11. Space Heating, Cooling and Ventilating Appliances155 3 22 81 49

12. Housewares 22 5 2 7 8
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Deaths Associated With the Use of Certain Consumer Products

October 1, 1995 - September 30, 1996

Source: CPSC Death Certificate Project

Note: Product association is defined as any involvement of the product with these deaths and

does not necessarily imply causality.

The data in this table cannot be used in trend analysis with the data from previous years; due to

budgetary restrictions, differing numbers of death certificates may have been purchased in each

time period.

Death certificates are made available to CPSC through contracts with each individual state. The

time required for collection and processing varies by state, but the majority of death certificates

are received within two years of the date of death. For fiscal year 1996, data have not been

received for Delaware and the District of Columbia and data are incomplete for Alaska and

Nevada.

AGE GROUP2

 Product Group1 Total Under 5 5-24 25-64

65 And

 Over

 1. Child Nursery Equipment and Supplies 53 52 1 0 0

 2. Toys 11 5 3 2 1

 3. Sports and Recreational Activities and Equipment1,286 273 375 486 151

 4. Home Communication, Entertainment and Hobby Equipment 24 5 4 

14 1

 5. Personal Use Items 240 33 17 52 137

 6. Packaging and Containers for Household Products82 24 15 33 10

 7. Yard and Garden Equipment 358 7 17 168 166

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13. Home Furnishings and Fixtures 878 252 89 299 237

14. Home Structures and Construction Materials 395 35 26 142 192

15. Miscellaneous 47 3 11 24 9
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TABLE 2

Estimates Of Hospital Emergency Room Treated Injuries

Associated With the Use of Certain Consumer Products

October 1, 1996 - September 30, 1997 *

Source: National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS)3

Note: NEISS data indicate that a product was associated with an injury but not necessarily that

the product caused the injury. 

AGE GROUP2

Product Group1 Total Under 5 5-24 25-64

65 And

 Over

Estimated

Mean

Severity4

 1. Child Nursery Equipment 

 and Supplies 86,428 72,479 6,530 6,734 685 43

 2. Toys 137,151 64,944 50,680 19,684 1,843 34

 3. Sports and Recreational 

 Activities and Equipment3,853,295 172,767 2,676,076 939,401 65,051 27

 4. Home Communication, 

 Entertainment and

Hobby Equipment 103,143 26,868 32,556 33,604 10,115 34

 5. Personal Use Items 389,268 129,161 118,906 111,197 30,004 61

 6. Packaging and Containers for Household

Products

327,621 42,919 103,905 154,163 26,634 26

 7. Yard and Garden Equipment219,024 8,735 48,407 128,727 33,155 41

 8. Home Workshop Apparatus, Tools and Attachments

318,907 11,596 74,343 200,613 32,355 46

 9. Home and Family 

 Maintenance Products 115,734 27,988 30,137 49,564 8,045 84

10. General Household 

 Appliances 134,137 28,213 28,041 60,092 17,791 56

11. Space Heating, Cooling 

 and Ventilating Appliances125,531 33,495 34,207 46,907 10,922 64

12. Housewares 753,844 49,918 254,062 404,250 45,614 21
TABLE 2

Estimates Of Hospital Emergency Room Treated Injuries

Associated With the Use of Certain Consumer Products

October 1, 1996 - September 30, 1997 *

Source: National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS)3

Note: NEISS data indicate that a product was associated with an injury but not necessarily that

the product caused the injury. 

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13. Home Furnishings and 

 Fixtures 1,903,978 497,599 434,127 589,340 382,912 38

14. Home Structures and 

 Construction Materials3,083,776 438,569 914,245 1,130,726 600,236 37

15. Miscellaneous 201,104 44,974 86,081 53,117 16,932 49

*Comparisons with previous Annual Report tables must be done with caution since the NEISS

sample was updated on January 1, 1990, and again on January 1, 1997.

1Product groups and specific products are included in each group. These products are

defined in the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) Coding Manual (1997),

Directorate for Epidemiology and Health Sciences, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

 1. CHILD NURSERY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

Baby carriages, walkers and strollers

Cribs, playpens and baby gates

High chairs and youth chairs

Miscellaneous

 2. TOYS

Children's sports and hobby equipment

Electric trains, cars and accessories

Projectile or flying toys

Toy chests and boxes

Tricycles (children's)

Wagons and other ride-on toys

Miscellaneous

 3. SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND EQUIPMENT

Amusement rides

Archery
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ATVs, mopeds, minibikes, etc.

Barbecue grills, stoves and fuel

Baseball/softball

Basketball

BB guns, BB's and pellets

Beach, picnic and camping equipment

Bicycles and accessories

Billiards or pool

Bowling

Boxing

Cheerleading

Curling

Dancing

Darts

Exercise equipment

Fencing

Fishing

Football

Golf

Gymnastics and equipment

Hockey, all kinds

Horseback riding

Horseshoes

Ice or snow boating

Lacrosse, rugby and miscellaneous ball games

Martial arts

Mountain climbing

Playground equipment

Racquet sports

Shuffleboard

Skateboards

Skating, all kinds

Snowmobiles

Snow skiing and snowboarding

Soccer

Swimming activity, pools and equipment

Toboggans, sleds, snow discs, etc.

Track and field

Trampolines

Unicycles

Volleyball

Water skiing, tubing and surfing

Wrestling

Miscellaneous
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 4. HOME COMMUNICATION, ENTERTAINMENT AND HOBBY EQUIPMENT

Sound recording and reproducing equipment

Television sets and stands

Miscellaneous

 5. PERSONAL USE ITEMS

Cigarettes, etc., lighters, lighter fluids and matches

Clothing, all

Coins

Desk supplies

Drug and cosmetic poisonings and chemical burns to children under age 5

Grooming devices

Holders for personal items

Infrared lamps and saunas

Jewelry, watches, keys and key chains

Massage devices

Protection devices (eyes, ears, etc.)

Razors, shavers and razor blades

Miscellaneous

 6. PACKAGING AND CONTAINERS FOR HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS

Cans and other containers

Glass bottles and jars

Paper, cardboard and plastic products

 7. YARD AND GARDEN EQUIPMENT

Chain saws

Hand garden tools

Hatchets and axes

Lawn and garden care equipment

Lawn mowers, all types

Other power lawn equipment

Outdoor electric lighting equipment

Pumps

Trimmers and small power garden tools

8. HOME WORKSHOP APPARATUS, TOOLS AND ATTACHMENTS

Automotive accessories and chemicals
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Batteries, all types

Battery chargers

Chains

Engines, non-automotive

Hoists, lifts, jacks, etc.

Power home tools (excluding saws)

Power home workshop saws

Welding, soldering, cutting tools

Wires, cords, not specified

Workshop chemicals

Workshop manual tools

Miscellaneous

 9. HOME AND FAMILY MAINTENANCE PRODUCTS

Cleaning agents (excluding soaps)

Cleaning equipment, non-caustics

Drain, oven cleaners and caustics

Paints, solvents and lubricants

Polishes and waxes

Soaps and detergents

Miscellaneous

10. GENERAL HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES

Cooking ranges, ovens, etc.

Irons and clothes steamers

Refrigerators and freezers

Washers and dryers

Miscellaneous

11. SPACE HEATING, COOLING AND VENTILATING EQUIPMENT

Air conditioners

Chimneys and fireplaces

Fans (excluding stove exhaust fans)

Furnaces

Heating stoves and space heaters

Pipes (heating and plumbing)

Radiators

Water heaters

Miscellaneous

12. HOUSEWARES

Cookware

Drinking glasses

Knives, unpowered
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Scissors

Skewers and picks

Small kitchen appliances

Tableware and accessories

Miscellaneous

13. HOME FURNISHINGS AND FIXTURES 

Bathtub and shower structures

Beds, mattresses and pillows

Blankets

Carpets and rugs

Chairs, sofas and sofa beds

Desks, cabinets, shelves, racks, etc.

Drapery rods and accessories 

Electric fixtures, lamps and equipment

Fireplace equipment

Holiday and party supplies

Hot tubs, spas and whirlpools

Ladders and stools

Mirrors and mirror glass

Other miscellaneous furniture and accessories

Scales (excluding baby scales)

Sinks and toilets

Tables

Window, table, chair and bed covers

Miscellaneous

14. HOME STRUCTURES AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

Automatic doors and door openers

Cabinet or door hardware

Ceilings and walls of a completed structure

Counters and counter tops

Fences

Glass doors, windows and panels

Handrails, railings and banisters

Insulation

Nails, carpet tacks, etc.

Non-glass doors and panels

Outside attached structures and materials

Outside unattached structures

Porches, open side floors, etc.

Stairs, ramps, landings and floors

Window and door sills (including frames)

Wood panelling and particleboard
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Miscellaneous

15. MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS

Alarms and escape equipment

Business and office machines

Dollies and carts

Elevators and other lifts

Fireworks and flares

Fuel-burning lighting equipment and fuels

Gasoline and diesel fuels

Generators 

Miscellaneous

2

"TOTAL" includes incidents where the age was not recorded. Therefore, the aggregated

age groups may not equal the total.

3The NEISS is a probability sample of the hospital emergency departments in the United

States and its territories. Consumer product-related injuries reported in the sample hospitals are

transmitted via computer to the Commission on a daily basis. The injury estimates shown are

provisional; they are based on data reported to CPSC as of 1/12/98. These injury reports not only

provide the means for estimating the magnitude of consumer product-related injuries in the United

States, but also provide a source for gathering further information concerning the nature and

probable cause of the accident.

Since the estimates shown in this table are based on a sample of hospital emergency

departments rather than all hospital emergency departments in the United States, they are subject

to sampling error. For a description of the sample design and calculation of the sampling error,

write:

National Injury Information Clearinghouse

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Washington, D.C. 20207-0001

4Based on the nature of the injury and the body part affected, all nonfatal injuries are

classified to a 6-point scale with injuries ranging from minor to most severe. This ranking is based

on medical judgment in terms of expected physical impact, as well as threat to life and potential

for permanent impairment. This scale value is then increased by one if the patient is admitted for

inpatient hospital care; a seventh point on the scale is established for those injuries with the most

severe classification which require hospitalization. Poisonings are an exception to the procedure.

A poisoning case which is treated and released is classified as a "2" on this scale, while a

poisoning case requiring hospitalization is classified as a "6." Deaths are classified as "8" on this

scale, but are grouped with Category 7 in the weighting procedure discussed below.
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A geometric inflation factor is used to reflect differences in the degrees of severity among

the seven scale categories. Category 1, the least severe category, has been assigned a value of

"10." This value is increased by 20 percent to arrive at a value of "12" for Category 2. Therefore,

each succeeding scale category value is increased by a geometric proportion of the preceding

value; i.e., 40 percent, 80 percent, up to a 640 percent increase for Category 7. These severity

values range from 10 to 2,516, based on a combination of three factors: injury diagnosis, body

part involved and disposition of the case. The estimated mean severity is an average severity value

for an estimated number of injuries.

Because the mean severity is based on value judgments, the reader should use caution in

interpreting small differences in these measures between product groups.

5The estimates in Table 3 of the costs of emergency room treated injuries associated with

the use of consumer products are from the Injury Cost Model (ICM) developed by the Directorate for Economic Analysis. The ICM includes 11 injury cost components: medical costs; forgone

earnings; transportation costs; visitors' forgone earnings; visitors' transportation costs; health

insurance administration costs; product liability insurance administration costs; litigation costs;

disability costs; retreatment costs; and pain and suffering costs. Since the ICM relies solely on

information on the emergency room treated injuries reported in Table 2, the cost estimates in

Table 3 do not include the costs of consumer product-related injuries that were treated elsewhere,

such as in physicians' offices, health maintenance organizations, and freestanding emergency

clinics. Furthermore, cost estimates are not available for many acute and chronic illnesses

associated with exposure to chemical hazards. The number and cost of these illnesses would be

expected to be large. Table 3 also excludes the economic losses of fatalities associated with the

use of a consumer product. These losses may be substantial. Injury cost estimates are adjusted to

June 1997 price levels using the overall consumer price index and the overall medical care index. 

Age group costs may not add to product totals because the age of the victim was not

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TABLE 3 

 Estimates of the Costs of Hospital Emergency Room Treated

Injuries Associated With the Use of Certain Consumer Products

October 1, 1996 - September 30, 1997

(in millions of dollars)

 

 Source: CPSC Injury Cost Model5 applied to NEISS injury data for the period.

 

 AGE GROUP2

 65 and

 Product group1 Total Under 5 5-24 25-64 over

 1. Child Nursery Equipment and

 Supplies 200 158 17 20 4 

 2 . Toys 345 138 135 64 7 

 3. Sports and Recreational 

 Activities and Equipment 12,308 457 7,758 3,800 293

 4. Home Communication,

 Entertainment and Hobby

 Equipment 310 59 85 108 57

 5. Personal Use Items 1,138 311 329 345 152

 6. Packaging and Containers for

 Household Products 830 87 243 422 78

 7. Yard and Garden Equipment 779 23 183 446 127

 8. Home Workshop Apparatus,

 Tools and Attachments 1,065 34 211 719 101

 9. Home and Family Maintenance

 Products 384 66 109 176 32

10. General Household Appliances 447 86 88 198 75

11. Space Heating, Cooling and

 Ventilating Appliances 419 84 115 175 44

12. Housewares 1,619 125 512 869 113

13. Home Furnishings and 

 Fixtures 6,542 1,094 1,166 2,240 2,041

14. Home Structures and

 Construction Materials 11,018 941 2,359 4,193 3,523

15. Miscellaneous 653 106 271 201 75
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 Policies, Final Regulations, And Proposed Regulations

________________________________________________________________

 Description Proposed Final Effective Resource

 Date

___________________________________________________________________________

Federal Hazardous Substances Act

Final Action:

Revocation of state- N.A. 10/21/96 10/21/96 61 FR 54549

ment of policy giving

examples of acceptable hazard warning

labels for containers of ethylene

glycol radiator

antifreeze

Amendment to 08/07/96 12/20/96 61 FR 67197

change the allowable

fuse burn time of

certain fireworks

devices from 3-6

seconds to 3-9

seconds

Affirmation of final 08/07/96 02/03/97 02/03/97 62 FR 4910

rule and announcement of effective 

date of amendment

changing the 

allowable fuse burn

time of certain

fireworks devices
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__________________________________________________________________________

 Description Proposed Final Effective Resource

 Date

__________________________________________________________________________

Poison Prevention Packaging Act

Final Action:

Issuance of final rule 11/20/96 05/28/97 11/24/97 62 FR 28798 

to require childresistant packaging 

for retail packages

containing more than

50 mg ketoprofen

Proposed Action:

Proposal to require 11/20/96 61 FR 59043

child-resistant

packaging for retail

packages containing

more than 50 mg of

ketoprofen

 Other Statutes

Final Action:

Describes the Com- N.A. 10/09/96 10/09/96 61 FR 52877

mission's policy as

to how its Small

Business Ombudsman and Small

Business Program

will assist small

businesses that

interact with the

Commission
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__________________________________________________________________________

 Description Proposed Final Effective Resource

 Date

__________________________________________________________________________

Removes the Com- N.A. 07/08/97 07/08/97 62 FR 36450

mission's Procedures

for Safeguarding

Confidential

Business Information

received from EPA, 

because it duplicates

EPA's regulations

and procedures that

the Commission is

obligated to follow

Amends the 05/06/97 09/02/97 10/02/97 62 FR 46192

Freedom of 

Information Act

regulations to

comply with the

requirements of the

Electronic Freedom

of Information Act

Amendments of

1996

Exempts a system 06/02/97 09/17/97 09/17/97 62 FR 48756

of records from

provisions of the

Privacy Act, as the

system contains

investigatory material

for law enforcement

purposes 
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__________________________________________________________________________

 Description Proposed Final Effective Resource

 Date

__________________________________________________________________________

Proposed Action:

Proposal to amend 05/06/97 62 FR 24614

the Freedom of 

Information Act

regulations to

comply with the

requirements of the

Electronic Freedom

of Information Act

Amendments of

1996

Proposes to exempt 06/02/97 62 FR 29680

a system of records

from provisions of

the Privacy Act, as

the system contains

investigatory material

for law enforcement

purposes 
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Meetings Of Substantial Interest

During Fiscal Year 1997, Commissioners and staff at the Consumer Product Safety

Commission held meetings to discuss matters related to the mission of CPSC. The list of those

meetings complies with the requirements of section 27(j)(8) of the Consumer Product Safety Act,

which requires the Annual Report to account for "the extent of cooperation of Commission

officials and representatives of industry and other interested parties in the implementation of this

Act." We have compiled this list on the basis of meetings announced in CPSC's weekly Public

Calendar.

It is important to note that this list of meetings does not account for all meetings between

Commission personnel and outside parties because not all such meetings are required to be listed

in the Public Calendar. The Commission's Meetings Policy (16 CFR part 1012) requires that

meetings concerning matters of "substantial interest" be listed in the Public Calendar while

meetings on "non-substantial interest" are not required to be listed, although many are. For

example, field staff meet frequently with a wide range of outside organizations in order to inform

consumers and others of CPSC's work, but since these meetings are of "non-substantial interest"

as defined by CPSC's Meeting Policy, they are not necessarily listed in the Public Calendar. Also,

the list may not fully account for all meetings of voluntary standards development organizations

with which CPSC participated. For additional information on voluntary standards efforts, see

Appendix E.

CPSC's Meetings Policy defines "substantial interest" as concerning "any issue that is

likely to be the subject of a regulatory or policy decision by the Commission." The Meetings

Policy imposes the following three requirements on CPSC staff and Commissioners who hold or

attend meetings involving matters of "substantial interest:" 1) they must announce the meetings in

advance in the Public Calendar, 2) they must hold these meetings open to the public, unless

certain specified exceptions apply, and 3) they must submit summaries of such meetings to the

Office of the Secretary. In addition, summaries of telephone conversations involving "substantial

interest" matters also must be submitted to the Office of the Secretary.

Meeting summaries are available from the Office of the Secretary upon request under the

Freedom of Information Act.

Address information requests to:

Office of the Secretary

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Washington, DC 20207
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Abbreviations

We have used the following abbreviations:

EXC Office of Compliance

CPSA Consumer Product Safety Act

PPPA Poison Prevention Packaging Act

CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission

EC Directorate for Economic Analysis

EH Directorate for Epidemiology and Health Sciences

ES Directorate for Engineering Sciences

EXHR Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction

EXPA Office of Information and Public Affairs

FO Directorate for Field Operations

OEX Office of the Executive Director

OGC Office of the General Counsel

OCR Office of Congressional Relations

LS Directorate for Laboratory Sciences
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List Of Meetings

Abele, Alan

March 19 ES: child safety issues

Access Board, Regulatory Negotiation Committee

April 2-4 ES: proposed rule on accessibility guidelines for newly constructed

and altered play facilities

All-Terrain Vehicles Forum

 with outside interested parties

May 6 Chairman Ann Brown & other CPSC staff: hosted a Forum on AllTerrain Vehicles

American Apparel Manufacturers Association (AAMA)

June 25 ES & other CPSC staff: requested revisions of children's sleepwear

flammability standard

American Fiber Manufacturers Association (AFMA)

September 4 ES, EC & EH: the status of various CPSC flammability projects

American Fireworks Standard Laboratory (AFSL)

December 13-14 LS: approval of newly reformatted standards for all twelve

fireworks product categories

March 7 LS: fireworks testing; possible need for modification of AFSL

standard

American Gas Association (AGA)

March 21 CPSC staff: AGA training on natural gas, its distribution and its

use in appliances

July 10 Chairman Ann Brown/staff & other CPSC staff: CO detectors and

gas-fired water heaters

July 10 Commissioner Thomas H. Moore/staff: CO detectors and gas-fired

water heaters
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American Honda

July 16 OGC, EXHR & ES: a new engineering development for all-terrain

vehicles

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

November 5-6 ES: staff recommendations to the Gas-Fired Central Furnace

standard

December 4 ES: electrical safety standards and the CPSC electrical hazards

program

March 10-21 ES: chain saw safety

April 9 ES: electrical safety standards and the CPSC electrical hazards

program

April 17 ES: residential gas appliances

May 14 ES: proposed standard for batteries

May 29 ES: carbon monoxide performance requirements for portable

camping heaters

August 13 ES: standards for gas-fired water heaters

September 9-10 ES: residential gas furnaces

September 29 ES: chain saw safety

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

July 18 EXC, ES & EH: hair and body entrapment in spas, hot tubs,

whirlpool baths and swimming pools

August 26 ES: various safety issues concerning escalators

September 15-16 EXC, ES, LS & EH: testing of suction fittings; hair entrapment in

spas, hot tubs, and whirlpool baths

September 23 ES: escalators

American Textile Manufacturers Institute (ATMI)

September 3 ES, EC & EH: the status of various CPSC flammability projects

American Water Heater Company

May 13 ES: technological solutions to the hazard of water heater ignition

of flammable vapors (proprietary information)

A. O. Smith Company

January 7 ES: technological solutions to the hazard of water heater ignition
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of flammable vapors (proprietary information)

Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM)

November 26 ES & other CPSC staff: CPSC portable appliance project activities

ASTM

October 9 EH & EXC: drawstrings on children's clothing

October 9 EH: soccer goals

October 22 EH: child-resistant packaging

November 14 ES: go-kart related incidents and the development of voluntary

standards

December 3 EH & ES: furniture tipover issues

December 4 EH: soccer goals

December 10-12 ES: safety standards for playground surfacing, bicycling headgear,

and other recreational headgear

March 3-6 ES: new and revisions to existing voluntary standards for juvenile

products

March 5-6 ES: voluntary standard for play equipment standards for children

under two

March 5-7 ES: voluntary standard for soft contained play equipment for

public use and home use

March 13 ES & other CPSC staff: upholstered furniture and other

flammability issues

April 1 EH & other CPSC staff: revisions to draft standard on soccer goals

April 10 EH & other CPSC staff: consideration of negative votes on draft

standard on window guards

May 4-5 EH: Third International Symposium on Safety in Ice Hockey

May 7 EXC & ES: trampoline voluntary standard

May 8 EH: revision to standard for chest of drawers and dresser 

(tipover)

May 8-9 EH & EXC: multi-purpose lighter project

May 12 ES & other CPSC staff: harmonization of provisions in the ASTM

voluntary standard for public playground equipment with those in a

Canadian standard

May 15 ES: fun karts

June 17-18 ES: voluntary standard for soft contained play equipment

June 17-18 ES: revisions to ASTM F1148 standard specification for home

playground equipment

June 18-19 ES: revisions to ASTM F1487 standard specifications for public

playground equipment

June 19-20 ES: voluntary standard for play equipment for children under two

years of age
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ASTM con't

June 26 ES & LS: revisions to voluntary standards for high chairs and cribs

July 25-26 ES: fun karts

August 27 ES & other CPSC staff: possible voluntary standards development

effort on candle safety

September 8 EH: acoustics

September 9 EH: revisions to draft voluntary standard for dressers and chests of

drawers (tipover)

September 9 ES & other CPSC staff: revision of crib side test procedure in

voluntary standard for cribs, ASTM F1169

September 16 EH: revisions to draft standard for guards intended to prevent

children from falling out of windows

September 16-17 ES: revisions to voluntary standard for home playground

equipment

September 17 ES: voluntary standard on soft contained play equipment

September 17-18 ES: revisions to voluntary standard for playground equipment for

public use

September 18-19 ES: provisions for new standard for children ages six months to

two years

September 26 ES & other CPSC staff: candle products

September 29-30 ES & other CPSC staff: upholstered furniture standards and other

fire issues

Auto-X, Inc.

June 9 EH & other CPSC staff: rangetop fire suppression

Bacharach, Inc.

April 9 EC & other CPSC staff: carbon monoxide (CO) breath analysis

devices and their use in CO exposure studies

Bic Corporation

September 10 EH & other CPSC staff: lighter design

Bicycles and bicycle reflectors manufacturers, experts in the field of

 nighttime visibility and other U.S. Government agencies

July 16 CPSC staff: CPSC Bicycle Reflector Projects results and findings,

bicycle lighting and nighttime riding safety

Black, Kelly, Scruggs & Healey
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March 31 EXHR & EC: carbon monoxide detectors

BRK Brands, Inc./First Alert

March 31 EXHR & EC: carbon monoxide detectors

July 22 ES: the technology, design, and functions of new BRK safety

products (proprietary information)

Carbon Monoxide Detection Project 

 Technical Advisory Committee

March 19 ES: carbon monoxide detection 

Carbon Monoxide Detectors Chairman's Roundtable

 with outside interested parties

January 23 Chairman Ann Brown & other CPSC staff: roundtable discussion

on "Carbon Monoxide Detectors: Response Information for

Consumers"

Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA)

November 8 EH & EC: information on diisocyanates requested by the

Interagency Testing Committee

Chemical Specialty Manufacturers Association (CSMA)

July 9 EH & other CPSC staff: petroleum distillates

Children's Sleepwear Manufacturers/Importers, Retailers

March 6 EXC & other CPSC staff: possible stay of enforcement extension

and other issues related to recent children's sleepwear amendments

Childrenswear Manufacturers Association

June 11 EXC: general wearing apparel flammability standard and

amendments to the children's sleepwear flammability standards

Combe, Inc.

March 19 EH: packaging for a new product (proprietary information)
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Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association

September 24 ES & EXC: general engineering and compliance information for

electronic manufacturers

Culter-Hammer, Inc.

April 29 ES: arc-fault circuit interrupter

Department of Energy (DOE)

June 24 ES: DOE workshop on water heater energy efficiency standards

July 16 ES: proprietary information concerning schedule of development

of technological solutions to the hazard of water heater ignition of

flammable vapors

DowBrands

August 19 EH & other CPSC staff: child-resistant packaging

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

January 29 EH: industry toxicity testing for dibasic esters

1st European Convention in Consumer Safety

April 16-18 Commissioner Thomas H. Moore: speaking on consumer safety

and the global demands of the future

Fire Retardant Chemicals Association

March 5 ES: fire retardant plastics for electrical product enclosures

Fisher Price

January 23 ES & other CPSC staff: provisions for guardrails on elevated

platforms in the ASTM voluntary standard for home playground

equipment

GARD Analytics, Inc.

July 29 EC & other CPSC staff: results of chamber testing of residential

carbon monoxide alarms
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Garment manufacturers, importers, retailers, 

 and trade associations

March 25 EXC & other CPSC staff: compliance with the general wearing

apparel flammability standard involving fleece, chenille and other

raised fiber fabrics garments

Garment retailers

June 4 EXC & other CPSC staff: compliance with the general wearing 

apparel flammability standard involving lightweight rayon and silk,

fleece, chenille and other raised fiber fabric garments

Gas and gas appliance industries

November 13 ES & other CPSC staff: gas connectors

Gas Research Institute

January 17 ES: test protocol for vapor ignition safety requirements for gasfired water heaters

February 25 ES: test protocol for vapor ignition safety requirements for gasfired water heaters

March 25 ES: test protocol for vapor ignition safety requirements for gasfired water heaters

July 29 EC & other CPSC staff: results of chamber testing of residential

carbon monoxide alarms

GEOMET Technologies, Inc.

July 23 EC, EH & other CPSC staff: CPSC carbon monoxide poisoning

incident data collection

Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center

July 23 ES: runover/backover incidents involving young children and

riding mowers

Hayward Pool Products

October 29 ES: a device to protect against exposure of main drain suction

ports due to improper installation and maintenance of covers
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Health Care Canada

March 5 EH: child-resistant packaging

Inchcape Testing Services

October 23-25 ES: Inchcape's 1996 Technical Advisory Council to discuss the

status of agency activities related to electrical product safety

International Sleep Products Association

June 6 ES & EH: '97 meeting; discussing results of the 

mattress/bedding fires report and related issues

International Standards Organization (ISO)

November 13-14 ES: a global standard for toy safety

September 15-16 EH: child-resistant packaging

September 29 ES: chain saw safety

Joint Commission on Sports Medicine and Science

February 28- EH: CPSC sports and recreation project activities

March 2 

Juvenile Product Manufacturers Association

May 13 Chairman Ann Brown & other CPSC staff: possibilities of

cooperative ventures

June 25 CPSC staff: infant carriers and baby swings

Kids "R" Us

June 4 ES & other CPSC staff: industry proposal for producing snugfitting cotton children's sleepwear

Lauren Manufacturing Company

September 11 ES: possible applications of the company's products to safetyrelated issues associated with residential gas furnaces
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Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL)

January 28 EC & other CPSC staff: LBL research on carbon monoxide (CO)

measurement technologies for CO exposure studies

Little Tykes

January 23 ES & other CPSC staff: provisions for guardrails on elevated

platforms in the ASTM voluntary standard for home playground

equipment

M & M Industries

August 5 EH & other CPSC staff: child-resistant packaging

Merck

March 11 EH & EXC: packaging for a new drug product (proprietary

information)

National 4-H Youth

June 27 ES: all-terrain vehicles engineering issues and age

recommendations

National Association of Hispanic Firefighters

September 27 Commissioner Thomas H. Moore: speech entitled "Increased Risk

of Fire Faced by Minority Populations"

National Candle Association

August 11 ES & other CPSC staff: possible voluntary standards involving

candle-related fires

National Electrical Code Committee

January 12-15 ES: electrical safety proposals to revise the National Electrical Code

National Elevator Industry Technical Advisory Group
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August 18 EXHR: proprietary information related to escalator safety

National Fire Alarm Code Technical Committee

April 1-2 EXHR: committee-proposed changes to Chapter 2 of the National

Fire Alarm Code

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

May 7-8 EC: review of comments received in response to a draft proposed

"Recommended Practice for the Installation of Household Carbon

Monoxide Warning Equipment"

May 28 EH & other CPSC staff: options for partnership on the upcoming

project to evaluate the cigarette lighter standard

National Institute of Environment Health Sciences (NIEHS)

November 12-14 EH: spoke at 3rd Biological Effects of Low Level Exposures

(BELLE) Conference on "Risk Assessment of Low-Level

Exposures from Consumer Products" & participated in panel

discussion

National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST)

February 5 ES: carbon monoxide detection project

National Paints and Coatings Institute

November 13 EH & other CPSC staff: CPSC's glycol ethers project

National SAFE KIDS Campaign

October 30 Chairman Ann Brown: speaking on childhood injury prevention

National Spa and Pool Institute (NSPI)

December 19 EXHR & other CPSC staff: falls from swimming pool slides and

diving boards

NSF International
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December 16-17 NSF International's voluntary emission standards for products used

indoors

North Dakota Department of Health

November 5-7 ES, CPSC Central Region/Minneapolis Office: playground safety

and the role of CPSC in preventing product-related injuries

Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Law Firm

November 25 Office of Commissioner Mary Sheila Gall: all-terrain vehicle

consent decree

Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI)

July 23 ES: runover/backover incidents involving young children and

riding mowers

Pennzoil Company

June 27 EH & other CPSC staff: petroleum distillates

Plastic Shipping Container Institute

March 10 EXC: speaking on CPSC generally and its activities involving 5-

gallon buckets

Public Playground Equipment Chairman's Roundtable

 with outside interested parties

October 16 Chairman Ann Brown & other CPSC staff: public playground

equipment

Rexam Closures

July 30 EH & other CPSC staff: new child-resistant packaging concepts

Riding Mower Manufacturers

July 23 ES: runover/backover incidents involving young children and

riding mowers

Rieke Corporation
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May 1 EH: child-resistant packaging

Scripto-Tokai Corporation

May 8 EXHR & EH: company's plans for development of a childresistant multi-purpose lighter

Sears

June 4 ES & other CPSC staff: an industry proposal for producing snugfitting cotton children's garments

Soap and Detergent Association

June 11 EXHR: Harmonization Chemical Classification

Society of the Plastics Industry

July 8 EC: spoke on CPSC activities on upholstered furniture

flammability

Southcorp

August 7 ES: witness testing of proprietary water heater designs to address

the hazard of water heater ignition of flammable vapors

Sudden Cardiac Death in the Athlete Symposium

February 10-12 EH: speaking on "Observations of the CPSC Staff" on chest

impact deaths

Toy Manufacturers of America (TMA)

October 15 Chairman Ann Brown: action planned for 1997 in areas of

children's safety

October 15 Commissioner Mary Sheila Gall: action planned for 1997 in areas

of children's safety

October 15 Commissioner Thomas H. Moore: action planned for 1997 in areas
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of children's safety

September 11 ES: battery-operated toys

Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL)

January 14-15 EH: indoor air standard, UL 2117

February 4 EXHR & ES: possible changes to the UL smoke alarm standard

February 6 CPSC technical staff: various electrical and fire topics

April 1 EXHR, EC, EH & other CPSC staff: carbon monoxide detectors

May 5-7 EXHR & other CPSC staff: consumer product safety activities and

issues

July 9 ES: halogen lamp standards requirements

July 22-23 ES: UL's plastics testing and related standards development work

September 19 ES: halogen portable lamp standards

United States Pharmacopeia (USP)

April 29 EH: symposium on Blister Packaging

Upholstered Furniture Action Council (UFAC)

April 22-23 Office of Chairman Ann Brown, Office of Commissioner Mary

Sheila Gall & Office of Commissioner Thomas H. Moore: tour of

various showroom manufacturing plants 

USA Baseball's Medical and Safety Advisory Committee

March 7-9 EH: CPSC activities on youth baseball protective equipment

Water Heater Industry Joint Development Consortium

October 1 ES: proprietary information concerning development of

technological solutions to the hazard of water heater igntion of

flammable vapors

October 10-11 ES: witness testing of proprietary designs of new technology water

heaters resistant to ignition of flammable vapors

October 15-18 ES: witness testing of proprietary water heater designs to address
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the hazard of water heater ignition of flammable vapors

October 30 ES: results of testing of proprietary water heater designs to address

the hazard of water heater ignition of flammable vapors

December 3 ES: proprietary information concerning the development of

technological solutions to the hazard of water heater ignition of

flammable vapors

December 16 ES: proprietary information concerning the development of

technological solutions to the hazard of water heater ignition of

flammable vapors

January 29 ES: proprietary information concerning the development of

technological solutions to the hazard of water heater ignition of

flammable vapors

February 11 ES: proprietary information concerning the development of

technological solutions to the hazard of water heater ignition of

flammable vapors

March 24 ES: proprietary information concerning the development of

technological solutions to the hazard of water heater ignition of

flammable vapors

March 26 ES: witness testing of proprietary water heater designs to address

the hazard of water heater ignition of flammable vapors

April 6 ES: proprietary information concerning the development of

technological solutions to the hazard of water heater ignition of

flammable vapors

May 23 ES: proprietary information concerning the development of

technological solutions to the hazard of water heater ignition of

flammable vapors

June 2-3 ES: witness testing of proprietary water heater designs to address

the hazard of water heater ignition of flammable vapors

June 9 Chairman Ann Brown/staff & ES: proprietary information 

concerning the development of technological solutions to the hazard

of water heater ignition of flammable vapors

June 9 Commissioner Mary Sheila Gall/staff: flammable vapor ignitionresistant water heaters

June 9 Commissioner Thomas H. Moore/staff: water heater vapor ignition

resistancy

Water Heater Industry Joint Development Consortium con't

July 14 ES: proprietary information concerning development of

technological solutions to the hazard of water heater ignition of

flammable vapors

July 16 ES: proprietary information concerning schedule of development

of technological solutions to the hazard of water heater ignition of
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flammable vapors

August 19-20 ES: proprietary information concerning the development of

technological solutions to the hazard of water heater ignition of

flammable vapors

WEC Consulting, Inc.

July 23 EC, EH & other CPSC staff: CPSC carbon monoxide poisoning

incident data collection

July 29 EC & other CPSC staff: results of chamber testing of residential

carbon monoxide alarms

Winston, Flaura Dr.

 (The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)

April 25 EH: a study to be conducted about bicycle handlebars and

abdominal injuries to children

Youth Baseball & Softball Leagues

 (outside interested parties)

May 15 EXHR & other CPSC staff: the use of batting helmet faceguards
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Log and Status of Petitions and Applications

The Consumer Product Safety Amendments of 1981 repealed former section 10 of the

Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). That section provided that any person could petition the

Commission to issue, amend or revoke a consumer product safety rule, and required the

Commission to grant or deny the petition within 120 days.

The Administrative Procedure Act (APA) requires each agency to give interested persons

the right to petition for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of a rule. Therefore, notwithstanding

the revocation of former section 10 of the CPSA, the Commission continues to receive and act on

petitions for rulemaking under the CPSA and the other statutes which the Commission

administers:

The Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA);

The Flammable Fabrics Act (FFA);

The Poison Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA); and

The Refrigerator Safety Act (RSA).

Although the Commission is no longer required to act on petitions for consumer product

safety rules within 120 days, the Commission addresses all petitions as responsively and

expeditiously as possible.

The status of each petition under consideration during Fiscal Year 1997 is listed in this

appendix using the following terminology:

Granted - The Commission has decided to initiate a rulemaking proceeding.

Denied - The Commission has decided not to initiate a rulemaking

proceeding.

Decision - Commission review and analysis of the petition is incomplete 

Pending at this time.
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Petition Summary of Disposition as of

Number Petitioner Petition September 30 1997

Consumer Product Safety Act

CP 96-1 Judy Carr Requests child resistant requirement for Petition Granted

multi-purpose lighters 1/8/97

CP 97-1 Scott Anderson/ Requests development of a safety Decision Pending

Diana Anderson standard for escalators

CP 97-2 John S. Morse Requests development of a safety Decision Pending

standard to prevent shopping carts

from tipping over

Federal Hazardous Substances Act

HP 93-1 New York City Requests rule establishing Decision Pending

Dept. of backyard play sets requirements as to 5 requirements

Consumer Affairs requested (Petition

Denied as to 4 of 9

requirements

requested 4/2/96)

HP 95-1 Thomas Rhodes Requests rule to require Petition Denied

face guards on children's 1/16/97

batting helmets

Flammable Fabrics Act

FP 93-1 National Association Requests issuance of safety Decision pending

of State Fire standard for upholstered as to cigarette 

Marshals furniture ignition part of

petition (other

parts of petition 

decided 5/12/94)

Poison Prevention Packaging Act

PP 97-1 Dayton Reardon Requests exemption from PPPA Decision Pending

requirements for oral prescription

drug Sucraid
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Voluntary Standards Activities 

Seventeen new or revised voluntary consumer product safety standards, for which the

CPSC staff provided technical support, received final approval in FY 1997. These standards

involved: baby walkers, bean bag chairs, bicycles and recreational helmets, blind cords, fireworks

devices, lead abatement, playground surfacing accessibility and impact attenuation of surface safety

systems, play yards, strings on children's clothes, strollers, toys, and tricycles. 

In total, the staff provided technical support to 46 voluntary safety standards projects by

participating in the development of 16 standards and monitoring the development of 30 others,

each of which is summarized below. Nearly all of these were handled by three standards

development coordinating organizations - the American Society for Testing and Materials

(ASTM), the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), and Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

(UL). These standards provide performance safety provisions addressing potential hazards

associated with consumer products found in homes, schools, and recreational areas. 

Highlights presented below describe completed new and revised standards as well as

progress on consumer product safety standards under development with CPSC staff involvement.

The staff continued monitoring conformance to selected voluntary consumer product safety

standards.
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Summary Listing of FY 1997

Voluntary Standards Projects

Product/Project 

Participation Level Monitoring Level

Fire/Gas Codes and Standards

 1. Camping Equipment

 2. CO Detectors

 3. Gas Water Heaters 

 4. Unvented Gas Room Heaters 

 5. Ranges and Ovens

 6. Upholstered Furniture 

Sports and Recreation

 7. Bike/Rec. Helmets

 8. Soccer Goals

Children's Products

 9. Chairs, Bean Bag

10. Furniture Tipover 

11. Playground Equip., Home

12. Playground Equip., Public

13. Playground Equip., Soft

14. Playground Surfacing

15. Window Guards

Mechanical Codes & Standards

16. Pools & Spas

Note: Definitions of participation and monitoring

levels of involvement follow on next page.

 1. Fireworks Devices

Fire/Gas Codes and Standards

 2. Furnaces, Central

 3. Furnaces, High Efficiency

 4. Gas Systems: Overpressurization

 5. LP Gas Code

 6. National Fuel Gas Code

 7. 20 Pound Systems, Gas

 8. Vented Gas Room Heaters

Elec./Power Codes & Stds.

 9. Christmas Tree/Decor. Lighting

10. Countertop Cooking Appliances

11. Electrical Maintenance Code

12. Lamps, Portable

13 National Electrical Code

14. Plastic Applications

15. Rechargeable Batteries

16. Shock Protection Devices

Children's Products

17. Activity Centers, Stationary

18. Beds, Toddler

19. Blind Cords

20. Chairs, High

21. Clothing Strings

22. Cribs

23. Infant Bedding

24. Toy Safety

25. Walkers, Baby

Mechanical Codes & Standards

26. Escalators

27. Fun Karts

Chemical Standards

28. ASHRAE IAQ Standards

29. Child Resistant Packaging

30. Lead Abatement
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Definitions of Participation and Monitoring Levels of Involvement 

(See 16 CFR 1031.10(b) and (c))

 Participation includes one or more of the following and is greater involvement than

monitoring: regularly attending meetings of a standards development group; taking an active part

in discussions; research; engineering, health sciences, economics, or epidemiology support;

information and education programs; and administrative assistance.

 Monitoring includes one or more of the following and is lesser involvement than participation:

maintaining awareness of the standards development activities through written and oral inquiries;

receiving and reviewing minutes of meetings and copies of draft standards; attending meetings and

making comments, as appropriate; and responding to requests for information on risks of injury.
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Description of CPSC FY 1997 Voluntary Standards Activities

1. Activity Centers, Stationary

Purpose - To develop an ASTM national consensus voluntary safety standard for 

stationary activity centers, a non-mobile children's product with a rotating seat and other features

allowing a child to rock back and forth.

Highlights - During FY 1997, CPSC staff met with industry representatives and other

interested parties to review injury data and product characteristics of currently produced

stationary activity centers. The group decided to develop a new ASTM safety standard and

continue it's review of injury data and product characteristics, which was ongoing at the end of

FY 1997.

2. Batteries, Primary and Secondary

Purpose - To propose new safety requirements for consumer products that utilize

batteries (e.g., high current, battery-operated, ride-on toys) based on a review of reports of

electrical injuries and engineering analyses of fire incidents.

Highlights - The CPSC staff submitted proposals for inclusion within the industry

voluntary standard for toy safety. Staff are currently working with an ASTM work group on

battery-operated toys to develop requirements to address fire hazards. 

3. Beds, Toddler

Purpose - To replace a provisional standard (ASTM PS38) published in 11/95 with a full

consensus standard addressing injuries associated with toddler beds.

Highlights - At the close of FY 1997, a final standard, "Consumer Safety Specification

for Toddler Beds" (ASTM F1821-97) was awaiting final ASTM approval which subsequently

occurred on 10/10/97.

4. Bicycle and Recreational Helmets

Purpose - To support the development of: (1) revisions to existing performance standards

for headgear used in recreational activities such as bicycling (ASTM F1447) and skateboarding

(ASTM F1492), (2) revisions in headgear testing methods (ASTM F1446), and (3) new ASTM

standards for headgear for recreational activities such as in-line skating, skiing, and downhill

mountain bicycling.
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Highlights - Four new or revised ASTM national consensus voluntary safety standards

were approved in FY 1997. The ASTM F08.53 Headgear Subcommittee and F08 Committee on

Sports and Recreation Equipment completed a revised standard clarifying certain test procedures

in the "Equipment and Procedures Used in Evaluating the Performance Characteristics of

Protective Headgear" (ASTM F1446-97) which was approved on 1/10/97. A revised standard to

clarify test criteria in the "Standard Specification for Protective Headgear Use in Bicycling"

(ASTM F1447-97) was approved on 1/10/97 and a revised standard to include freestyle

rollerskating in the scope of the Skateboarding Headgear Standard (ASTM F1492-97) was

approved on 3/10/97. A new national consensus voluntary safety standard on "Protective

Headgear Used in Recreational Roller Skating" (ASTM F1751-96) was approved on 11/10/96. In

addition, the Headgear Subcommittee neared completion on new safety standards for headgear

used in recreational skiing, snowboarding, and downhill mountain bicycling. 

5. Blind Cords 

Purpose -To develop a new national consensus voluntary safety standard to reduce the

possibility of death by strangulation and serious injury to young children from the bead chain,

cord, or any other type of flexible loop device used to operate window blinds.

Highlights - A new national consensus voluntary safety standard, "American National

Standard for Safety of Corded Window Covering Products" (ANSI WCMA A100.1-1996), was

approved on 11/27/96.

6. Camping Equipment 

Purpose - To develop carbon monoxide (CO) emission requirements for the ANSI

camping heater standard (ANSI Z21.63) in order to eliminate or reduce the risk of CO poisoning

from camping heaters.

Highlights - Prior to the reporting period, preliminary testing of a limited number of

heaters, tested at air exchange rates comparable to those found in tents, was conducted in order to

characterize heater performance and determine whether the heaters generated CO. Initial results

indicated that, under certain conditions, CO generation does occur. CPSC staff met with the

camping equipment industry to discuss the test results and recommendations regarding CO

emissions were presented to the ANSI Camping Equipment Subcommittee (Z21.63). During FY

1997, the Subcommittee formed a working group to develop a test methodology. CPSC staff met

with the working group and presented recommended test methods. The working group agreed

with the CPSC staff recommendations, subject to minor modifications, and forwarded a draft test

method to the Subcommittee to adopt and distribute for public review and comment. 

7. Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detectors
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Purpose - To: (1) revise the UL 2034 carbon monoxide detector safety standard, (2)

obtain national consensus on the UL standard through the ANSI national consensus process, (3)

develop a National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) "Recommended Practice" for the

installation of CO detectors, and (4) advocate that model building code organizations adopt

CPSC staff proposals to install CO detectors in all new homes. 

Highlights - 

o In 10/96, the Commission staff submitted recommendations to UL to change

various provisions in the standard for CO detectors. The recommendations were

published by UL for comments due in 2/97, and a Technical Advisory Panel (TAP)

meeting was held in 4/97 to discuss the recommendations. In 6/97, UL published

its proposed revisions to UL 2034 for comment. CPSC staff submitted comments

on the proposed revisions in 8/97. It is anticipated that a revised standard will be

published in late 1997.

o The NFPA 720 Committee met in 5/97 to take action on comments received in

response to a draft "Recommended Practice for the Installation of Household CO

Warning Equipment." Proposed changes were balloted in 7/97 and a Report on

Comments was published. The Recommended Practice will be presented for a vote

at the NFPA Fall Meeting in 11/97. 

8. Chairs, Bean Bag

Purpose - To create a new national consensus safety standard for bean bag chairs in order

to reduce associated choking and suffocation hazards.

Highlights - At the request of CPSC staff, an ASTM subcommittee was established in

8/95 to develop a national consensus voluntary safety standard to reduce deaths and injuries to

children associated with bean bag chairs. The subcommittee drafted a new provisional safety

standard (ASTM PS84-96) for bean bag chairs which was approved by ASTM on 11/18/96. This

new safety standard will be effective for two years, or until a final standard is passed, whichever

comes first. During FY 1997, a proposed final standard was balloted. One negative vote was

received on the ASTM F-15 Committee ballot. This negative remained to be resolved at the end

of FY 1997. 

9. Chairs, High
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Purpose - To: (1) revise an existing safety standard (ASTM F404) in order to provide a

passive means to prevent strangulation due to children slipping down in the seat and becoming

entrapped by the head in the space between seat and tray, and (2) develop a dynamic test for

structural integrity. 

Highlights - At a 3/5/97 ASTM F15.36 Subcommittee meeting, a special task group was

established to develop a requirement for a passive crotch restraint. The task group's proposal was

discussed at a 6/26/97 Subcommittee meeting and manufacturers requested time to assess the

effect of this proposal on their products. The Subcommittee chairman requested that comments

on the proposal be submitted to him by 9/1/97. After reviewing comments the subcommittee

approved the requirement for a passive crotch restraint and submitted it for ballot vote. Because

the Subcommittee had been focusing its efforts on the development of a requirement for a passive

crotch restraint, discussion of a dynamic test for structural integrity was postponed until the

Subcommittee meeting in 11/97.

10. Child-Resistant Packaging 

Purpose - To develop voluntary national consensus quality assurance safety standards for

child-resistant packaging (CRP) and to develop international CRP standards.

Highlights - Six ASTM revised child resistant packaging quality assurance safety

standards were developed in FY 1997 and were being balloted at the end of FY 1997:

 (1) ASTM D3198-Application and Removal Torque of Threaded or Lug-Style

Closures,

 (2) ASTM D3469-Measurement of Vertical Forces to Disengage Type IIa LugStyle Child-Resistant Closures (CRC) ,

 (3) ASTM D3472-Reverse-Ratchet Torque of Type IA CRC That Are Activated

by Two Simultaneous Dissimilar Motions, 

(4) ASTM D3481-Shelling Two-Piece CRC That Are Activated by Two

Simultaneous Dissimilar Motions,

(5) ASTM D3810-Minimum Application Torque of Type Ia CRC, and 

(6) ASTM D3968- Monitoring of Rotational Torque of Type IIIA CRC. 

In addition, four ASTM aerosol quality assurance standards (D3061, D3064, D3089 and
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D4041) were developed in FY 1997 and were being balloted at the end of FY 1997. 

The Commission staff participated in a U.S. delegation to an International Organization

for Standardization (ISO) safety standards meeting on Child Resistant Packaging Test Methods,

ISO/TC 122/SC3/WG3. The objective was to harmonize the U.S. and ISO standards to facilitate

trade between countries while maintaining or improving safety. To accomplish this, ISO members

were asked to vote on the incorporation of the U.S. adult test protocol within the ISO 8317 (CRP

Requirements and Testing Procedures for Reclosable Packages) standard and to approve the CEN

Draft EN 862 standard (CRP Requirements and Testing Procedures for Non-Reclosable Packages

for Non-Pharmaceutical Products) as an ISO standard. Balloting was in process at the end of FY

1997. 

11. Christmas Tree/Decorative Lighting (Holiday Lighting)

Purpose - To improve the safety provisions within the "Standard for Christmas-Tree and

Decorative-Lighting Outfits" (UL 588). Safety concerns to be addressed include quality control as

it relates to electrical safety and the minimum wiring and plastic material requirements.

Highlights - At the urging of CPSC staff, a completely new edition of the UL 588

standard became effective on 1/97. This edition includes a new minimum wire gauge for miniature

light sets (No. 22), new plastic material requirements addressing flammability and other

properties, new user instructions regarding temporary use of decorative lights, and tighter quality

control as it relates to potential electrical fires and shock hazards.

12. Clothing Strings

Purpose - To develop a new ASTM voluntary safety standard to reduce strangulation and

entanglement hazards associated with drawstrings on children's clothing. 

Highlights - On 10/9/96, the ASTM 15.37 Subcommittee on Drawstrings for Children's

Clothing approved a draft provisional standard on drawstrings, with minor editorial changes, and

agreed to forward the document to the ASTM Committee on Standards. On 1/1/97, a new

provisional standard, "Drawstrings on Children's Upper Outerwear" (ASTM PS60), was

approved. On 6/10/97, ASTM approved the replacement of the provisional standard with a final

standard, "Drawstrings on Children's Upper Outerwear"

(ASTM F1816-97.)

13. Countertop Cooking Appliances
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Purpose - To develop safety provisions for revision of the "Standard for Electric

Household Cooking and Food Serving Appliances" (UL 1026) to address the risks of fire.

Highlights - Proposals for automatic toasters together with supporting rationale were

submitted to UL and were under consideration at the end of FY 1997. Testing and analysis of

toaster ovens and toaster oven/broilers were underway, with a view toward developing

appropriate proposals to address incidents of fires related to these appliances. 

14. Cribs 

Purpose - To develop a new ASTM standard addressing the structural integrity of nonfull-size cribs and to revise an existing ASTM standard for full-size cribs to address slat

disengagement in crib side panels.

Highlights - Two negative votes cast in a 2/28/97 ASTM F15 Committee ballot of the

standard for non-full-size crib structural integrity were ruled non-persuasive at a 3/6/97

subcommittee meeting. Final ASTM approval of the new standard, "Consumer Safety

Specification for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs" (ASTM F1822-97) occurred subsequent to the end

of the reporting period on 10/10/97.

 At subcommittee meetings held on 3/6/97 and 6/26/97 data from tests conducted by

manufacturers and CPSC laboratory staff on disengagement of crib side panels was reviewed. It

was apparent that differences in test results were due to differences in the test apparatus used by

different laboratories. At a 9/9/97 subcommittee meeting at the CPSC Engineering Lab, a new

test rig was demonstrated and key elements that might influence test results were discussed. It

was agreed that tests would be conducted by CPSC, a crib manufacturer, and an independent

testing laboratory on the same style of crib sides to obtain information on test repeatability. 

15. Electrical Maintenance Code, Residential

 Purpose - To improve the "Residential Electrical Maintenance Code for One- and TwoFamily Dwellings" (NFPA- 73), as experience warrants in order to reduce the number of fires,

injuries, and deaths associated with electrical systems in existing homes. 

 Highlights - The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) indicated that a schedule

has been set to receive proposals for the year 2000 edition of the Residential Electrical

Maintenance Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings to supersede the current 1996 edition.

CPSC staff were reappointed to the NFPA technical committee for this code. CPSC staff

developed proposals to strengthen provisions of this relatively new code. 

16. Escalators

Purpose - To monitor changes to the ANSI/ASME A17 standard for escalators.
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Highlights - The CPSC staff attended a meeting of the ANSI/ASME A17 Committee in

8/97 where efforts continued to harmonize the ANSI standards with the Canadian standards. The

industry received approval from the U.S. Justice Department to pool its resources to conduct a

step-skirt performance study to address the potential entrapment hazard. 

17. Fireworks Devices

Purpose - To monitor the implementation of the industry developed standards, testing,

and certification programs to reduce the risks of injury associated with consumer fireworks

devices.

Highlights - 

o In 8/97, the American Fireworks Standards Laboratory (AFSL) approved a

revision of its "Standards for Consumer Fireworks" which included additional

safety provisions to improve consumer protection. .

o Implementation of the new Voluntary Quality Improvement Certification Program

began in 1/94. U.S. importers who receive approximately 75 to 80 percent of their

imported fireworks from China, had high volume products tested by an AFSL

contracted independent laboratory prior to exportation from China. Participants in

the program were prohibited from distributing noncertified shipments. 

o 1,997,000 cases were tested under the AFSL's China Fireworks Quality

Improvement Program, during calendar 1996. Seventy-three percent of the cases

tested complied with all of the AFSL and CPSC requirements.

o 756,000 cases were tested under the AFSL's China Fireworks Quality

Improvement Program, during the first half of calendar 1997. Seventy-three

percent of the cases tested complied with all of the AFSL and CPSC requirements.

o At the end of FY 1997, AFSL awaited final approval from its Board of Directors

to implement a new Factory Certification Program. The program would certify a

fireworks factory (bi-annually) for the production of Pyrotechnic Snakes, if the

factory did not use arsenic or chemicals containing arsenic in the formulation of

snakes. Children have ingested arsenic, a poison which is prohibited in fireworks.

Testing for arsenic in Pyrotechnic Snakes will continue under the AFSL's China

Fireworks Quality Improvement Program.

18. Fun Karts

Purpose - To develop a new voluntary safety standard to address deaths and injuries

associated with fun karts.
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Highlights - The ASTM F15.41 Subcommittee on Fun Karts was established in 8/96 to

develop a new national consensus safety standard for fun karts. During FY 1997 a draft

provisional standard, "Guide for Consumer Recreational Use of Fun Karts," was developed and

scheduled for subcommittee review in 11/97. 

19. Furnaces, Gas-Fired Central

Purpose - To strengthen provisions in the ANSI Z21.47 Gas-Fired Central Furnace

standard to include requirements to prevent carbon monoxide emissions if the vent becomes

disconnected.

Highlights - At the end of FY 1997, the Subcommittee was writing a work statement for

the Gas Research Institute to explore and develop disconnected vent shutoff technology. A

feasible technology must be developed before shutoff requirements can be included in the

standard. 

20. Furnaces, High Efficiency

Purpose - To improve the safety provisions of the ANSI Z21.47 Gas-Fired Central

Furnace standard to include furnace shutoff requirements to prevent combustion product

emissions if the vent becomes disconnected.

Highlights -The ANSI Z21.47 Subcommittee adopted CPSC staff's recommendation in

principle and began writing a work statement for the Gas Research Institute to explore and

develop disconnected vent shutoff technology. A feasible technology must be developed before

shutoff requirements can be included in the standard. 

21. Furniture Tipover

Purpose - To create a new national consensus safety standard for furniture to prevent

deaths and injuries associated with furniture tipover.

Highlights - At CPSC staff's request, the ASTM Subcommittee F14.42 on Furniture

Tipover was established on 8/7/96 to address hazards to children associated with furniture

tipover. A draft standard aimed at protecting children under five years of age from tipover

associated with dressers and chests of drawers was balloted to the subcommittee in 8/97, but

failed. Comments on the draft were considered at a 9/97 meeting. Revisions were being drafted at

the end of FY 1997.

22. Gas Systems (Overpressure Protection)

Purpose - To develop a standard for natural gas service regulators. 

Highlights - Development of this standard will establish national safety and performance

guidelines for natural gas service regulator manufacturers to follow during the design and
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manufacture of their products. This will help to reduce or eliminate variances in product quality

which could contribute to overpressurization of household gas systems which can result in

explosions or fire. An American Gas Association (AGA) Task Group developed a draft Standard

for Natural Gas Service Regulators. In 4/97, AGA provided CPSC staff with the latest draft of the

standard for review and comment. Staff was in process of reviewing the proposed standard at the

end of FY 1997 and will comment, as appropriate.

23. Gas Systems, 20 Pound

Purpose - To revise the ANSI gas grill standard (ANSI Z21.58): (1) to eliminate the

fire/explosion hazard due to possible leakage from the connection between the grill hose and the

20 pound propane cylinder, and (2) to eliminate the hazard of large quantities of propane gas

being released in the event of fire or hose separation from the grill.

Highlights - In response to the CPSC staff's request, the ANSI Z21.58 Subcommittee

approved in FY 1997 the following safety provisions for 20 pound cylinders used for gas grills:

(1) an overfill prevention device to prevent overfilling of 20 pound cylinders and (2) a

requirement that gas grills be designed for the storage of only the cylinder in use to prevent spare

cylinders from venting LP-gas as a result of high temperature beneath the grill fire box. 

24. Heaters, Unvented Gas Room

Purpose - To create or revise safety standards and building code provisions in order to

reduce deaths, injuries and health risks caused by fires, and carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, and

other toxicants emitted from unvented heaters and other unvented appliances.

Highlights - In FY 1997, CPSC staff continued its assessment of unvented appliances

such as unvented gas logs, gas ranges, and decorative appliances. This included a market sketch

of the products; a review of available data on the health effects associated with the emissions from

these products; and a review of available in-house incident information involving emissions of

carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, and other toxicants from these products.

25. Heaters, Vented Gas

Purpose - To monitor voluntary standards activities associated with vented gas heaters

and make safety-related recommendations, as appropriate.

Highlights - CPSC staff continued to monitor activities to ensure that safety-related

provisions were not weakened, to support safety-related recommendations from other entities,

and to make safety-related recommendations as appropriate.

26. Indoor Air Quality, ASHRAE

Purpose - To establish indoor air quality national consensus voluntary standards for

commercial, institutional, and residential buildings. The standard will define roles and

requirements for ventilating source management and air cleaners in providing acceptable indoor
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air quality.

Highlights - An American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning

Engineers (ASHRAE) standard, "Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality" (ASHRAE 62)

was adopted as an ANSI standard in 1991. Revisions to the standard began in 1993. CPSC staff 

monitors the development of these standards and provides comments as needed. 

27. Infant Bedding and Related Accessories 

Purpose - To: (1) develop a new ASTM national consensus safety standard to address

entanglement/strangulation on strings, ribbons and threads of infant bedding products and related

accessories and (2) to create warning labels addressing suffocation or strangulation on certain

infant soft goods.

Highlights - A concurrent ASTM F15 Committee and Society ballot of a proposed new

standard closed on 1/3/97. At a 3/6/97 subcommittee meeting negative votes and comments

resulting from the ballot were discussed. Some substantive changes were made. A meeting to

discuss the changes was planned in November, 1997.

28. Lamps, Portable Electric

Purpose - To improve the safety provisions of the existing voluntary safety standard for

portable lamps (UL 153).

Highlights - With testing and analysis provided by the CPSC staff, new UL requirements

for torchiere lamps equipped with tubular halogen bulbs became effective on 2/5/97. Additional

testing was underway and further improvements to the standard were being developed at the end

of FY 1997. 

29. Lead Abatement 

Purpose - To develop and revise guidelines and standards for practices and products used

in the abatement and mitigation of lead hazards, especially those related to leaded paint.

Highlights - Standards balloted in FY 97 that are related to consumer product safety

included a guide for leaded paint removal, and a guide for the reporting of results from lead-based

paint inspections and hazard evaluations. Standards for lead testing by portable electronic analysis

were under development and a provisional standard, "Determining Lead Using Portable

Electroanalysis Devices" (ASTM PS88) was approved. 

30. LP Gases Code 

Purpose - To revise the "Standard for the Storage and Handling of LP-Gases" 

(NFPA 58), as appropriate.

Highlights - The CPSC staff continued to monitor code developments in FY 1997 and

made recommendations that the sample warning label found in the appendix of NFPA 58 be

retained and that language be added to the warning label section that clarifies the responsibilities

of cylinder manufacturers and gas marketers to provide a warning label that meets the
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requirements of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. The Board of Directors of the National

Propane Gas Association (NPGA) adopted CPSC staff's proposal that an overfill prevention

device be required on 20 pound cylinders used for gas grills.

31. National Electrical Code

Purpose - To revise the safety provisions of the National Electrical Code (NEC) to reduce

electrical fires and shock associated with consumer products including appliances, electrical

equipment, and wiring products.

Highlights - Several proposals for the 1999 edition of the NEC were submitted by the

CPSC staff and acted upon by the NEC Committee. Other proposals, such as one calling for

enhanced circuit breakers for residential branch circuits, were supported by CPSC staff. Public

comments were sought regarding these and other proposals to revise the NEC during the 6-10/97

period. The NEC Committee will act on the comments when they meet in 12/97. The CPSC staff

proposals included a requirement to limit appliance loading of branch circuit wiring to avoid fire

hazards.

32. National Fuel Gas Code

Purpose - To revise the National Fuel Gas Code (ANSI Z223.1/NFPA 54) to improve

consumer product safety.

Highlights - In FY 1997, the CPSC staff continued to monitor proposed changes to the

code: (1) to ensure that safety-related provisions were not weakened, (2) to support safetyrelated recommendations from other entities, and (3) to make safety-related recommendations, as

appropriate.

33. Plastic Applications in Electrical Products

Purpose - To review current voluntary standards used to evaluate polymeric (plastic)

materials in electrical equipment. These standards include the UL 94 standard and the UL 746

series. Instances of misapplication of insulating and enclosure materials have been documented in

CPSC product defect cases and serve as a basis for this activity.

Highlights - Underwriters Laboratories (UL) declined in 1/97 to adopt a CPSC staff

proposal to change their UL 746C standard to require a flame retardant rating for the plastic

enclosures of all household, portable electrical appliances which can be left unattended while in

operation. The CPSC staff initiated further testing and analysis to consider the level of fire safety

currently afforded by plastic appliance enclosures. This work was scheduled for completion in

1/98.

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Purpose - To revise the existing national consensus safety standard (ASTM F1148) in

order to improve its safety provisions. 

Highlights - A 4/24/96 letter from the CPSC staff to the chairman of ASTM

Subcommittee F15.09 requested provisions requiring: (1) a consumer information sheet on

acceptable surfacing materials, (2) guardrails or barriers on platforms over 30 inches in height, (3)

a test to address injuries resulting from impact by multiple-occupancy swings, (4) prohibition of

free swinging ropes, and (5) stronger language in the instructions on the need to anchor play sets

having one or more swings.

A revised safety standard, "Consumer Safety Specification for Home Playground

Equipment (F1148-97a)" was approved 7/10/97 and published in 10/97. This revised standard

included safety provisions for protective barriers and consumer information sheets describing

acceptable surfacing materials to accompany home playground equipment. Requirements

addressing items 1, 4 and 5 above have been approved. Requirements addressing item 2 were on

an ASTM F15 Main Committee ballot that closed on 9/8/97 and negative votes were addressed at

a 9/16/97 subcommittee meeting. In the absence of injury data, the subcommittee rejected the

CPSC staff request to add a requirement addressing impact injury associated with multipleoccupancy swings (item 3 above). 

35. Playground Equipment, Public

Purpose - To harmonize the requirements in the ASTM F1487 standard with those in a

Canadian standard for public playground equipment.

Highlights - Four subcommittee meetings were held during FY 1997 to attempt to

harmonize the ASTM F1487 standard with a Canadian standard for playground equipment.

Several revisions to the ASTM standard were on a subcommittee ballot that closed on 9/15/97. 

36. Playground Equipment, Soft

Purpose - To develop a new voluntary national consensus safety standard for enclosed

playground structures (frequently seen at fast food restaurants) that are significantly different in

design from equipment covered by the ASTM public playground equipment standard (ASTM

F1487).

Highlights - The ASTM F15.36 Subcommittee developed provisions for general

performance requirements, materials, equipment, outside areas, structural integrity, maintenance,
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fire safety, evacuation and accessibility. During a 9/16/97 meeting, the Subcommittee developed a

full draft standard for ballot vote to close 11/17/97.

37. Playground Surfacing

Purpose - To publish an ASTM standard addressing the accessibility of playground

surfaces by persons with disabilities and to revise the "Standard Specification for Impact

Attenuation of Surface Safety Systems Under and Around Playground Equipment" (ASTM

F1292) to permit alternative impact test equipment which facilitates on-site field testing of

playground surfaces, e.g., testing with a free falling missile equipped with a triaxial accelerometer.

Highlights - A new provisional standard (ASTM PS83) for accessibility of playground

surfacing was approved on 4/11/97. In addition, a revision to clarify the procedure for selecting

impact sites in the ASTM F1292 standard for impact attenuation of playground surfacing was

approved 12/10/96.

The playground surfacing subcommittee is balloting revisions to the F1292 standard to

permit alternative impact test equipment that facilitates on-site field testing of playground

surfaces.

38. Pools and Spas 

Purpose - To revise the standard for public swimming pools (ANSI/NSPI-1) to address

the potential for disembowelment and body entrapment.

Highlights - CPSC staff issued "Guidelines for Addressing Potential Entrapment Hazards

Associated with Swimming Pools and Spas," and it was disseminated for review and comment. In

9/97, CPSC staff met with industry representatives to demonstrate and discuss test procedures

and to reach agreement on test requirements designed to address entrapment hazards. 

39. Ranges and Ovens

Purpose - To revise both the UL standard for electric ranges (UL 858) and the ANSI

standard for gas ranges (ANSI Z21.1) to reduce the number of cooking-related fire injuries and

deaths.

Highlights -

o In 10/95, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) completed a

report on its Phase I work for CPSC entitled, "Study of Technology for Detecting
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Pre-Ignition Conditions of Cooking-Related Fires Associated with Electric and

Gas Ranges and Cooktops." The report stated that the primary indicators of

impending ignition for the cooking scenarios tested were temperature, smoke

particulates, and hydrocarbon gases.

o Phase II NIST work and testing at the CPSC laboratory were designed to extend

the knowledge base on cooking fires and evaluate the potential of a variety of

sensors to activate within the time between normal cooking and when a fire is

imminent. 

o In FY 1997, draft reports of the Phase II NIST testing and the CPSC laboratory

testing were completed and sent to peer reviewers for technical comment.

40. Shock Protection Devices (GFCIs)

Purpose - To improve the "Standard for Ground-Fault Circuit-Interrupters" (UL 943) and

the "Standard for Leakage Current Protection Devices" (UL 943A) by identifying installation and

reliability issues which may affect proper operation and by revising the standards accordingly.

Highlights - In order to address consumer installation errors associated with receptacletype GFCIs, the CPSC staff provided comments to the National Electrical Manufacturers

Association (NEMA) on proposed, improved standardized instructions. Improved installation

instructions are being incorporated by device manufacturers to minimize the chance that critical

installation steps are overlooked.

41. Soccer Goals

Purpose - To create a new national consensus safety standard for portable soccer goals.

Highlights - At CPSC staff's request, the ASTM F15.43 Subcommittee on Soccer Goals

was established in 10/96 to develop a safety standard addressing hazards associated with tipover

of portable soccer goals. During FY 1997, a draft standard was circulated for comment. 

42. Toy Safety 

Purpose - To: (1) revise the existing voluntary standard for toy safety (ASTM F963) to

add provisions addressing choking on pom-poms and pre-school play figures and (2) to revise

requirements for heavy metals, battery markings, and flammability.

Highlights - The revised standard "Consumer Safety Specification on Toy Safety"
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(ASTM F963) was approved on 11/10/96 and was published in 1/97. This revised standard now

includes safety provisions addressing choking on pom-poms and pre-school play figures.

43. Upholstered Furniture

Purpose - To develop a standard addressing small open flame ignited fire hazards.

Highlights - There is no nationwide small open flame standard for upholstered furniture.

In response to a petition for rulemaking from the National Association of State Fire Marshals, the

Commission published an ANPR on this risk in 1994; the notice solicited offers to develop or

modify a voluntary standard. The Upholstered Furniture Action Council (UFAC), an industry

group, is considering modifying its existing cigarette ignition guidelines to incorporate small open

flame provisions. 

During FY 1997, the CPSC staff worked with UFAC and other organizations to

encourage voluntary standards development efforts. The staff also met with members of an

ASTM E5.15 Subcommittee work group established to investigate a possible voluntary standard.

The CPSC staff will continue to work with UFAC, ASTM and other appropriate organizations

toward the development of a technically adequate, small open flame voluntary standard for

upholstered furniture, as appropriate.

44. Walkers, Baby 

Purpose - To: (1) revise the baby walker standard (ASTM F977) to make it consistent

with other ASTM standards for juvenile products and (2) add performance requirements to

address walkers falling down stairways.

Highlights - On 10/10/96, the revised "Consumer Safety Performance Specification for

Infant Walkers" (ASTM F977) was approved. Walkers that meet the new stair-fall provisions

must be wider than 36" (typical doorway opening) or be designed to stop on a top step.

45. Water Heaters, Gas

Purpose - To revise the ANSI gas water heater standard (ANSI Z21.10) to eliminate or

reduce ignition of flammable vapors by residential gas water heaters. 

Highlights - During FY 1997, industry made significant progress toward developing a

voluntary standard to eliminate the risk of ignition of flammable vapors. Work was completed on

a proposed draft test methodology to test resistance of new technology water heaters to

flammable vapor ignition. The proposed test methodology has been presented to the Water Heater

Subcommittee and the Flammable Vapor Working Group. A sophisticated test facility has been

constructed and was being used in conjunction with the test methodology to assist in designing
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new-technology water heaters.

A number of promising new technologies were emerging, and laboratory testing was

encouraging. At the end of FY 1997 new designs still needed to undergo field testing to verify

safe operation during normal field use.

46. Window Guards

Purpose - To create a new national consensus safety standard for window guards which

are intended to prevent children from falling out of windows.

Highlights - An ASTM organizational meeting was held in 8/95 which established the

ASTM F15.38 Subcommittee to address the hazards to children falling out of windows. The

Subcommittee took, as its first task, the drafting of a safety standard for guards intended for use

on windows which are not egress windows. Draft standards for non-egress guards were balloted

to the subcommittee in 12/95, 5/96, and 2/97 but each failed. The working group was close to

resolution of all outstanding issues and revisions were being drafted at the end of FY 1997.
Date Product/Model Violation Manufacturer/Imp.

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10/2/96 Baby's Play Sets rattle failure The Right Start

BB1816BU 16 CFR 1510 Westlake Village, CA 91361

10/7/96 Fun-A-Mul/Spring Thing excess lead in paint Recreation Creations, Inc.

Playgd Equip Coil Springs 16 CFR 1303 Hillsdale, MI 49242

10/7/96 Fun-A-Mul/Spring Thing excess lead in paint Recreation Creations, Inc.

Playgd Equip Rubber Springs 16 CFR 1303 Hillsdale, MI 49242

10/9/96 Kid's Phone Beeper Combo small parts Dolgencorp, Inc.

63305/7-S 16 CFR 1501 Scottsville, KY 42164

10/25/96 Rayon Garments flammability Value City Dept. Stores

16 CFR 1610 Columbus, OH 43224

10/30/96 Playground Equipment excess lead in paint Woodset, Inc.

Green Handrails 16 CFR 1303 White Plains, MD 20695

10/30/96 Playground Equipment excess lead in paint Woodset, Inc.

Yellow Handrails 16 CFR 1303 White Plains, MD 20695

10/31/96 Chenille sweaters flammability JC Penney Co., Inc.

16 CFR 1610 Plano, TX 75024

11/1/96 General Custard Last Stand pyrotechnic overload R. Brown and Company

K7783L 16 CFR 1500.17 Missoula, MT 59801

11/1/96 Sky Thunder pyrotechnic overload R. Brown and Company

GG0213 16 CFR 1500.17 Missoula, MT 59801

11/4/96 Cigarette lighters child resistant mech. NBO Group, Inc.

31 Metal styles 16 CFR 1210 SantaFe Springs, CA 90670

11/5/96 Little Wood Wagon excess lead in paint Radio Flyer, Inc.

Model 6 16 CFR 1303 Chicago, IL 60707

11/15/96 Newborn Orthodontic Pacifier pacifier failure Binky-Griptight, Inc.

Binky 2115 16 CFR 1511 Wallington, NJ 07057

11/15/96 Newborn Orthodontic Pacifier pacifier failure Binky-Griptight, Inc.

Binky 3085 16 CFR 1511 Wallington, NJ 07057

11/15/96 Newborn Orthodontic Pacifier pacifier failure Binky-Griptight, Inc.

Binky 3086 16 CFR 1511 Wallington, NJ 07057

11/15/96 Newborn Orthodontic Pacifier pacifier failure Binky-Griptight, Inc.

Binky 3087 16 CFR 1511 Wallington, NJ 07057

11/18/96 Dromedary Beverage Bags misbranded haz subst Mountain Safety Research
Date Product/Model Violation Manufacturer/Imp.

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2/4/6/10 Liters 16 CFR 1500 Seattle, WA 98124

11/19/96 Short Sleeve Sweater w/T top flammability Fredini dba Miss LA

Style 1124 16 CFR 1610 Los Angeles, CA 90015

11/19/96 Chenille Sweaters flammability Karen Kane Co., Inc.

16 CFR 1610 Los Angeles, CA 90058

11/19/96 Wood Lock Medicated Balm methyl salicylate pkg. So's USA Co., Inc.

.85 FL. OZ. 16 CFR 1700.14 Los Angeles, CA 90033

11/19/96 Wood Lock Medicated Balm methyl salicylate pkg. So's USA Co., Inc.

1.7 FL OZ. 16 CFR 1700.14 Los Angeles, CA 90033

11/20/96 Halloween Buckets excess lead in paint Direct Source International

FF-014 (Frankenstein Heads) 16 CFR 1303 Blue Ash, OH 45242

11/20/96 Halloween Buckets excess lead in paint Direct Source International

FF-014 (Orange Pumpkins) 16 CFR 1303 Blue Ash, OH 45242

11/20/96 Halloween Buckets excess lead in paint Direct Source International

FF-014 (White Skulls) 16 CFR 1303 Blue Ash, OH 45242

11/26/96 Flower Pin sharp point Who? Division of Felicia

1824 16 CFR 1500.48 Hialeah, FL 33013

11/26/96 Girls' Short Set w/Flower Pin small parts Who?Division of Felicia

1824(2T,3T,4T) 16 CFR 1501 Hialeah, FL 33013

12/16/96 Chenille Sweaters flammability BCBG Max Azria

RN80734 16 CFR 1615 Vernon, CA 90058

1/6/97 Denim/Fleece Overall Set flammability Ames Dept. Stores, Inc.

SKU#27435981(Kiwi Kids) 16 CFR 1610 Rocky Hill, CT 06067

1/6/97 Women's Chenille Sweaters flammability Pretty Talk, Inc.

72500- 72505 16 CFR 1610 Miami, FL 33122

1/8/97 Spring Type Playground excess lead in paint American Playground Corp.

American Critters NCC-B 16 CFR 1303 Anderson, IN 46018

1/8/97 Spring Type Playground excess lead in paint American Playground Corp.

American Critters NCC-D 16 CFR 1303 Anderson, IN 46018

1/8/97 Spring Type Playground excess lead in paint American Playground Corp.

American Critters NCC-O 16 CFR 1303 Anderson, IN 46018

1/8/97 Spring Type Playground excess lead in paint American Playground Corp.

American Critters NCC-Q 16 CFR 1303 Anderson, IN 46018
Date Product/Model Violation Manufacturer/Imp.

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1/8/97 Spring Type Playground excess lead in paint American Playground Corp.

American Critters NCC-R 16 CFR 1303 Anderson, IN 46018

1/8/97 Spring Type Playground excess lead in paint American Playground Corp.

American Critters NCC-S 16 CFR 1303 Anderson, IN 46018

1/8/97 Spring Type Playground excess lead in paint American Playground Corp.

American Critters NCC-W 16 CFR 1303 Anderson, IN 46018

1/10/97 Playground Equipment excess lead in paint Iron Mountain Forge

Orange Paint on Rails 16 CFR 1303 Farmington, MO 63640

1/16/97 Chenille Sweaters flammability 525 Made In America, Inc.

3598 16 CFR 1610 New York, NY 10018

1/21/97 Rayon/Nylon Sweaters flammability The Limited, Inc.

RN23243/55285 16 CFR 1610 Columbus, OH 43230

1/28/97 My Quiet Book small parts Galleon Distribution, Inc.

16 CFR 1501 Plano, TX 75025

2/3/97 Wooden Beads & Cord excess lead in paint Oriental Trading Company

M-027/653 16 CFR 1303 Omaha, NE 68137

2/3/97 Wooden Spinning Tops excess lead in paint Oriental Trading Company

M-027/294 16 CFR 1303 Omaha, NE 68137

2/7/97 Black Snakes chemical hazard Mideast Importers

K1131 16 CFR 1507.2 Northeast, MD 21901

2/10/97 Methyl Salicylate Liniment methyl salicylate pkg. Promeko Inc.

#97M035 16 CFR 1700.14 West New York, NJ 07093

2/10/97 "My First I.D." Bracelets small parts Speidel, Division of Textron

2350 16 CFR 1501 Providence, RI 02903

2/10/97 "My First I.D." Bracelets small parts Speidel, Division of Textron

2351 16 CFR 1501 Providence, RI 02902

2/10/97 "My First I.D." Bracelets small parts Speidel, Division of Textron

2352 16 CFR 1501 Providence, RI 02903

2/10/97 "My First I.D." Bracelets small parts Speidel, Division of Textron

2353 16 CFR 1501 Providence, RI 02903

2/10/97 "My First I.D." Bracelets small parts Speidel, Division of Textron

2354 16 CFR 1501 Providence, RI 02903

2/10/97 "My First I.D." Bracelets small parts Speidel, Division of Textron
Date Product/Model Violation Manufacturer/Imp.

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2355 16 CFR 1501 Providence, RI 02903

2/10/97 "My First I.D." Bracelets small parts Speidel, Division of Textron

2589 16 CFR 1501 Providence, RI 02903

2/10/97 "My First I.D." Bracelets small parts Speidel, Division of Textron

2590 16 CFR 1501 Providence, RI 02903

2/11/97 Bubble Car small parts M.L. Silik International 

#6309DB 16 CFR 1501 Hackensack, NJ 07601

2/18/97 Men's Henley Sherpa Shirt flammability Tomen America, Inc.

853020 16 CFR 1610 New York, NY 10018

2/19/97 Pure Castile Soap misbranded haz subst Namico, Inc.

Eucalyptus 16 CFR 1500 Philadelphia, PA 19127

2/19/97 Pure Castile Soap misbranded haz subst Namico, Inc.

Peppermint 16 CFR 1500 Philadelphia, PA 19127

2/19/97 Pure Castile Soap misbranded haz subst Namico, Inc.

Vanilla-Almond 16 CFR 1500 Philadelphia, PA 19127

2/20/97 Piezo-elec Refill Lighters child resistant mech. Kassir Company

Dragon #56 16 CFR 1210 Los Angeles, CA 90015

2/20/97 Piezo-elec Refill Lighters child resistant mech. Kassir Company

Dragon #642 16 CFR 1210 Los Angeles, CA 90015

2/20/97 Piezo-elec Refill Lighters child resistant mech. Kassir Company

Horse/Rider #1007 16 CFR 1210 Los Angeles, CA 90015

2/20/97 Piezo-elec Refill Lighters child resistant mech. Kassir Company

Horse/Rider #755 16 CFR 1210 Los Angeles, CA 90015

2/20/97 Piezo-elec Refill Lighters child resistant mech. Kassir Company

Motorcycle #852 16 CFR 1210 Los Angeles, CA 90015

2/20/97 Piezo-elec Refill Lighters child resistant mech. Kassir Company

Pistol #1141 16 CFR 1210 Los Angeles, CA 90015

2/20/97 Piezo-elec Refill Lighters child resistant mech. Kassir Company

Pistol #1167 16 CFR 1210 Los Angeles, CA 90015

2/20/97 Piezo-elec Refill Lighters child resistant mech. Kassir Company

Pistol #1189 16 CFR 1210 Los Angeles, CA 90015

2/20/97 Piezo-elec Refill Lighters child resistant mech. Kassir Company

Pistol #1257 16 CFR 1210 Los Angeles, CA 90015
Date Product/Model Violation Manufacturer/Imp.

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2/20/97 Piezo-elec Refill Lighters child resistant mech. Kassir Company

Pistol #426 16 CFR 1210 Los Angeles, CA 90015

2/20/97 Piezo-elec Refill Lighters child resistant mech. Kassir Company

Pistol #866 16 CFR 1210 Los Angeles, CA 90015

2/20/97 Piezo-elec Refill Lighters child resistant mech. Kassir Company

Pistol #875 16 CFR 1210 Los Angeles, CA 90015

2/25/97 Necklace/Bracelet Set small parts Shalom International Corp.

60328NB 16 CFR 1501 Carteret, NJ 07008

2/25/97 Necklace/Bracelet Set small parts Shalom International Corp.

60331NB 16 CFR 1501 Carteret, NJ 07008

2/25/97 Necklace/Bracelet Set small parts Shalom International Corp.

60332NB 16 CFR 1501 Carteret, NJ 07008

2/25/97 Necklace/Bracelet Set small parts Shalom International Corp.

60334NB 16 CFR 1501 Carteret, NJ 07008

2/25/97 Necklace/Bracelet/Earring Set small parts Shalom International Corp.

60074KS 16 CFR 1501 Carteret, NJ 07008

2/25/97 Necklace/Barrette Set small parts Shalom International Corp.

60339KS 16 CFR 1501 Carteret, NJ 07008

2/25/97 Necklace/Barrette Set small parts Shalom International Corp.

Fabric Covered 60340KS 16 CFR 1501 Carteret, NJ 07008

2/26/97 Black Snakes chemical hazard Perk's Fireworks, Inc.

16 CFR 1507.2 Nashville, TN 37207

2/27/97 Sweaters: Sherpa Group flammability Regent International Corp.

(Ladies)12142-7/32035-4 16 CFR 1610 New York, NY 10018

3/1/97 Cigarette Lighters child resistant mech. DB Marketing Group, Inc.

EASYLIGHT 16 CFR 1210 South El Monte, CA 91733

3/1/97 Betsy Cameron's Children crib/carton labeling Lexington Furniture Ind.

222-250 16 CFR 1508 Lexington, NC 27292

3/1/97 Betsy Cameron's Children crib/carton labeling Lexington Furniture Ind.

355-250 16 CFR 1508 Lexington, NC 27292

3/1/97 Country Cottage crib/carton labeling Lexington Furniture Ind.

509-250 16 CFR 1508 Lexington, NC 27292

3/1/97 Imaginations crib/carton labeling Lexington Furniture Ind.
Date Product/Model Violation Manufacturer/Imp.

F-9

454-250 16 CFR 1508 Lexington, NC 27292

3/1/97 Lynn Hollyn at Home crib/carton labeling Lexington Furniture Ind.

752-250 16 CFR 1508 Lexington, NC 27292

3/1/97 Sleigh Style Full Size Cribs crib/carton labeling Lexington Furniture Ind.

111-250 16 CFR 1508 Lexington, NC 27292

3/1/97 Victoriana crib/carton labeling Lexington Furniture Ind.

610-250 16 CFR 1508 Lexington, NC 27292

3/3/97 Alphabet Pull Toy small parts Christmas Tree Shops, Inc.

TM4683 16 CFR 1501 S. Yarmouth, MA 02664

3/3/97 Wendy's Roller Fun Balls small parts Determined Productions, Inc.

Felix the Cat 2891 16 CFR 1501 San Francisco, CA 94126

3/3/97 Black Snakes chemical hazard Fireworks of Alabama, Inc.

16 CFR 1507.2 Adamsville, AL 35005

3/3/97 Black Snakes chemical hazard Imperial Enterprises, Inc.

K1131 16 CFR 1507.2 Dayton, OH 45427

3/5/97 Pyroil Gas Line Antifreeze misbranded haz subst The Valvoline Company

#GLA-12 16 CFR 1500 Lexington, KY 40509

3/6/97 Black Snake Fireworks chemical hazard Atomic Fireworks of AR

16 CFR 1507.2 West Memphis, AR 72301

3/10/97 Boys' Knit Shortall/Top Sets excess lead in paint Wear Me Apparel Corp.

#1300 16 CFR 1303 New York, NY 10120

3/10/97 Rompers for Infant Boys excess lead in paint Wear Me Apparel Corp.

Little Miracles #9448 16 CFR 1303 New York, NY 10120

3/10/97 Rompers for Infant Boys excess lead in paint Wear Me Apparel Corp.

Little Miracles #9449 16 CFR 1303 New York, NY 10120

3/10/97 Rompers for Infant Girls excess lead in paint Wear Me Apparel Corp.

Little Miracles #8435 16 CFR 1303 New York, NY 10120

3/10/97 Rompers for Infant Girls excess lead in paint Wear Me Apparel Corp.

Little Miracles #8436 16 CFR 1303 New York, NY 10120

3/11/97 Piezo-Elec Refill Lighters child resistant mech. Hang Mei International 

Dragon #175 16 CFR 1210 City of Industry, CA 91746

3/11/97 Piezo-Elec Refill Lighters child resistant mech. Hang Mei International

Pistol #170-C 16 CFR 1210 City of Industry, CA 91746
Date Product/Model Violation Manufacturer/Imp.

F-10

3/11/97 Piezo-Elec Refill Lighters child resistant mech. Hang Mei International

Pistol #188 16 CFR 1210 City of Industry, CA 91746

3/11/97 Piezo-Elec Refill Lighters child resistant mech. Hang Mei International

Seahorse #273 16 CFR 1210 City of Industry, CA 91746

3/11/97 Piezo-Elec Refill Light child resistant mech. Hang Mei International

Soccer Ball/Boot #282-B 16 CFR 1210 City of Industry, CA 91746

3/11/97 Antique Car Paper Weight misbranded haz subst Shelby Ltd/Div Wang's Int'l

K40029 16 CFR 1500 Memphis, TN 38181

3/11/97 Diamond Paper Weight misbranded haz subst Shelby Ltd/Div Wang's Int'l

KK176 16 CFR 1500 Memphis, TN 38181

3/11/97 Eye Ball Paper Weight misbranded haz subst Shelby Ltd/Div Wang's Int'l

K50016 16 CFR 1500 Memphis, TN 38181

3/11/97 Ink Pen misbranded haz subst Shelby Ltd/Div Wang's Int'l

K20019 16 CFR 1500 Memphis, TN 38181

3/11/97 Ocean In Box Paper Weight misbranded haz subst Shelby Ltd/Div Wang's Int'l

KK177 16 CFR 1500 Memphis, TN 38181

3/11/97 Water Timer Paper Weight misbranded haz subst Shelby Ltd/Div Wang's Int'l

K40027 16 CFR 1500 Memphis, TN 38181

3/11/97 4" Tug Boat Tub Toy small parts The Gap

476271-03-1 16 CFR 1501 San Francisco, CA 94105

3/26/97 Windshield Washer Fluid chemical hazard Petroleum Packers, Inc.

XCEL brand - 1 gallon 16 CFR 1500 Tampa, FL 33605

3/26/97 Black Snakes chemical hazard Plains Wholesale Fireworks

K1131 16 CFR 1507.2 Lubbock, TX 79493

3/26/97 Cobra Black Snakes chemical hazard Texas Fireworks Co., Inc.

K1131 16 CFR 1507.2 Silsbee, TX 77656

3/31/97 Old Time Learning Car small parts Etna Products Co., Inc.

#JSNY 9960 16 CFR 1501 New York, NY 10010

3/31/97 Cobra Black Snakes chemical hazard Stonebraker R.Mtn Firework

16 CFR 1507.2 Denver, CO 80221

3/31/97 Mens Terrycloth Robe flammability The Neiman Marcus Group

Egeria 16 CFR 1610 Chestnut Hill. MA 02167

3/31/97 Mens Terrycloth Robe flammability The Neiman Marcus Group
Date Product/Model Violation Manufacturer/Imp.

F-11

Dream Robe 16 CFR 1610 Chestnut Hill. MA 02167

3/31/97 Ladies Terrycloth Robe flammability The Neiman Marcus Group

Egeria 16 CFR 1610 Chestnut Hill. MA 02167

3/31/97 Ladies Terrycloth Robe flammability The Neiman Marcus Group

Dream Robe 16 CFR 1610 Chestnut Hill. MA 02167

4/11/97 Fireworks Snakes chemical hazard Salish

16 CFR 1507.2 Anacortes, WA 98221

4/17/97 Wood Blocks and Truck Toy small parts Division Sales, Inc.

27680 16 CFR 1501 Itasca, IL 60143

4/18/97 Black Snakes chemical hazard O.K. American Corporation

16 CFR 1507.2 Tulsa, OK 74107

4/21/97 A-Frame Futon flammability Ameriwood Industries Int'l.

37201 16 CFR 1632 Grand Rapids, MI 49503

4/21/97 Mission Arm Bi-Fold Futon flammability Ameriwood Industries Int'l.

37401 16 CFR 1632 Grand Rapids, MI 49503

4/21/97 Mini Truck Set small parts Division Sales, Inc.

27546 16 CFR 1501 Itasca, IL 60143

4/21/97 chenille sweater flammability Melcon Design

Crop Crew Neck R654 16 CFR 1610 New York, NY 10007

4/21/97 chenille sweater flammability Melcon Design

Fitted Cardigan Collar R651 16 CFR 1610 New York, NY 10007

4/21/97 chenille sweater flammability Melcon Design

Fitted Polo R655 16 CFR 1610 New York, NY 10007

4/21/97 chenille sweater flammability Melcon Design

Mock Neck Tunic R652 16 CFR 1610 New York, NY 10007

4/21/97 Mens Crew Neck Sweat Shirt flammability Target Stores 

Utility Brand 16 CFR 1610 Minneapolis, MN 55440

4/21/97 Boys Crew Neck Sweat Shirt flammability Target Stores 

Utility Brand 16 CFR 1610 Minneapolis, MN 55440

4/21/97 Mens Zip Polo Sweat Shirts flammability Target Stores

Utility Brand 16 CFR 1610 Minneapolis, MN 55440

4/21/97 Boys Zip Polo Sweat Shirts flammability Target Stores

Utility Brand 16 CFR 1610 Minneapolis, MN 55440
Date Product/Model Violation Manufacturer/Imp.

F-12

4/28/97 Crib crib construction Coaster Co. of America

2364 16 CFR 1508/1509 SantaFe Springs, CA 90670

4/28/97 Crib crib/carton labeling Coaster Co. of America

2368 16 CFR 1508/1509 SantaFe Springs, CA 90670

5/6/97 Futon Mattress flammability Primo International

Chesa Cape 16 CFR 1632 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

5/6/97 Futon Mattress flammability Primo International

Chesa Peak 16 CFR 1632 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

5/6/97 Futon Mattress flammability Primo International

FB-1000FUT5 16 CFR 1632 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

5/6/97 Futon Mattress flammability Primo International

FB1000fr6a 16 CFR 1632 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

5/6/97 Futon Mattress flammability Primo International

Sconce Stone 16 CFR 1610 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

5/8/97 Cobra Black Snakes chemical hazard Alamo Fireworks, Inc.

K1131 16 CFR 1507.2 San Antonio, TX 78109

5/8/97 Metallic Medallion Necklace excess lead in paint Charming Shoppes, Inc.

Heart-Shaped 16 CFR 1303 Bensalem, PA 19020

5/8/97 Indian Boy Teddy Bear small parts The Mazel Company

Teddy Precious 16 CFR 1501 Solon, OH 44139

5/8/97 Indian Girl Teddy Bear small parts The Mazel Company

Teddy Precious 16 CFR 1501 Solon, OH 44139

5/12/97 Fleece Robe flammability Charles Komar & Sons, Inc

82308 16 CFR 1610 New York, NY 10016

5/13/97 Rattler Colored Snake chemical hazard A.A. Quality Fireworks

K1131C 16 CFR 1507.2 Pearland, TX 77581

5/14/97 Sweatshirt flammability Levi Strauss & Co.

55956-4859 16 CFR 1610 San Francisco, CA 94111

5/14/97 Sweatshirt flammability Levi Strauss & Co.

55956-4886 16 CFR 1610 San Francisco, CA 94111

5/30/97 Black Snake Fireworks chemical hazard Neeley Sales Company, Inc.

16 CFR 1507.2 Greenwood, SC 29646

5/30/97 Black Snake Fireworks chemical hazard South Carolina Distributors
Date Product/Model Violation Manufacturer/Imp.

F-13

16 CFR 1507.2 Cherokee Falls, SC 29702

6/2/97 Black Snake Fireworks chemical hazard Red Rocket Fireworks Co.

16 CFR 1507.2 Rock Hill, SC 29730

6/13/97 Easter Spin Top excess lead in paint Oriental Trading Company

27/295 16 CFR 1303 Omaha, NE 68137

6/13/97 Wooden Easter Puzzle lead paint/small parts Oriental Trading Company

27/532 16 CFR 1303/1501 Omaha, NE 68137

6/16/97 Flying Saucer small parts Arby's Franchise UFO

16 CFR 1501 Association

Atlanta, GA 30305

6/16/97 Space Shuttle small parts Arby's Franchise 

16 CFR 1501 Association

Atlanta, GA 30305

6/17/97 Women's fleece sweatshirt flammability Levis Strauss & Company

Dockers Khakis 54601/53601 16 CFR 1610 San Francisco, CA 94120

6/17/97 Women's fleece sweatshirt flammability Levis Strauss & Company

Dockers Khakis 54604/53604 16 CFR 1610 San Francisco, CA 94120

6/17/97 Women's fleece sweatshirt flammability Levis Strauss & Company

Dockers Khakis 54605/53605 16 CFR 1610 San Francisco, CA 94120

6/17/97 Reverse fleece sweatshirt flammability Levis Strauss & Company

Dockers for Men 67191-7291 16 CFR 1610 San Francisco, CA 94120

6/17/97 Jr.-sized sweatshirt flammability Levis Strauss & Company

Levi's Jeans 55930 16 CFR 1610 San Francisco, CA 94120

6/17/97 Jr.-sized sweatshirt flammability Levis Strauss & Company

Levi's Jeans 55956 16 CFR 1610 San Francisco, CA 94120

6/23/97 Little People Playset small parts Fisher-Price, Inc.

Roadside Rescue 72394 16 CFR 1501 East Aurora, NY 14052

6/25/97 Bear Neckpillow small parts Ikea

29311596 16 CFR 1501 Plymouth Meeting, PA19462

6/25/97 Bear Plush Animal small parts Ikea

97192870 16 CFR 1501 Plymouth Meeting, PA19462

6/25/97 Cow Plush Animal small parts Ikea
Date Product/Model Violation Manufacturer/Imp.

F-14

27204796 16 CFR 1501 Plymouth Meeting, PA19462

6/25/97 Dog Plush Animal small parts Ikea

27204796 16 CFR 1501 Plymouth Meeting, PA19462

6/25/97 Dolphin Neckpillow small parts Ikea

29311596 16 CFR 1501 Plymouth Meeting, PA19462

6/25/97 Hippopotamus Plush Animal small parts Ikea

27204796 16 CFR 1501 Plymouth Meeting, PA19462

6/25/97 Large Cat Plush Animal small parts Ikea

37211230 16 CFR 1501 Plymouth Meeting, PA19462

6/25/97 Large Penguin Plush Animal small parts Ikea

97210280 16 CFR 1501 Plymouth Meeting, PA19462

6/25/97 Monkey Plush Animal small parts Ikea

27204796 16 CFR 1501 Plymouth Meeting, PA19462

6/25/97 Moose Plush Animal small parts Ikea

27217770 16 CFR 1501 Plymouth Meeting, PA19462

6/25/97 Small Cat Plush Animal small parts Ikea

17211330 16 CFR 1501 Plymouth Meeting, PA19462

6/25/97 Small Penguin Plush Animal small parts Ikea

27204796 16 CFR 1501 Plymouth Meeting, PA19462

6/30/97 Lovely Night Baby Dolls small parts Sears, Roebuck & Co.

54095 16 CFR 1501 Hoffman Estates, IL 60179

7/1/97 Novelty Cigarette Lighters child resistant mech. Chicago Import, Inc.

"TJC" Revolver 16 CFR 1210 Chicago, IL 60618

7/1/97 Novelty Cigarette Lighters child resistant mech. Chicago Import, Inc.

"88" Revolver 16 CFR 1210 Chicago, IL 60618

7/1/97 Novelty Cigarette Lighters child resistant mech. Chicago Import, Inc.

Copper Revolver 16 CFR 1210 Chicago, IL 60618

7/1/97 Novelty Cigarette Lighters child resistant mech. Chicago Import, Inc.

Copper Pistol 16 CFR 1210 Chicago, IL 60618

7/23/97 Kiddie Necklace Bracelet Set small parts Mermaid International, Inc.

NB 2493 16 CFR 1501 Brooklyn, NY 11232

7/23/97 Kiddie Necklace Bracelet Set small parts Mermaid International, Inc.

NB2490 16 CFR 1501 Brooklyn, NY 11232
Date Product/Model Violation Manufacturer/Imp.

F-15

7/23/97 Kiddie Necklace Bracelet Set small parts Mermaid International, Inc.

NB2491 16 CFR 1501 Brooklyn, NY 11232

7/23/97 Kiddie Necklace Bracelet Set small parts Mermaid International, Inc.

NB2492 16 CFR 1501 Brooklyn, NY 11232

8/5/97 Magnetic Choo-Choo Train small parts Toys R Us, Inc.

3-piece #T4150 16 CFR 1501 Paramus, NJ 07652

8/5/97 Magnetic Tough Trucks small parts Toys R Us, Inc.

3-piece #T4050-1 16 CFR 1501 Paramus, NJ 07652

8/7/97 Funwear Jewelry Sets small parts Almar Sales Co., Inc.

NB110 16 CFR 1501 New York, NY 10018

8/7/97 Funwear Jewelry Sets small parts Almar Sales Co., Inc.

NB112 16 CFR 1501 New York, NY 10018

8/7/97 Funwear Jewelry Sets small parts Almar Sales Co., Inc.

NB124 16 CFR 1501 New York, NY 10018

8/7/97 Funwear Jewelry Sets small parts Almar Sales Co., Inc.

NB129 16 CFR 1501 New York, NY 10018

8/7/97 Funwear Jewelry Sets small parts Almar Sales Co., Inc.

NB137 16 CFR 1501 New York, NY 10018

8/14/97 Indian Princess Fancy Jewels small parts Creative Products, Inc.

2546 16 CFR 1501 Skokie, IL 60077

8/14/97 Disposable Cigarette Lighters lighter perf - override Tabco International, Inc.

Carona 16 CFR 1210.3(b)(4) Chicago, IL 60641

8/14/97 Disposable Cigarette Lighters lighter perf - override Tabco International, Inc.

$100 Dollar 16 CFR 1210.3(b)(4) Chicago, IL 60641

8/14/97 Disposable Cigarette Lighters lighter perf - override Tabco International, Inc.

Clear 16 CFR 1210.3(b)(4) Chicago, IL 60641

8/18/97 Chocolate Eggs w/ Toys small parts Kreiner Imports, Inc.

Kinder Surprise FERRERO 16 CFR 1501 Chicago, IL 60616

8/22/97 Women's Sheer Rayon Blouse flammability One Price Clothing Stores

Lg Sl/5 button RN57341 16 CFR 1610 Duncan, SC 29334

8/22/97 Women's Sheer Rayon Blouse flammability One Price Clothing Stores

Lg Sl/5 button RN57341 16 CFR 1610 Duncan, SC 29334

8/28/97 Fun Time Party Favors small parts A.A. of America, Inc.
Date Product/Model Violation Manufacturer/Imp.

F-16

12 PC ASSMT 16 CFR 1501 East Brunswick, NJ 08816

9/3/97 Braided Small Rugs flammablity labeling Achim Importing Co.

Seasons Braid 16 CFR 1631.34 Brooklyn, NY 11215

9/3/97 Three Rug Set flammablity Achim Importing Co.

Seasons Braid 16 CFR 1630 Brooklyn, NY 11215

9/3/97 Cigarette Lighter child resistant mech. Walgreen Company, Inc.

H77A0163 16 CFR 1210.3(a) Deerfield, IL 60015

9/4/97 Aguarras Floor Cleaner misbranded haz subst Camil Corporation Ltd.

7 fl. oz. 16 CFR 1500 Rio Piedras, PR 00926

9/4/97 Cramps Out (Efficient brand) acetaminophen pkg Lex Pharmaceutical Inc.

24 tablets 16 CFR 1700.14 Medley, FL 33166

9/4/97 Duralgina (Menper brand) acetaminophen pkg Lex Pharmaceutical Inc.

30 tablets 16 CFR 1700.14 Medley, FL 33166

9/4/97 Hematinic Beef-Iron & Wine iron supplement pkg Lex Pharmaceutical Inc.

(Lex brand) 16 fl. oz 16 CFR 1700.14 Medley, FL 33166

9/4/97 Lexagran-M (Lex brand) iron supplement pkg Lex Pharmaceutical Inc.

100 tablets 16 CFR 1700.14 Medley, FL 33166

9/4/97 Lexagran-M (Lex brand) iron supplement pkg Lex Pharmaceutical Inc.

130 tablets 16 CFR 1700.14 Medley, FL 33166

9/4/97 Multigon Jr. Vitamins iron supplement pkg Lex Pharmaceutical Inc.

(Menper brand) 240 tablets 16 CFR 1700.14 Medley, FL 33166

9/4/97 Supra-Vita Rx Vitamin - Iron iron drug packaging Lex Pharmaceutical Inc.

(Carifarma) 100 tablets 16 CFR 1700.14 Medley, FL 33166

9/4/97 Unit Dose w/Iron iron supplement pkg Lex Pharmaceutical Inc.

(Medley/Lex brand) 100 tabs 16 CFR 1700.14 Medley, FL 33166

9/9/97 Aguarras - Paint Thinner misbranded haz subst Mardo Int'l. Distributing

6 fl. oz. 16 CFR 1500 Rio Piedras, PR 00929

9/15/97 Houdini Portable Playyards small parts/sharp edge Evenflo Company, Inc.

All 322 models 16 CFR 1501/1500.49 Piqua, OH 45356

9/15/97 Free Wheel Racer Champion small parts Laiko International Co., Inc.

16 CFR 1501 City of Industry, CA 91745

9/19/97 Wooden Toy Airplane small parts Al-Dan Trading, Inc.

D31-31013 16 CFR 1501 Miami, FL 33014
Date Product/Model Violation Manufacturer/Imp.

F-17

9/19/97 Wooden Toy Airplane small parts Al-Dan Trading, Inc.

 ("2" on wing) D31-31013 16 CFR 1501 Miami, FL 33014

9/19/97 Wooden Toy Airplane small parts Al-Dan Trading, Inc.

("3" on wing) D31-31013 16 CFR 1501 Miami, FL 33014

9/19/97 Wooden Toy Airplane small parts Al-Dan Trading, Inc.

("4" on wing) D31-31013 16 CFR 1501 Miami, FL 33014

9/19/97 Wooden Toy Crane small parts Al-Dan Trading, Inc.

D31-31015 16 CFR 1501 Miami, FL 33014

9/19/97 Wooden Toy Locomotive small parts Al-Dan Trading, Inc.

D31-31010 16 CFR 1501 Miami, FL 33014

9/19/97 Wooden Toy Motorcycle small parts Al-Dan Trading, Inc.

D31-31012 16 CFR 1501 Miami, FL 33014

9/19/97 Wooden Toy Race Car small parts Al-Dan Trading, Inc.

D31-31011 16 CFR 1501 Miami, FL 33014

9/19/97 Wooden Toy Train/Truck small parts Al-Dan Trading, Inc.

D31-31007 16 CFR 1501 Miami, FL 33014

9/19/97 Wooden Toy Truck small parts Al-Dan Trading, Inc.

D31-31014 16 CFR 1501 Miami, FL 33014

9/30/97 Beach Umbrellas excess lead in paint Gymboree Corporation

27000041 16 CFR 1303 Burlingame, CA 94010

9/30/97 Golf Umbrellas excess lead in paint Gymboree Corporation

27000025 16 CFR 1303 Burlingame, CA 94010

9/30/97 Compact Umbrellas excess lead in paint Gymboree Corporation

Kid-Sized 27000033 16 CFR 1303 Burlingame, CA 94010

9/30/97 Flying Boat Toys small parts Lexin, Inc.

MF 742 16 CFR 1501 Los Angeles, CA 90061

9/30/97 Little Performer Toys small parts Lexin, Inc.

MS 085 16 CFR 1501 Los Angeles, CA 90061
Voluntary Corrective Action Plans Under

Section 15 Of The Product Safety Act And

Section 15 Of The Hazardous Substance Act

Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

Certain corrective actions may not rise to the level of a substantial product hazard, but a firm still

chooses to undertake a voluntary corrective action plan. In some of those cases, the corrective

action plan may not be listed.

F-21

10/96 Northeastern Plastics

Brooklyn, NY

Electric extension cord,

Jumpower, models 442, 443,

445

Use of the product presents

electrocution and fire hazards.

The firm recalled the

product.

10/96 White Consolidated Industries,

Inc.

Cleveland, OH

Lawn tractor, Sears Craftsman,

917.256700, 917.256710,

917.256701, and 917.256711

Grass clippings can

accumulate on baffle around

muffler and ignite, resulting in

fires.

The firm retrofitted the

product with an air baffle

shield kit which redirects

airflow and prevents grass

clipping buildup.

10/96 Leon Korol Company

Elk Grove Village, IL

Steam iron, model YPZ-100

The iron presents a potential

fire hazard.

The firm will provide a

full refund to consumers

who return the recalled

product to the retailer.

10/96 DeWalt Industrial Tool

Company

Hampstead, MD

Dewalt Models DW9104 and

DW9106 one-hour battery

chargers

A severe drop or impact to the

charger could lead to

separation of the plastic

housing, possibly presenting

an electric shock hazard.

Consumers are to return

the charger to a Black &

Decker/Dewalt Service

Center for a free

replacement.

10/96 The Limited, Inc.

Columbus, OH

Lavender Botanical Candle

The dried flowers contained

within the candle may ignite

while the candle is burning

presenting a fire hazard.

The firm recalled the

candle offering consumers

a purchase price refund

and a $25 gift certificate.

10/96 Bollinger Industries

Irving, TX

TrimRider exercise machine

The welded joint may fail

causing the machine to

collapse during use.

The firm provided

brackets to reinforce the

joints.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-22

10/96 Brell Mar Products Inc.

Jackson, MI

Hunting tree stand

The aluminum used in the

climbing section may bend

causing user to fall.

The firm recalled the

product offering a free

replacement to consumers.

10/96 D-M Sales Corporation

Brooklyn, NY

9 ft. extension cord

Use of the product presents

electrocution and fire hazards.

The firm recalled the

product.

10/96 Connelly Skis Inc.

Lynnwood, WA

Signature water ski binding

The binding may fail causing

the skier to fall and sustain an

injury.

The firm retrofitted the

skis with a different

material and part.

10/96 Maytag

Newton, IA

Various models of push-button

clothes washers and dryers

Use of the products presents a

potential electric shock

hazard.

The firm provided an

inspection program for

consumers and a

replacement for effected

units.

10/96 Creative Technologies Corp.

Brooklyn , NY

Pasta Express pasta maker,

models X1000, X2000, X3000

and X4000.

The motor may fail possibly

resulting in lacerations to

fingers.

The firm provided free

spacer and instructions to

consumers who purchased

the product with the

original cover.

10/96 John Deere & Co.

Moline, IL

48 and 54 inch mower decks for

lawn and garden tractors

The cutting blade may

separate from its holding shaft

and eject from under the

mower deck.

The firm recalled the

products providing dealers

and consumers with a

replacement washer for

the cutting blade's holding

shaft.

10/96 PartyLite Gifts, Inc.

Plymouth, MA

Terrazzo Treelight candle

holder

The design of the base of the

candle holder may cause the

candle's flame to excessively

flare presenting a hazard.

The firm recalled the

candle holder offering

consumers a refund of the

purchase price or a $60.00

gift certificate.

10/96 Tange, Inc.

Santa Monica, CA

EXP 120 mountain bike fork on

REI - Novara Ponderosa

bicycles

The fork may separate causing

a rider to fall from the bike.

The firm is offering

consumers a repair and

replacement program.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-23

10/96 Godinger Silver Art Co., Ltd.

Brooklyn, NY

Holiday tree shaped votive

candle holder, items #1753 and

#1753B

Glass votive candle holder

may overheat and shatter

injuring a bystander.

The firm recalled the

candle holders offering

consumers a refund of the

purchase price.

10/96 Nelson Juvenile Products

Dothan , AL

Jenny Lind crib

A child may become entrapped

in the side rails of crib.

The firm offered

consumers replacement

side rails.

10/96 Performance, Inc.

Chapel Hill, NC

Performance "Gryphon"

mountain bike

The bike weld may break

causing rider to fall.

The firm made 60 bikes

with the weld problem;

only 16 sold to consumers.

The bikes were recalled

offering owners a full

purchase price refund plus

a $50 gift certificate.

10/96 The Ducane Company

Columbia, SC

150,000 & 200,000 Btu upflow

horizontal oil furnaces, several

brands

The furnances may develop

cracked heat exchangers.

The firm provided

consumers with a Field

Conversion Kit including

a new heat exchanger and

oil burner.

10/96 Safety 1st, Inc.

Chestnut Hill, MA

No. 243 stove guard, no. 242R

stove knob cover, and no. 179

balcony guard

There is spacing in the

balcony guard, inadequate

adhesive to hold the stove

guard and the knob cover may

melt.

The firm added additional

clips to the balcony guard,

better adhesive for the

stove guard, and improved

the material for the knob

cover.

10/96 ACCO USA, Inc.

Wheeling, IL

Swingline electric stapler,

model 67

Exposed electrical contacts

may present a potential shock

hazard.

The firm recalled and

repaired the model 67.

10/96 Global Industries Inc.

Downsview, Ontario, Canada,

Wooden tilter chair, model

8924

The seat may break causing

the occupant to fall backwards

out of chair.

The firm recalled the

chair offering consumers

a free replacement.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-24

10/96 HydroHoist International, Inc.

Claremore, OK

Boat hoist

Due to the lack of GFCI's the

boat hoist presents an

electrocution hazard.

The firm provided GFCI's

to dealers and consumers

to correct the units.

11/96 Candle-Lite Company

Cincinnati, OH

Clearfire De-Lite Candles

without clear plastic covers

Candle may flare-up while

burning.

Consumers should return

the glass container's UPC

label for a refund of the

purchase price.

11/96 Best International Corp.

Elmhurst, NY

Hair Dryer, Cassio, model

HD-888

Use of the product presents

electrocution and fire hazards.

The firm recalled the

product.

11/96 Cycle Country Accessories

Corp.

Milford, IA

Snow blade attachment kit for

all terrain vehicles

On units made prior to 6/91,

the blade lift lever may swing

back and strike the operator's

knee.

Consumers should call the

firm for a free chain link

to replace the solid lift

link.

11/96 Wild Planet Toys

San Francisco, CA

Supersonic Ear-Parabolic

hearing device with directional

microphone that amplifies

sound into earphones.

The product amplifies certain

sounds that could be damaging

to user's hearing.

The firm is redesigning

the product to limit higher

decibel levels.

11/96 The Coleman Company

Wichita, KS

Fuel container bottle, model

Peak I Apex, 22 oz. capacity

The bottle may leak presenting

a fire hazard.

The firm recalled the

product offering

consumers a replacement

or refund of purchase

price.

11/96 Russ Berrie and Company, Inc.

Oakland, NJ

5 finger Halloween wax

candles, Glowing Gore and

Dem Bones models

The candle may generate

excess flames resulting in

thermal burns to consumers

and/or a large scale fire.

The firm recalled the

candle offering consumers

a refund of the purchase

price.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-25

11/96 Walgreens Co./East West

Distributors

Deerfield, IL

5 finger Halloween wax candle

The candle may generate

excess flames that may result

in thermal burns to consumers

and/or a large scale fire.

The firm recalled the

candles offering

consumers a refund of the

purchase price.

11/96 C. R. Seasons LTD.

Farmingdale, NY

5 finger Halloween wax candle,

Bleeding Hand model

The candle may generate

excess flames resulting in

thermal burns to consumers

and/or a large scale fire.

The firm recalled the

candle offering consumers

a refund of the purchase

price.

11/96 Gerry Baby Products Company

Thornton, CO

Baby monitor, model 602

manufactured from June 1988

through May 1990

Wires inside the monitor may

be improperly connected

resulting in overheating or

possible fire.

Consumers are to contact

the company to receive a

free replacement monitor.

11/96 S-B Power Tool Company

Chicago, IL

Bosch mini-grinders, models

1347A and 1347AK

An injury may occur if a loose

guard contacts and shatters the

wheel.

The firm replaced the

mis-fitting guard.

11/96 Slingking, Inc.

Houston, TX

Water balloon sling shot:

models SK-100, SKJ-101,

SKB-500, BC-800, WR-101,

WB-202, Launcher, Bomber,

Cannon

Being hit by the water balloon

may result in loss of vision

and facial fractures.

The firm placed warning

labels on packaging and

slingshot pouches.

11/96 M.A. Henry Limited

Ontario, Canada

Glide Ride swingsets

The swingsets present a finger

tip amputation hazard.

The firm changed the

instructions to warn of the

hazard.

11/96 C. X. Blaster, Inc.

Springhill, FL

Water balloon sling shots:

Master Blaster, Blaster

Being hit by the water balloon

may result in loss of vision or

facial fractures.

The firm placed warning

labels on packaging and

sling pouches.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-26

11/96 Bombardier, Inc.

Granby, Quebec, Canada

1995 Ski-Doo Mach Z

snowmobile

Rider may lose control of

snowmobile due to a stuck

throttle.

Consumers are to return

the snowmobile to dealer

for a replacement of the

air box.

11/96 Wallace Leisure Products, Inc.

Philadelphia, PA

Office chair, models SC-200

and SZ-200

The chair may collapse

causing bodily injuries to

occupant.

The firm stopped

distribution of the chair in

1994.

11/96 Innovative Concepts

San Francisco, CA

Power strips

The power strips present a

potential fire hazard.

Consumers are to return

the product to the

manufacturer for repair.

11/96 White Consolidated Industries,

Inc.

Cleveland, OH

Refrigerator automatic ice

bucket

The ice bucket dispenser can

be sheared off during

operation allowing small

plastic pieces to be dispensed

with the ice cubes. Users may

swallow or choke from the

plastic pieces.

The firm has redesigned

the ice bucket to address

the potential problem.

11/96 Pacific Rim Import

Corporation.

Seattle, WA

Pine cone shaped resin candle

holder

The candle holder may ignite

during use presenting a

potential fire hazard.

The firm recalled the

candle holders offering a

replacement or refund to

owners.

11/96 Graco Children's Products, Inc.

Elverson, PA

Graco Traditional Style

Playards made from November

1995 to September 1996

The playards present a

possible choking/entanglement

hazard involving strands of

mesh that may unraveled from

the playard.

Consumers are to call the

firm for a free repair kit.

11/96 Keysheen International Corp.

Taipei Hsien, Taiwan

Metal frame folding patio chair,

model 22113-80259

The chair may collapse

causing its occupant to fall

sustaining an injury.

The firm recalled the

chair through its retailers

offering consumers a

refund of the purchase

price.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-27

11/96 Waters Instruments, Inc.

Minneapolis, MN

K9 electric fence controller

The product presents a fire

hazard.

The firm offered to retrofit

the product to increase the

space between the

terminals and changed the

material used for the

terminals.

11/96 Deere & Company

Moline, IL

Lawn and garden tractor,

models 345 and 325

The tractors present a

potential fire hazard.

The firm provided a tie

strap or clamp to remove

cable slack, to prevent the

battery from being

installed incorrectly.

11/96 TurboCat

Thousand Oaks, CA

Bike lite battery charger, model

year 1990-91

The charger may present a fire

or shock hazard.

The firm will replace unit

free of charge.

11/96 The Audio Group, Inc.

Miami, FL

Stereo amplifier, models Niles

SI-1200 and SI-250

The amplifier presents a fire

hazard.

The firm offered

consumers a free in-home

or factory repair.

12/96 General Electric Appliances

Louisville, KY

Free standing gas ranges, GE,

Hotpoint, RCA, Sears/Kenmore

The ranges present a potential

electric shock hazard.

The firm offered to repair

the range in consumer's

home, free of charge.

12/96 Wholesale Importers and

Exporters

Los Angeles, CA

1040 Deluxe and 1051 Clover

wooden bunk beds

A child's head may become

entrapped between the

guardrail on the top bunk.

The firm provided

replacement guardrails to

consumers.

12/96 P.J. Sleep Shop

Portland, OR

Twin over double wooden bunk

bed

Use of the bunk beds may

result in head entrapment

between spaces in the top

bunk.

The firm provided

replacement guardrails to

consumers.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-28

12/96 Oakland Wood Shop Mfg.

Oakland, CA

Twin over twin wooden bunk

bed

Use of the bunk bed may result

in head entrapment between

spaces in the top bunk.

The firm provided

replacement guardrails to

consumers.

12/96 Bedder Bunk Co.

Winlock, WA

Wooden bunk bed, Bedder

Bunk, Quality Designs and

Stoney Creek Co.

A child's head may become

entrapped between the large

spacings between the

guardrails.

Consumers are to contact

retailers for replacement

rails.

12/96 Compaq Computer Corp.

Houston, TX

AC adapter for the Armada

4100 notebook computer

The computer presents a

potential shock hazard.

The firm provided a free

replacement AC adapter.

12/96 Gila Products, Ltd.

New York, NY

Hair dryer, #725 and HD-5

Use of the hair dryers present

potential fire and electrocution

hazards.

The firm recalled the

products.

12/96 SRAM/Grip Shift

Chicago, IL

Grip Shift bicycle

shifter/deraillieur

The bicycle's shifter may fail

causing the rider to lose

control and possibly injure

himself.

The firm provided a free

replacement shifter to

owners.

12/96 Light & Motion Industries

Monterey, CA

Source-12 battery pack

The battery pack presents a

potential fire hazard.

The firm offered

consumers a free repair or

near-cost upgrade.

12/96 Tensor Corporation

Chelsea, MA

Halogen floor lamp, models

LT609N and LT609P

The 500 watt bulb may shatter

and ignite nearby

combustibles. Smoke

inhalation and burns may

result.

Consumers can call

toll-free number to receive

free 300-watt replacement

bulb.

12/96 Thrifty Distributors

Hempstead, NY

Tree-top decoration and 35

Light Set Christmas lights

The products present fire and

electric shock hazards.

Consumers are to return

the products to the retailer

for a refund.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-29

12/96 Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA

Irvine, CA

All-terrain vehicle,

KVF400-A1

The ATV may crash due to

diminishing braking

capabilities.

Consumers are to return

the ATV's to dealers for a

free repair.

12/96 Adam Technologies, Inc.

Union, NJ

Surge protector, models

PPP16003M & PP16103M

Use of the product presents

fire and electrocution hazards.

The product was not

distributed to the public.

The firm discontinued the

product.

12/96 International Dairy Queen Inc.

Minneapolis, MN

Water baton premium toy

The toy contains an end-cap

and small balls that are

potential choking hazards.

Consumers should return

the item for a free kids

meal or ice cream sundae.

12/96 Scubapro Inc. California

Milwaukee, WI

Scuba hose, model Air II

Use of the hose may result in

loss of air flow to regulator.

The firm offered owners a

replacement hose.

12/96 Black Diamond Equipment

Salt Lake City, UT

Ice Climbing Tool, Black Profit

Bent Shaft

The tool may fail causing the

climber to fall.

The firm recalled the

product offering owners a

replacement.

12/96 Mountain Safety Research

Seattle, WA

Camping stove fuel pump,

models #311450, #311011,

#311600 and #318640

The fuel pump presents a fire

hazard due to a potential gas

leak.

The firm recalled the

product.

01/97 Fry's Electronics

Palo Alto, CA

Power strips: Innovative

Concepts and AutoSwitch

The power strips present a fire

hazard.

Consumers should return

the power strips to the

distributor for repair.

01/97 Cub Cadet Corporation

Cleveland, OH

Gas operated utility vehicle,

#575-4016-100

The brakes may fail resulting

in a collision.

Owners can return

vehicles to dealer for free

repair of brakes.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-30

01/97 Giant Bicycle Inc.

Rancho Dominquez, CA

Mountain bike suspension fork,

SR - Suntour, ALM-1;

ATX-780; CFM-3

The front suspension fork may

separate causing the rider to

fall from the bike.

The firm replaced forks

on all affected model

bicycles.

01/97 Avon

New York, NY

Christmas tree topper: Elegant

Angel

Some of the mini lights may

overheat, melt through the

plastic cone, and scorch fabric

outside the plastic cone.

Consumers are to return

the topper for a refund.

01/97 MDK Incorporated

Chapel Hill, NC

O-scale passenger car for model

train, K-line electric trains,

Heavy weights

The coupler coil spring can

overheat and flame if the cars

derail.

Consumers can return

cars to manufacturer for a

free repair or call the firm

to receive a free repair kit.

01/97 Regal Lager, Inc.

Marietta, GA

Baby Bjorn Soft Baby Carrier,

BB-120-91

The buckles on some carriers

were incorrectly attached,

possibly allowing a child to

fall from carrier.

The firm replaced the

product with a version

that has correctly attached

buckles.

01/97 NordicTrack, Inc.

Chaska, MN

NordicRider

The welds may fail resulting

in the collapse of the machine.

The firm provided

reinforcement brackets to

strengthen certain welded

areas.

02/97 MBR Industries, Inc.

Miami, FL

Pomair hair dryer, model

600-53000

Use of the product presents

fire and electric shock

hazards.

The firm recalled the

product.

02/97 Eastern American Trio

Products

Flushing, NY

8 outlet power strips, #TS-1008

Use of the product presents

shock or fire hazards.

The firm recalled the

product.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-31

02/97 Supreme Premium Products

New York, NY

Outlet surge protector, models

SS501 and SS504

Use of the product presents

fire and shock hazards.

The firm recalled the

products.

02/97 MBR Industries, Inc.

Miami FL

Pomtrex electric iron, model

600-00701

Use of the product presents a

fire hazard.

The firm recalled the

product.

02/97 Chandur Hasso Inc.

New York, NY

Six-outlet AC power strip with

imitation surge protectors

The power strips pose a risk of

death from electric shock

and/or fire.

The firm recalled the

product from the

consumer level offering

full refund of the purchase

price.

02/97 QVC

West Chester, PA

Wide angle heater, Holmes

model HFH-297

The heater presents potential

fire hazard.

The firm recalled the

product and will provide a

full refund to owners.

02/97 Hasbro, Inc.

Pawtucket, RI

Tonka Soft Walkin' Wheels toy

vehicles, styles fire truck, train,

plane, and dump truck with

serial numbers 9527 or lower

The toy vehicles present a

possible choking risk if the

small wheel hubs separate

from the toys.

Consumers are to call

Tonka for a free

replacement or return the

toys to the retailer for a

replacement or full

refund.

02/97 The Associated Merchandising

Corporation

New York, NY

Christmas tree candles, made in

Italy, 3 sizes (4", 8", 10") and 3

colors (gold, silver, green).

The candles present a burn

and fire hazard.

The firm stopped sale

12/17/96 offering owners

a full refund.

02/97 Polaris Industries

Minneapolis, MN

Snowmobile, ,XLT Touring,

Classic 500, 500EFI SKS, Trail

Touring 440, Classic Touring

The handlebars may break

resulting in loss of steering.

Firm notified 100% of

customers to return

snowmobiles to dealers for

a repair to the handlebar

weld.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-32

02/97 Polaris Industries

Minneapolis, MN

Snowmobile, 1994 models -

Storm SKS, Ultra SP, XCR SP,

Storm RMK, some 1995 and

1996 models

The braking system could be

affected by coolant tank

interference.

Firm notified 100% of

owners to return

snowmobiles to dealers for

retrofit kit installation.

02/97 Howard Berger Inc.

Brooklyn, NY

Surge protector and power strip

Use of the products presents

fire and shock hazards.

The firm recalled the

products.

02/97 Howard Berger Co. Inc.

Brooklyn, NY

Surge protection power strip,

Guard Security # MP8

The power strip's wire gauge

is inadequate and the electrical

connections are insecure. Use

of the strips presents a fire

hazard.

The firm recalled the

power strips.

02/97 Price Master, Inc.

New York, NY

6 outlet surge protector

Use of the product presents

fire and shock hazards.

The firm recalled the

product.

02/97 Sentrol Inc.

Tualatin, OR

Smoke detector, ESL400 series

The detector may fail to

operate under certain

conditions.

The firm replaced circuit

boards and offered a credit

or cash incentive to sales

and distribution chains.

02/97 Stihl Incorporated

Virginia Beach, VA

Chain saws, series 1127,

models 029 and 039

The gas cap on some of the

saws can loosen and leak fuel

during use.

Consumers are to return

the saws to an authorized

Stihl dealer for a free

replacement gas cap.

02/97 Centerfire, Inc.

Los Angeles, CA

Push-N-Lite Lighter,

child-resistant

The ligther presents a

potential fire or burn hazard.

The firm will test all

future shipments prior to

distribution in the U.S.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-33

02/97 Maytag Corporation

Newton, IA

Gas dryer - Magic Chef,

Admiral, Crosley, Norge, and

Signature brands

The dryers have the potential

to overheat presenting a fire

hazard.

The firm offered to

inspect and replace the

motors.

02/97 Bradley Corporation

Menomonee Falls, WI

Equa-Flow shower valve

assembly

The shower valve handle may

eject from the shower control

assembly striking bather.

The firm will repair all

installations suspected of

having improper shower

control assemblies.

02/97 Century Products Co.

Macedonia, OH

Fold-N-Go Travel Playards,

models 10-710,10- 810

Children can strangle or

suffocate if they are trapped in

the "V" formed by the

collapsed top rail.

Consumers are to call

Century for a free repair

kit.

02/97 Bayco Products, Inc.

Dallas, TX

Electric work light, models

FL-600, SL-600, SL-605,

FL-650, SL-605

Units manufactured between

7/1/95 and 10/1/95 may

present an electric shock

hazard.

The firm is offering

consumers free fix kits.

02/97 Climb High Inc.

Shelburne, VT

Grivel Rambo Climbing

Crampon, distributed

1993-1996

The toe bail may break

presenting a potential for

dangerous falls.

The manufacturer

redesigned the product

offering owners a free

replacement.

02/97 Health o meter, Inc.

Bedford Heights, OH

Espresso/cappuccino maker,

Mr. Coffee, model ECM9.

Use of the product presents a

potential for burns and

lacerations.

The firm modified the

plastic filter holder and

filter basket and will

provide free replacements

to consumers, including

revised instructions.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-34

02/97 Leon Korol Company

Elk Grove Village, IL

Steam/Dry & Spray Iron, model

YPZ-100 imported by NNE

International USA, Inc. of

Pomona, CA.

The iron presents a potential

fire hazard.

The firm offered a full

refund to consumers who

return the recalled iron to

the store where purchased.

02/97 The Gap, Inc.

San Francisco, CA

BabyGap stroller blanket, style

numbers 341405001,

341405011

The blankets' loose threads

pose a risk of choking or

strangulation.

The firm removed unsold

product from retail sales

floor and provided

posters, will provide a $50

gift certificate to

consumers who return the

blankets. Firm issued a

unilateral press release.

02/97 Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.

Norfolk, VA

Three pack adapter plug, SKU

460964

The plugs present potential

fire and shock hazards.

The firm provided a full

refund to consumers who

returned the recalled

product.

03/97 Hydro Air Industries, Inc.

Orange, CA

Spa and pool suction drain

cover, model 10-6200

A spa or pool bather's hair

may become entangled in the

drain cover presenting a

drowning hazard.

The firm recalled the

drain cover offering

consumers a free

replacement.

03/97 Determined Productions Inc.

San Francisco, CA

Felix the Cat roller ball,

distributed with Wendy's kids'

meals.

The seams of the ball may

separate exposing small parts

inside that are potential

choking hazards.

Consumers are to return

the ball to Wendy's for a

replacement toy premium.

03/97 Stanley Solar & Stove

Manchester NH

Home Gas Sentry gas/carbon

monoxide detector

The detector does not provide

adequate warning to exposure

of carbon monoxide.

The firm is out of

business. CPSC warns to

stop using product.

03/97 Hitachi Koki USA, Ltd.

Norcross, GA

Cordless B/O drill, model

FDS10DVA

The drill presents a burn

hazard.

Owners are instructed to

replace the batteries.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-35

03/97 Sta-Rite Industries

Delavan, WI

Model 8417 spa and pool floor

inlet fitting

Cover is not designed to

prevent hair entrapment.

Drowning may result if used

as a suction cover.

The firm recalled units

used as suction covers and

offered consumers a

replacement design.

03/97 Godinger Silver Art Co., Ltd.

Ridgewood, NY

Silver plated Xmas tree shaped

9 light votive holder, Style

1731

The glass votive candle

holders may crack during use

resulting in injuires to

consumers and presenting a

potential fire hazard.

The firm recalled the

candle holders offering

consumers a refund of the

purchase price.

03/97 Honeywell, Inc.

Minneapolis, MN

 Programming control, model

R4140L

The product has the potential

to explode.

The firm recalled and

replaced programmers.

03/97 Bass Pro Shops

Springfield, MO

Tree stand safety belt, models

Mac Lock Plus, Pro Bass

T-897-674

The belt may suddenly break

causing a hunter to fall from

the tree.

The firm offered

consumers a free

replacement of all safety

harness buckles.

03/97 Division Sales, Inc.

Itasca, IL

6 ft. electric extension cord,

Master-Tech, item 80311

The cords have inappropriate

wire gauge and lack

over-current protection which

presents an electric shock

hazard.

The firm recalled the

extension cords.

03/97 Golden Bay

Hempsted, NY

Christmas tree lights

The lights contain undersized

wiring which presents

potential fire and electrocution

hazards.

The firm recalled the

lights.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-36

03/97 T-Fal Corp.

Pine Brook, NJ

Deep fryers with fixed pots

manufactured during particular

weeks of 1996: Super Clean

Midi (3350) and Superclean

Maxi (3358 and 3360).

Use of the fryers presents a

potential for burn injuries.

Fryers returned by

consumers will be

inspected by T-Fal. If a

problem with the heating

element is found, T-Fal

will provide a free

replacement.

03/97 Carter Brothers Manufacturing

Co.

Brundidge, AL

Go-carts, models 1708-28, 1735

A rider's hair or clothing may

become entangled in the rear

axle.

The firm retrofitted the

guard to enclose the

exposed axle.

03/97 Eastern American Trio

Products

College Point, NY

12 ft. extension cord, model

Trisonic

Use of the product presents

fire and electric shock

hazards.

The firm recalled the

product.

03/97 Keysheen International

Taiwan

Children's chaise lounge chair

Child's finger may be

amputated or pinched if it is

placed in metal frame area of

the lounge's lower support bar.

The firm recalled the

chair offering consumers

a refund of the purchase

price.

03/97 Ametek, Inc.

Paoli, PA

Sears Chemical

Contaminant/Taste and Odor

Filter

Use of the improper carbon

filter in some of the water

filters allows exposure to

nickel chloride.

The firm recalled the

filters offering consumers

a replacement cartridge or

refund of the purchase

price.

03/97 AAF-McQuay, Inc.

Minneapolis, MN

Water source heat pumps

Steam build up in compressor

may cause explosion.

The firm added fusible

plugs to units produced

since 1990.

04/97 Wagner Spray Tech Corp.

Minneapolis, MN

Wagner Power Steamer wall

paper remover, model 700

Escaping steam and hot water

may cause skin burns to users.

The firm offered owners a

free replacement cap and

hose to prevent burn

injuries.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-37

04/97 Carter Brothers Manufacturing

Co.

Brundidge, AL

Go-kart, model 2535

Rider's hair and clothing may

become entangled in the

exposed chain.

The firm provided a

belt-chain guard retrofit to

owners.

04/97 Knoll International, Inc.

East Greenville, PA

Armchair with tilt control,

models Sapper, 45AC2,

45AC4, 45AC5

The chairs may collapse. The firm retrofitted

current production and

changed future chair

design.

04/97 Ken-Bar

Cornelia, GA

Go-cart

The rider's hair and clothing

may become entangled in the

exposed rear axle.

The firm retrofitted the

guard to enclose the

exposed axle.

04/97 Chicken & Egg Furniture

Seattle, WA

Blakely wooden bunk beds,

horizontal and spindle rung

designs

A child's head may become

entrapped in the top bunk

guardrail.

Consumers should contact

their retailers for

replacement guardrails.

04/97 IEM Furniture

City of Commerce, CA

Metal bunk beds, models

2153B, 2153G, 2153W, 2155B,

2155G and 2155W

A child's head may become

entrapped in the guardrails of

the top bunk.

Consumers are to contact

their retailers for

replacement guardrails.

04/97 Acme Trading Corporation

Vernon, CA

Metal Bunk Bed, model 2441

A child's head may become

entrapped in the guardrails of

the top bunk.

Consumers are to contact

their retailers for

replacement guardrails.

04/97 Silver Eagle Corporation

Sacramento, CA

Wooden bunk beds and loft

beds, models Loft-1,

CBD-Bunk-TT, CSH-Bunk-TT,

RBD-Loft, REC-Bunk-TT

A child's head may become

entrapped between the bed and

the wall on the top bunk.

Consumers should contact

their retailers for an

additional guardrail.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-38

04/97 Lewis Furniture Manufacturing

Company

Williamston, SC

Wooden Bunk Bed, model 202

A child's head may become

entrapped in the top bunk

guardrails.

Consumers should contact

their retailers for

replacement guardrails.

04/97 Catton Brothers Corporation

New York, NY

Infant wear with snaps

Snaps of infant wear were

improperly attached, exposing

sharp prongs and creating a

cutting risk.

The firm recalled the

product providing a full

refund of the purchase

price.

04/97 Pier I Imports

Fort Worth, TX

Six piece wok set, SKU

119-5649

The metal base has

unreasonably sharp edges

which could cut the user.

The firm ceased

distribution of the item

and instructed consumers

to return the item to retail

stores for a full refund or

exchange for a

comparable product.

04/97 Price/Costco Corporation, Inc..

Kirkland, WA

Animated Santa, item number

63404

The product presents a

potential fire hazard.

The firm recalled the

product and offered

consumers a full refund of

the purchase price.

04/97 Atico International Inc.

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Novelty fountains with light,

Lighted Magic Faucet

(Walgreens), Lighted Magic

Fountain Mug (Eckerds)

The fountains present fire and

shock hazards.

The firm recalled the

products offering owners a

full refund of the purchase

price.

04/97 Oddzon Products, Inc.

Campbell, CA

Starfish swimming vest, 1996

models 40000, 40010, 40020,

40030, 40040 & 1997 models

40060, 40000A, 40010A,

40020A, 40030A, 40040B

The vest buckle may unlatch

presenting a potential for

drowning.

Consumers are to return

the vest to retailers for a

refund
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-39

04/97 Martin Furniture

El Cajon, CA

Television cart, item number

136635

The cart may tip over during

use.

The firm offered

consumers a refund of the

purchase price.

04/97 Gold Bug

Denver, CO

Carter's infant carriers, style

no. 89000

Shoulder strap may unfasten

or separate allowing an infant

to fall from the carrier.

The firm offered

consumers a new carrier

in exchange for the

original version.

04/97 Roman, Inc.

Roselle, Il

Lucite train candle holder set,

item #76530

The candle holder may ignite

during use presenting a

potential fire hazard.

The firm provided

consumers a full refund of

the purchase price.

04/97 Hasbro, Inc.

Pawtucket, RI

Playskool Weebles Tractor,

item 5242

The toy presents a potential

choking/ingestion risk.

Consumers are to call the

firm toll free for a free

replacement.

04/97 Bombardier, Inc.

Valcourt, Quebec, Canada

1996 Ski-Doo Mach 1

snowmobile

Engine parts can break and be

thrown from the engine.

Consumers are to contact

their dealers for

inspection and possible

replacement of the drive

pulley flange.

04/97 Bunks Plus Woodworking

Eugene, OR

Wooden bunk bed, Bunks Plus

and Twin over Twin

Use of the bunk beds may

result in head entrapment.

The firm provided an

additional board to reduce

spacing.

04/97 Minat, Incorporated

Annawan, IL

Go-kart, U.S. Eagle I, U.S.

Eagle II

The rider's hair and clothing

may become entangled in the

exposed rear axle.

The firm retrofitted the

guard to enclose the

exposed axle.

04/97 Kartco, Incorporated

Sebastopol, MS

Go-cart, model 445

The rider's hair and clothing

may become entangled in the

exposed rear axle.

The firm retrofitted the

guard to enclose the

exposed axle.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-40

04/97 Avenger, Incorporated

Monroe, LA

Go-Cart,Yellow Jacket

The rider's hair and clothing

may become entangled in the

exposed rear axle.

The firm retrofitted the

guard to enclose the

exposed axle.

04/97 K-Tel International (USA), Inc.

Plymouth, MN

Deluxe Food Dehydrator with

fan, model #80043

The dehydrator may overheat

presenting a fire hazard.

Consumers are to contact

K-Tel for a free

replacement dehydrator

without a fan or a

comparable product.

04/97 Emerson Electric Co., Emerson

Motor Co.

St. Louis, MO

Dayton Yoke mounted fan

motors, motor nos. 3M469,

3M504, 9K956, fan nos.

2C675, 4C010

The products present a

possible electric shock hazard

if not grounded.

Emerson and W.W.

Grainger to repair and/or

replace all motors.

04/97 Shumacher Electric Corp.

Chicago, IL

Home/auto battery charger,

Sears Die Hard, model #71310

Use of the charger presents a

potential fire hazard.

The firm recalled the

product and offered a free

replacement.

05/97 Bob's Kart Shop

Sheridan, IL

Go-cart, Bob's Kart

Rider's hair and clothing may

become entangled in the

exposed rear axle.

The firm retrofitted the

wheel to cover the

exposed axle.

05/97 Fisher Controls International,

Inc.

McKinney, TX

Relief monitor gas regulators,

series S203 and S303

Use of the gas regulators

presents potential fire and

explosion hazards.

The firm performed field

test and replaced monitors

that had a blocked

pressure sensing passage.

05/97 Marley Electric Heating

Company

Bennettsvill, SC

Fan-forced and electric cabinet

convection commercial heaters

The products present a fire

hazard.

The firm replaced the

limit control thermostat.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-41

05/97 The Chamberlain Group, Inc.

Elmhurst, IL

Sears Craftsman garage door

openers

Use of the garage door openers

presents an entrapment

hazard.

The firm is to inspect and

rework the product.

05/97 Coaster Company of America

Santa Fe Springs, CA

Full size baby crib, model 2364

(Made in Mexico)

A baby's arms and legs may

become entrapped in the crib's

metal scrolls resulting in

serious injuires. The crib also

presents possible death from

strangulation if clothing is

caught or drawn tightly about

the scrolls.

The firm ceased

distribution and instructed

consumers to return the

cribs to retail stores for a

refund of the purchase

price.

05/97 Lakeland Industries, Inc.

Mountain Home, AR

Electric boat hoist

The product is manufactured

without GFCI's and presents

shock and electrocution

hazards.

The firm provided

consumers with GFCIs.

05/97 Kmart Corporation

Troy, MI

Electric table lamp shaped like

a lily pad

The electric table lamp can

short circuit creating a fire

hazard.

Consumers are to return

the lamp to Kmart for a

full refund.

05/97 Division Sales, Inc.

Itasca, IL

Santa Claus Candle Holder,

item 66539

The candle holder's paint is

flammable which presents a

fire hazard.

Consumers are to return

the product to retail stores

for a full refund of the

purchase price.

05/97 Raleigh, USA Bicycle Company

Kent, WA

Mountain bike suspension fork,

Ballistic, LE300A

Fork may separate causing

rider to lose control of bike.

The firm offered owners a

replacement fork free of

charge..

05/97 MBR Industries Inc.

Miami, FL

New Champion NC - power

strip surge protector

Use of the product presents

fire and electrocution hazards.

The firm recalled the

product.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-42

05/97 Giant Bicycle Inc.

Rancho Dominquez, CA

Bike crank and bottom

brackets, model Mosh Pro XL

The crank or bottom bracket

may fail causing the rider to

fall from the bike.

Consumers are to return

the bikes to dealers for

free replacements.

05/97 Lifetime Products, Inc.

Clearfield, UT

ProCourt Portable Basketball

System

The basketball system's base

may develop a leak, allowing

the water used to stabilize the

system to leak out. As a result,

the basketball system can fall

over, presenting a risk of

injury to the consumer.

Consumers are to call the

firm toll free to receive a

free replacement base

with installation

instructions.

05/97 Black Diamond Equipment

Salt Lake City, UT

Switchblade Ice climbing

crampon

The bail may break causing an

ice climber to fall.

The firm replaced all

original bails with

stainless steel versions.

05/97 Troxel West dba Troxel

Cycling & Fitness

San Diego, CA

Troxel Grande Prix equestrian

helmet

A small percentage of helmets

have failed the ASTM

voluntary standard. If a rider

falls and strikes his/her head,

impact could result in injury.

The firm retrofitted the

helmets to pass the ASTM

voluntary standard.

05/97 Little Laura of California, Inc.

Los Angeles, CA

2 Piece infant pant set with

vinyl tulip appliques,"Sweet

Suzana" label, Style # ST-1484I

Use of the pant set presents a

choking hazard.

Consumers are to return

the garment to the nearest

Kids R Us store for a full

refund.

05/97 Eaton Corporation

Cleveland, OH

Fusible pullout switches and a

non-fusible pullout switch,

Cutler-Hammer, DPF

221R-30A, DPF 222R-60A,

and DPU 222R-60A

(non-fusable)

Cracks at screw contact expose

screw threads. Blade from

switch remains in place

energizing the unit. A

potential shock hazard is

present.

New units use drilled

holes and rivets.

05/97 Gamo USA Corp

Ft Lauderdale, FL

AF-10 pneumatic air pistol

A BB may become lodged in

the gun causing a misfire or

accidental discharge.

The firm is to retrofit all

guns returned by owners.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-43

05/97 Graco Children Products, Inc.

Elverson, PA

Stationary Entertainer with

white plastic seat ring made

prior to March 1996

Sharp edges on the white

plastic seat ring can cut or

scratch a child's leg, usually as

the child is lifted from the

seat.

Consumers should call

Graco for a replacement

seat ring.

05/97 Cosco, Inc.

Columbus, IN

Cosco Quiet Time Swings,

Model Nos. 08-975 and 08-977

made from 2/1/93 through

9/30/95.

The swing seat could fall to

the floor, resulting in injury to

child in the seat.

Consumers are to contact

Cosco for a free repair kit.

05/97 T and D Metals

Watseka, IL

Go-Cart, Clipper model

The rider's hair and clothing

may become entangled in the

exposed rear axle.

The firm retrofitted the

guard to enclose the

exposed axle.

05/97 Papel Freelance

Cranbury, NJ

Pencil with pacifier top, item

L07232

The pacifier separates

presenting a choking hazard.

The firm recalled the

product.

05/97 Automatic Switch Company

Florham Park, NJ

Solenoid gas valve, K3A

through T

Use of the solenoid gas valve

presents fire and explosion

hazards.

The firm redesigned the

valve's plunger.

05/97 In-Mar Trading, Inc.

Levittown, PR

Christmas tree lights, models

"Christmas Elements" and

"Super Bright Lights"

The products have inadequate

wire gauge and lack fuse

protection.

The firm recalled the

product.

05/97 General Cable Corporation

Highland Heights, KY

Outdoor extension cords, Carol

and Ace brand names

The cords present an electric

shock hazard.

Consumers are to return

the product to the store

where purchased to

receive a full refund.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-44

06/97 Telco Creations Inc.

Hicksville, NY

Hurricane electric holiday

decorations

There is a potential for

overheating.

The firm changed

production from plastic to

glass lanterns.

06/97 Division Sales, Inc.

Itasca, IL

Hand held hair dryer,

Professional Styler, item HD-20

The dryers do not have a

Ground Fault Circuit

Interrupter which presents a

potential electrocution hazard.

The firm recalled the

product.

06/97 Bee International

Chula Vista, CA

Super Jet Plane slingshot

plastic toy, item #335

The burr on the nose of the

plane presents a potential eye

injury if someone is hit with

the toy.

Consumers should return

the toy to the retailer for a

refund.

06/97 Cannondale Corp.

Georgetown, CT

C Sole cycling shoe, items

FC600, MC600 and MC400

The shoe may slip off the

bike's pedal causing the rider

to lose control of the bike.

Consumers are to return

the shoes to a Cannondale

dealer for a free upgrade.

06/97 C & T International

Palisades Park, NJ

Full size cribs, models

Christine Rocker (210) & Tracy

(800)

Child may become entrapped

in the side rail of crib.

The firm offered a

replacement for the entire

side rail.

06/97 Leroy Burns

Holly Hill, FL

Children's shoes

The squeeker components

separate from the shoes

presenting a choking and

aspiration hazard.

The product was not

distributed to the public.

The firm discontinued the

product.

06/97 Specialized Bicycle

Components Inc.

Alameda, CA

Bike frame - mountain bike

carbon fiber, S Works - C3FSR

The frame may crack and fail

at the head tube causing the

rider to fall.

Consumers are to return

the frame to dealers for a

full cash refund.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-45

06/97 Fasco Industries, Inc.

Eldon, MO

1/4 horse power motor,

#7126-3841

Use of the power motor

presents electric shock and fire

hazards.

The firm notified

customers and corrected

motor assembly error.

06/97 Werner Company

Greenville, PA

Wood sliding ladder, Space

Master, item WS2308

The J-hook is positioned

improperly which allows the

ladder to slip out of locked

position and slide down

possibly causing injury to user.

The firm provided repair

instructions to consumers.

06/97 Tropitone Furniture Co., Inc.

Irvine, CA

Patio chaise lounge chairs with

nylon ratchet assemblies

As the occupant is adjusting

the chair's headrest, the nylon

ratchet assembly may fail

causing the headrest to

collapse injuring the

occupant's fingers.

The firm recalled the

chaise lounges with nylon

ratchet assemblies

offering consumers a new

chaise lounge.

06/97 Girvin, Inc.

Woonsocket, RI

Front suspension fork for

mountain bicycles, Girvin,

Pipe-line, Chubby

The fork dropout may break

causing loss of control and fall

to rider.

The firm offered a free

replacement of suspension

fork to all owners and

dealers.

06/97 Scubapro

Sturtevant, WI

G500 second stage regulator

with a v.i.v.a. control knob

Failure of the knob could

result in death by drowning,

brain embolism, or other

diving injuries by allowing

water to flow into the second

stage regulator.

Consumers are to contact

their local dealers to

arrange for a free repair

and replacement of

control knob.

06/97 Yamaha Motor Corporation,

USA

Cypress, CA

Snow mobile

Use of the product presents a

potential fire hazard.

The product's dealers will

repair units free of charge.

06/97 Evenflo Products Company,

Inc.

Piqua, OH

Evenflo Happy Camper, Happy

Cabana and Kiddie Camper

Portable Play Yards and Travel

Cribs

A child may become entraped

in a collapsed play yard if the

hinges are not fully rotated, or

an injury may result from

cracked or broken hinges.

For all products,

consumers are to contact

Evenflo for hinge covers.

For products with cracked

or broken hinges,

consumers are to call for a

replacement product.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-46

07/97 Hunter Douglas, Inc.

Upper Saddle River, NJ

Continuous looped cords on

pleated and cellular window

coverings: Silhouette, Vignette,

and Easy Glide/Easy Rise

Shades

A child may be strangled by

the extended looped cords.

Cord tensioning devices

became standard on all

Hunter Douglas'

continuous looped

window shades. The firm

is participating in an

industry-wide program

which provides free

tie-down devices to

consumers who call a

toll-free number.

07/97 Sporting Supply Group Inc.

Farmers Branch, TX

Ultra Smith weight lifting

equipment, model

#CHUNEWSM

Adjustable bar stops used to

catch weight bar may slip from

position causing the bar to fall

injuring the user.

The firm provided

consumers with free stop

bar replacements with

instructions.

07/97 Cosco, Inc.

Columbus, IN

Tubular metal cribs

Use of the cribs presents

entrapment and suffocation

hazards.

The firm offered

consumers in-home repair

and redesigned the cribs.

07/97 Price/Costco Corporation, Inc.

Issaquah, WA

Splash Off Rocket water toy,

item 175

The rocket may break under

pressure resulting in injuries

to users.

Consumers are to return

the toy to retailer for a full

refund.

07/97 Polaris Industries Inc.

Minneapolis, MN

Snowmobile, 1997 Indy 440XC

model # 0971760 and 1997

Indy XCF # 0971643

Riders may experience a loss

of steering control.

The firm offered

consumers free repair at

snowmobile dealers.

07/97 STX, Inc.

Baltimore, MD

Lacrosse stick/handle, Titanium

Plus

The handle may break causing

lacerations to the hand.

Consumers are to return

the stick to the

manufacturer for a free

replacement handle.

07/97 Giant Bicycle Inc.

Rancho Dominquez, CA

Bike brake grip, Shimano,

Giant Mountain Bikes

The brake grip may fail

resulting in lost or diminished

braking capabilities.

Consumers are to return

the bicycle to dealer for

free repair.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-47

07/97 Kawasaki Motor Corporation

Irvine, CA

2 wheel all-terrain motorcross

cycle, 1997-KX125-K4;

KX250-K4

The rider could lose control of

cycle.

Owners are to return to

dealers for a free repair.

07/97 The Coleman Company, Inc.

Wichita, KS

Deluxe camp axe, model

#836-430T

The plastic cover around the

head of the axe can crack and

break causing the axe to come

off striking the user.

The firm notified

consumers of the recall

providing a full refund of

the purchase price.

07/97 Division Sales, Inc.

Itasca, IL

Infant Toy, Baby Buzz Stretch

Mobile, item no. 28448

The toy presents a

strangulation hazard if it is

hung across a crib or playpen.

Consumers are to return

the toy to the retailer for a

refund.

07/97 Hayward Pool Products

Elizabeth, NJ

Electronic pool heater (natural

& LP gas),150,000 to 400,000

BTU sizes

The heater may allow the

water to heat excessively

resulting in skin burns to

bathers.

The firm retrofitted all

H-series by installing a

redesigned ignitor

assembly.

07/97 Ames Department Stores, Inc.

Rocky Hill, CT

Piano stool, styles VTF910A

and VTF910B

The legs of the piano stool

may collapse causing the

occupant to fall to the floor

sustaining an injury.

The firm recalled the

piano stools offering

owners a refund of the

purchase price.

07/97 Shimano American

Corporation

Irvine, CA

Bike crank assembly, models

FC-CT90, FC-M290, FC-MC12

The crank assembly may fail

causing injury to the rider.

The firm recalled the

crank assembly offering a

free replacement.

07/97 The Pfaltzgraff Company

York, PA

Pizza stones

If cooking oils are used during

baking, and the stone is

cleaned during oven's

self-cleaning cycle or at very

high oven temperatures, the

stones can catch on fire.

Consumers are to call

Pfaltzgraff at toll free to

receive new use and care

instructions. Consumers

can also return their pizza

stones for a full refund.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-48

07/97 Icon Health & Fitness, Inc.

Logan, UT

Pro Form R-930 Space Saver

exercise equipment model

#PFCR64060

During use, the machine may

unexpectedly close into the

storage position causing

injuries.

The firm provided owners

a repair kit with

instructions.

07/97 In-Mar Trading Inc.

Levittown, PR

Extension Cords, models

70027; 70032; 70033; 70036

Use of the product presents

fire and shock hazards.

The firm recalled the

products.

07/97 Ferris Industries, Inc.

Vernon, NY

Riding & walk behind

lawnmowers, models H3222K,

H3225K, H2220, H2222k,

DDS, BGF

The lawnmowers present a

potential fire hazard due to gas

leakage.

Consumers are to contact

the manufacturer for free

replacement gas caps.

07/97 Snapper Power Equipment Co.

McDonough, GA

Riding mower, models

HZS14380BVE, HZ15420KVE,

HZS14330BVE,

HZS15420KVE

Use of the mowers presents a

potential fire hazard.

Deflecting panel to be

installed on bagging unit

to keep dried grass

clippings away from

muffler area.

07/97 Zeneca Inc.

Wilmington, DE

Baqua Plus Oxidizer Increaser

Use of the product may result

in thermal/chemical burns.

The firm is offering

consumers a replacement

or a refund of the

purchase price.

07/97 Dynacraft, Ind.

Ashland, MA

Bicycle, 26 inch Magna

The cranks may fail causing

the rider to lose control of the

bicycle.

The firm is offering

consumers free repair or

replacement of the cranks

on all effected bicycles.

07/97 Ohio Art Co.

Bryan, OH

Splash Off Rocket water toy,

item #175

The water rocket can break

apart while being filled and

sharp pieces of plastic may

cause serious lacerations.

Consumers are to return

to store for full refund.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-49

07/97 C.L. Industries King of Fans

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Portable electric ceramic heater,

model H415

Use of the product presents

fire and electrocution hazards.

The firm recalled the

product.

07/97 STK International, Inc.

Vernon, CA

100 Light Miniature Christmas

lights, model XI-494

The electric lights present a

fire hazard.

Consumers are to return

the items to the retail

stores where purchased

for a complete refund. The

firm ceased distribution of

the affected items.

07/97 Four Seasons General

Merchandise

Vernons, CA

6 foot extension cord, model

4613A

The extension cords present

fire and electric shock

hazards.

The firm ceased

distribution of the cords.

07/97 Homelite, Inc.

Charlotte, NC

BP-250 Gasoline-powered

backpack blower

Fuel leaks from the blower

presenting a potential fire

hazard.

The firm provided free

repair at servicing dealers.

08/97 Avent America Inc.

Addison, IL

Infant food and bottle warmer

The warmer may overheat

possibly causing a fire.

The firm enhanced the

mechanics of the warmer

to reduce the possibility of

overheating and the

potential for fire.

08/97 Carrier Corporation

Syracuse, NY

Direct vent multi-poise

high-efficiency gas furnaces,

brands: Carrier, Bryant, Payne,

Day & Night

Use of the gas furnaces may

result in burn and/or

inhalation injuries from fires.

Carrier will arrange for

free in-home repairs.

08/97 FAO Schwarz, Incorporated

New York, NY

Patric the Pup plush dog, style

3121-0281

The toy may contain a metal

object that would cause a

laceration injury.

The firm is to use a metal

detector to search each

unit for sewing needles or

any metal objects.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-50

08/97 Fujitsu PC Corporation

Milpitas, California

Mini-docking station, model

FPCDS02(A)

Use of the product presents an

electric shock hazard.

Replacement

mini-docking station will

be provided to end users.

08/97 Zenith Electronic Corp.

Glenview, IL

Television, models Z35X21D,

Z36X31D, Z36X32D,

Z36H41D

The set may tipover if placed

on a bowed or warped surface,

possibly injuring consumers.

The firm will send

technicians to consumer's

home to repair sets free of

charge.

08/97 Moulinex, S.A.

Paris, France

Moulinex Model# 864 Juice

Extractor

Filter and lid can come apart

and project parts that can cut

someone.

The firm will provide

consumers with a refund

of purchase price and

postage reimbursement.

08/97 Bunn-O-Matic

Springfield, IL

Coffee maker, model B8B and

B8W

Use of the coffee makers

presents an electric shock

hazard.

The firm offered

consumers a refund or a

free replacement.

08/97 Chemetronics Caribe, Inc.

Ashland, MA

Heat detector- series 500

Stargard AT

The detector may fail to signal

the warning of a fire

condition.

The firm recalled the

detector and provided a

free replacement.

08/97 Rotarex Inc., N.A.

Hilton Head Island, SC

Valve on 20lb. propane tank

A loose handle on the valve

could create a possible fire and

explosion.

The firm offered to repair

or replace the product.

08/97 Worthington Cylinders Ind.,

Inc.

Columbus, OH

Ceodeux valve in 20 lb.

propane tank.

The loose handle on the valve

could create a fire and an

explosion.

The firm offered to repair

or replace the product.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-51

08/97 E-Z-GO Division of Textron,

Inc.

Augusta, GA

Personnel carrier, E-Z-Go

The brakes may fail causing

the operator to lose control of

the carrier.

The firm offered owners

free inspection or repair.

08/97 Echlin, Inc.

Bradford, CT

Personnel Carrier used

primarily to move persons in

airports

The brakes may fail resulting

in a collision and injury to

persons riding on or standing

near affected personnel

carriers.

Echlin is currently

working with those

companies that

manufacture personnel

carriers to identify the

potentially affected

vehicles in the field and to

implement a voluntary

corrective action plan.

08/97 Kompan, Inc.

Olympia, WA

Mosaiq Curly Climber

playground equipment

Use of the equipment presents

the potential for head

entrapment.

The firm offered a

replacement with other

equipment.

08/97 Spiegel, Inc.

Downers Grove, IL

Garden Tube Lanterns, item

No. 77-2645

The glass lantern may crack

when over heated, shattering

glass onto persons in its

immediate area.

The firm recalled the

lanterns offering owners a

refund of the purchase

price.

08/97 Placo Products Co.

Commerce, CA

Star Wonders flying dolls,

#2610 & #2617

The wings may detach when

the doll is in flight hitting

someone in the face resulting

in serious eye injuries.

Consumers should return

the dolls to the retailers

for a refund of the

purchase price.

08/97 B.C.I. Burke Co., LLC

Fond Du Lac, WI

Segmented playground slide

The potential for strangulation

exists if the drawstrings in

children's clothing become

caught in the slide's seams.

The seams are to be sealed

with silicone caulk.

09/97 Dayton Hudson Corporation

Minneapolis, MN

Field Gear Baby infant garment

with satin trim and bow, style

no. F71-1112, sizes 12, 18 and

24 months

The satin bow may detach and

present a risk of choking or

ingestion.

Consumers are to return

the garments to the retail

store for a full refund.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

F-52

09/97 Honeywell Consumer Products,

Inc.

Southborough, MA

Duracraft portable baseboard

heater, model CZ-520

The fan may become stuck

causing heater to overheat,

posing a fire hazard.

The firm will provide

consumers with a free

replacement unit.

09/97 Digital Equipment Corp.

Maynard, MA

AC adapter

Use of the adapter presents a

potential shock hazard.

The firm offered a free

replacement adapter with

instructions.

09/97 Rosalco Incorporated

Jeffersonville, IN

3-in-1 metal bunk bed

A child's head may become

entrapped between the spaces

in the top bunk.

The firm provided a

retrofit kit to consumers.

09/97 E. Mishan and Sons Inc.

(EMSON)

New York, NY 

The PerfectCan can opener

The opener cuts the rim on the

can sharp enough to cause

minor cuts.

The firm ceased sales and

distribution of the

product.

09/97 Kmart

Troy, MI

Swimming dive mask by

Healthways Oceanside

Mask lens may break resulting

in eye injury to swimmer.

The firm offered a full

refund to purchasers.

09/97 Millennium Industries. Inc.

Plantation, FL

High back beach chair, item

13599

Occupant may sustain bodily

injuries as a result of the chair

collapsing.

The retailer recalled the

chair offering consumers

a refund of the purchase

price.

09/97 American Promotional Events,

Inc.

Florence, AL

Red Devil artillery shell

fireworks device, item CP641

The cardboard launch tube

may unravel or break affecting

the performance of shells

placed in tube and possibly

resulting in injury to people

nearby.

The firm recalled the

devices from retailers.

09/97 Duracraft Corp.

South Borough, MA

Humidifiers, models

DH-901/902/903/904

The product may overheat

presenting a fire hazard.

The firm recalled the

product.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

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09/97 American Promotional Events,

Inc.

Florence, AL

12" MX missile fireworks

device, items MX, CP145

The fins on the missile may

loosen or detach, allowing the

missile to fly erratically

possibly striking persons

nearby.

The firm recalled the

devices from retailers.

09/97 The Clorox Co.

Oakland, CA

QuickSilver wheel cleaning

polish

Use of the product presents a

poison hazard.

Consumers are to return

the product to retailers for

a refund.

09/97 Pottery Barn

San Francisco, CA

Lugano glass top coffee table,

item #1103266

The table top may shatter

resulting in cuts from broken

glass.

The firm will deliver free

in-home replacements to

consumers.

09/97 W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Newark, DE

Clearly Mobile TV cable reel

Use of the cable reel presents a

potential fire hazard.

The firm will provide a

refund of the full purchase

price.

09/97 Pottery Barn

San Francisco, CA

Savannah hanging porch

swing, item #1039445

The swing may fall resulting

in injuries to its occupant.

The firm will provide for

in-house removal of swing

and a full refund of the

purchase price.

09/97 Fisher Controls International,

Inc.

McKinney, TX

Two-stage gas regulator, item

R332-41

Use of the regulator presents

an explosion hazard.

Consumers are to return

the product to the firm for

re-crimping and testing.

09/97 Viva Sportswear

New York, NY

Children's wear, Route 66 and

Little Miracles

Use of the clothing presents a

potential choking hazard.

The firm removed the

garments from sale and

will refund the purchase

price to consumers who

return the garments.
Date Firm and Product Alleged Hazard Remedy

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09/97 Ace Hardware Corporation

Oak Brook, IL

Tye-Sil resin folding chair,

models 386000 and 386002

Chair looses rigidity when

exposed to direct sunlight and

may collapse when sat upon.

The firm recalled the

chairs offering consumers

a refund of the purchase

price.

09/97 Spring Hill Woodcrafters

Greensburg, PA

Bunk bed models #92 and

#1013

A child may become entrapped

in the railings which could

result in strangulation.

The firm recalled the

bunk beds offering to

repair them free of charge.

09/97 Kidron Woodworking

Apple Creek, OH

Bunk bed, KID #215

A child may become entrapped

in the railings which could

result in strangulation.

The firm recalled the beds

offering to repair them

free of charge.

09/97 Spicer Outdoor Power

Equipment Products

Fredricktown, OH

Torque spider cylinders used in

brake assemblies on personal

carrier carts

The brake fluid may leak

possibly causing brake failure.

The firm worked with its

customers and the

cylinder manufacturer to

identify the potentially

affected brake assemblies

and to implement a

voluntary corrective

action plan.
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Litigation and Settlements

Part I of this appendix summarizes the federal court cases, categorized by type, to which

the Commission was a party during fiscal year 1997. Part II summarizes the civil penalty

settlement agreements accepted by the Commission during fiscal year 1997.

Part I

Criminal Cases

U.S. v. Daniel Guida, Jr. and Andrew Garey Webb, No. 96-1964-B (S.D. Calif.). 

Daniel Guida, assisted by Andrew Garey Webb, rented a post office box in San Diego

under an assumed name, and sold unlabeled bottles of alkyl nitrite through the mail to a

federal agent in Kansas City, Missouri. (These products, commonly known as "poppers,"

are inhaled for their euphoric and physical effects.) The two men acted after being notified

by CPSC that these products are banned under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). 

On October 17, 1996, Mr. Webb pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count under the CPSA. 

The court sentenced him on January 2, 1997 to two years probation, a $2400 fine, and

150 hours of community service. On July 29, 1997, Mr. Guida pleaded guilty to a felony

count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and to a CPSA misdemeanor count. The

court sentenced Mr. Guida to five years probation, with home detention for the first six

months. 

U.S. v. UtilityFree, Inc. and John D'Angelo, No. 97-CR-312 (D. Colo.). In July 1993

John D'Angelo, president of UtilityFree, delivered to John Lawrence a bottle of potassium

hydroxide solution as part of an order. Under federal laws administered by CPSC such

solution, a highly corrosive clear liquid, must be packaged in child-resistant containers

with specified labeling information, and may not be packaged in reused food containers. 

Mr. Lawrence, an electrician, planned to use the solution in his "sideline" job as an

installer of photoelectric batteries in homes. After using some of the solution, Mr.

Lawrence retained the rest for later use, on the advice of UtilityFree. In December 1993

Mr. Lawrence was transporting the solution and other possessions to a rented storage

facility near his new home. He agreed to let 15-year-old Justin Pulliam help. Justin drank

some of the solution and died 13 days later. On September 30, 1997, John D'Angelo

pleaded guilty to fifteen counts of shipping potassium hydroxide in reused milk and water

jugs and shipping other chemicals in violation of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act

and the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. After accepting the plea, the magistrate

scheduled sentencing for January 26, 1998. 

Civil Penalty/Injunction Cases
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U.S. v. Big Save International Corp., No. 96-5318 (C.D. Calif.). From 1992 through

1993 Big Save imported one bicycle, one baby walker, two pacifiers, one rattle, four toys

intended for children under three years of age, and three sets of crayons that failed to

comply with the Commission's regulations for those products. On July 31, 1996, the

government filed a complaint seeking a civil penalty and an injunction. Big Save filed its

answer on October 7, 1996. Following a settlement conference with a magistrate, the

parties settled the case. On May 27, 1997, the court entered a consent decree for

injunction and payment by Big Save of a $100,000 civil penalty.

U.S. v. Atlas Importers, Inc. (D. S. Car.). For six years, Atlas Importers had imported

49 different shipments of fireworks that failed to comply with CPSC's regulations and with

the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. Before a complaint was filed in court, Atlas

agreed to pay the government a civil penalty of $54,000 to settle the case.

U.S. v. Shelton Fireworks, No. 96-6131-CV-SJ-1 (W. D. Mo.). Over a four-year

period, Shelton Fireworks imported 23 different shipments of fireworks that failed to

comply with CPSC's regulations and with the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. On

October 2, 1996 the government filed a complaint seeking a civil penalty and injunction. 

Shelton filed an answer on November 29, 1996. During the spring, summer, and fall of

1997, the parties engaged in discovery, including depositions, interrogatories, and

document production.

Warrant Case

In the Matter of Establishment Inspection of Midwest Fireworks Manufacturing

Co., Inc., No. 597M-5088 (N.D.Ohio). To investigate possible violations of the CPSC's

fireworks requirements, CPSC investigators arrived on June 24, 1997 to inspect Midwest's

warehouse. When they were unable to obtain full access to the warehouse, they sought a

warrant. On the same day, June 24, the court issued a Warrant for Inspection and the

investigators executed it. On June 25, 1997, the investigators filed a "return" with the

court. 

Cases Against the Commission
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Douma, et al. v. F.W. Enterprises, et al., No. CV 96-73-Bu-JDS (D. Mont.). On March

7, 1994, Commission staff notified F.W. Enterprises that fireworks it imported were

banned hazardous substances. On April 28, 1994, Commission staff approved F.W.

Enterprises' application for authorization to destroy the fireworks by having them crushed

by a bulldozer and then buried. The destruction took place on August 8, 1994 and was

witnessed by a U.S. Customs Service agent. While plaintiff Martin Douma ran over the

fireworks with the bulldozer, they ignited and burned him. He brought this action under

the Federal Tort Claims Act, serving a complaint on the government on July 19, 1996. 

The government filed its answer on September 17, 1996. Following some discovery and a

July 22, 1997 settlement conference with a magistrate, the government agreed to settle the

claim against it for $1.65 million. On September 10, 1997, the parties signed a Stipulation

for Compromise Settlement.

Daisy Manufacturing Company, Inc. v. CPSC, No. 96-5152 (W.D. Ark.) and No. 97-

1458 (8th Cir.). In February 1996 Capital Cities/ABC filed a Freedom of Information Act

request for information on the Commission's investigation of an alleged defect with Daisy

BB guns. After the Commission closed its investigation, it decided that some information

in its file could be disclosed. On April 12, 1996, Daisy objected to such disclosure. On

May 16, 1996, the Commission's Freedom of Information Officer decided not to disclose

any information. On July 19, 1996, ABC appealed that decision to the Commission's

General Counsel. On August 30, 1996, the General Counsel informed ABC that the FOI

Officer has reconsidered his decision and was prepared to disclose some information. On

the same day, the FOI Officer informed Daisy that the information would be disclosed in

10 days. Daisy sought and obtained an extension of that 10-day period until September

30, 1996. On September 26, 1996 Daisy filed a complaint seeking an injunction

preventing the Commission from disclosing the information. On November 15, 1996,

ABC filed a motion to intervene, which the court granted on December 3, 1996. After the

three parties filed briefs, the court found no error in CPSC's decision to disclose the

disputed information. On February 5, 1997 the court denied Daisy's request for an

injunction and dismissed the case. Daisy appealed the court's decision to the U.S. Court

of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Daisy filed its appellate brief on April 4, 1997, and the

government filed its responsive brief on May 7, 1997. The appellate court heard oral

argument on September 8, 1997. 

Dorr v. Ann Brown, Chairman, CPSC, No. AW-96-3936 (D. Md.). This case seeks 

injunctive relief and compensatory damages for illegal discrimination in violation of 
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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In a complaint filed on December 23,

1996, CPSC employee Young Soon Dorr alleged that CPSC created a hostile work 

environment by publicly humiliating her, interfering with her work performance,

and denying her a promotion. On February 21, 1997, the government filed a motion to

dismiss or to grant summary judgment. On April 7, 1997, the court granted the 

motion as to the claim of failure to promote and denied it as to the claim of hostile 

work environment. On April 8, 1997, Ms. Dorr filed an amended complaint. The 

government filed a motion to dismiss or to grant summary judgment on the

amended complaint, which the court denied on May 27, 1997. The court issued

scheduling orders on June 30 and August 4, 1997, and discovery began.

Shelton and National Fireworks Association, Ltd. v. CPSC, No. 97-6021-CV-SJ-4-6

(W. D. Mo.). Since 1969, the Federal Hazardous Substances Act has imposed statutory

restrictions on the distribution of certain fireworks devices. Under regulations of the Food

and Drug Administration and CPSC, additional restrictions have existed. Under those

statutory and regulatory provisions, CPSC takes enforcement actions against the products

of Shelton and members of the National Fireworks Association. On February 14, 1997,

the plaintiffs filed a complaint and motion for preliminary injunction, alleging that CPSC

acted illegally. On March 4, 1997, the government filed a motion to dismiss. On April 10,

1997, the judge filed a Memorandum to Counsel, to which both sides responded. On May

8, 1997, the court denied the plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction and the

government's motion to dismiss. During the spring and summer of 1997, discovery was

underway. 

Handlery Hotels, Inc. and Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies v. CPSC, No. 97-

1100-B (S. D. Calif.). Beginning in July 1996, an attorney representing Fireman's Fund

Insurance Company requested information from CPSC. In September 1996 and April

1997, CPSC disclosed some of the information and withheld other information. On April

10, 1997, the attorney appealed the decision of the CPSC's Freedom of Information

Officer to withhold some information. On May 14, 1997, the CPSC's General Counsel

affirmed the FOI Officer's decision. On June 9, 1997, the plaintiffs filed a complaint, and

on July 24, 1997, they moved to compel preparation by the government of a "Vaughn

index" (listing and describing withheld information). On August 15, 1997, the government

filed an answer and opposed the motion by stating its intention to file a motion for

summary judgment and Vaughn index in the future. On August 26, 1997, the court

conditionally granted the motion and ordered the government to file a Vaughn index after

it moved for summary judgment. On September 30, 1997, the government moved for

summary judgment, and attached a Vaughn index. 
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Civil Penalty Settlements

In the Matter of Brinkmann Corporation (CPSC No. 97-C0001)--The firm settled staff

allegations that it knowingly failed to report various products under section 15(b) of the

Consumer Product Safety Act by paying a civil penalty of $175,000.

In the Matter of CSA, Inc.(CPSC No. 97-C0009)--The firm agreed to pay a civil penalty of

$100,000 to settle staff allegations it knowingly failed to report problems with its "E-Force" style

T1200 Cross Trainer exercise riders under section 15(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act.

In the Matter of Dots, Inc. (CPSC No. 97-C0008)--The firm settled staff allegations that it

knowingly violated the Flammable Fabrics Act by selling rayon skirts and cotton sweatshirts in its

stores that violated the Commission's standards for the flammability of wearing apparel. The firm

agreed to pay a penalty of $50,000.

In the Matter of Four Seasons General Merchandise (CPSC No. 97-C0003)--The firm agreed

to pay a civil penalty of $110,000 to resolve staff allegations that it repeatedly and knowingly

violated the Federal Hazardous Substances Act by selling toys and other articles that did not

comply with Commission regulations.

In the Matter of Hartman Products (CPSC No. 97-0002)--The firm agreed to pay a civil

penalty of $60,000 to resolve staff allegations it knowingly failed to report defects in its Pro 1600

hair dryers in a timely manner under section 15(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act.

In the Matter of Nutone, Inc. (CPSC No. 97-C0004)--The firm paid $110,000 to settle staff

allegations that it knowingly failed to report problems with its ST-1000 wall mounted AM/FM

stereo receiver and cassette player under section 15(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act.

In the Matter of One Price Clothing Stores (CPSC No. 97-C0007)--The firm paid a civil

penalty of $50,000 to resolve staff allegations that it knowingly violated the Flammable Fabrics

Act by selling flammable rayon skirts and scarves in its retail stores.

In the Matter of STK International, Inc. (CPSC No. 97-C0005)--The firm agreed to settle staff

allegations that it repeatedly and knowingly violated Commission toy regulations under the

Federal Hazardous Substances Act. The firm agreed to pay a civil penalty of $80,000.

In the Matter of The Toro Company (CPSC No. 97-C0006) The firm settled staff allegations

that it knowingly violated section 15(b) of the CPSA by failing to report defects in its riding lawn

mowers and tractors. Toro agreed to pay a civil penalty of $250,000.
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Index of Products Regulated By CPSC

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Reference Source

 Title 16 CFR

Product Act Type of Regulation Part Number

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Acetaminophen PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(16)

exemption 1700.14(a)(16)(i),(ii)

Acetic acid HSA labeling 1500.129(g)

Acetonitrile (see glue remover)

Adhesives, HSA labeling 1500.133

 containing methyl alcohol HSA exemption from 1500.83(a)(34)

labeling

 nitrocellulose base HSA exemption from 1500.83(a)(10)

labeling

 floor covering HSA exemption from 1500.83(a)(13)

labeling

 extremely flammable contact CPSA ban 1302

CPSA to be regulated 1145.3

under CPSA

Aerosols HSA suggested labeling 1500.130

 (see self-pressurized products)

Aluminized polyester film kite HSA ban 1500.18(c)(1)

Ammonia, ammonia water HSA labeling 1500.129(g)

 (house-hold), ammonium hydroxide

Antennas

 (CB base station and TV) CPSA labeling requirement 1402

 (Omnidirectional CB base station) CPSA performance and 1204

certification

Antifreeze, ethylene glycol HSA labeling 1500.14(a)(2),

(b)(2)

 PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(11)

Antiquing kits HSA exemption from 1500.83(a)(25)

labeling

Appliances, coal and wood-burning CPSA provision of 1406

perfor-mance and 

technical data

Architectural glazing materials CPSA safety standard 1201

Art materials HSA exemption from ban 1500.85(a)(4)

HSA labeling 1500.14(b)(8)

Artist's paints CPSA exemption from lead 1303.3(c)(2)

limit
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Reference Source

 Title 16 CFR

Product Act Type of Regulation Part Number

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Asbestos-containing patching CPSA ban 1304

 compounds CPSA to be regulated 1145.4

under the CPSA

Asbestos-containing garments HSA ban 1500.17(a)(7)

 for general use

Asbestos-containing artificial CPSA ban 1305

 emberizing materials CPSA to be regulated under 1145.5

the CPSA

Aspirin products PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(1)

effervescent tablet 1700.14(a)(1)(i)

exemption

unflavored powders 1700.14(a)(1)(ii)

exemption

Baby bouncers and walkers HSA standard and ban 1500.18(a)(6)

exemption from banning 1500.86(a)(4)

Balloons, plastic mixtures HSA exemption from banning 1500.85(a)(4)

Bassinet legs CPSA to be regulated under 1145.15

the CPSA

Batteries, storage, wet-cell PPPA exemption from special 1700.14(a)(9)

packaging

Benzene (benzol) HSA special labeling 1500.14(b)(3)(i)

Benzene (paint solvents) PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(15)

Bergamot oil HSA labeling 1500.13(e)

Betamethasone PPPA exemption from special

packaging

Bicycles HSA ban 1500.18(a)(12)

safety requirements 1512

Bicycle helmets CPSA safety requirements 1203

Biological specimens, preserved HSA exemption from ban 1500.85(a)(4)

Blasting caps HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(35)

Butane in cigarette lighters HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(29)

Carbolic acid (phenol) HSA labeling 1500.129(d)

Carbon tetrachloride HSA ban 1500.17(a)(2)

Carpets and rugs (large) FFA standard (FF 1-70) 1630

Carpets and rugs (small) FFA standard (FF 2-70) 1631
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Reference Source

 Title 16 CFR

Product Act Type of Regulation Part Number

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Caustic poisons HSA labeling 1500.129

 potash HSA labeling 1500.129

PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(5)

 soda HSA labeling 1500.29(j)

PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(5)

Cellulose sponges HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(15)

Cellulose insulation CPSA standard 1209

CPSA labeling 1404

Charcoal briquettes HSA classification as 1500.12(a)(1)

hazardous

special labeling 1500.14(b)(6)

Chemistry sets HSA exemption from labeling 1550.83(a)(23)

exemption from banning 1500.85(a)(1)

Child-resistant packaging PPPA criteria and substances 1700

 (see special packaging) subject

Chlorofluorocarbons, self CPSA labeling requirement 1401

 pressurized products containing

Cholestyramine, anhydrous PPPA exemption from special 1700.14(A)(10)(v)

packaging 

Cigarette lighters HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(29)

exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(20)

CPSA standard 1210

Clacker balls HSA requirements 1500.18(a)(7)

1500.86(a)(5)

Cleaning products HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(11)

Clothing (see wearing apparel, sleepwear)

Coal burning appliances (see appliances)

Coldwave permanent neutralizers PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(19)

 containing sodium bromate or

 potassium bromate

Colestipol PPPA exemption from special 1700.14(a)(10)(xv)

packinging

Combustible hazardous HSA definition 1500..3(c)(iii)

 substances flashpoint testing 1500.43a

Conjugated estrogens tablets PPPA exemption from special 1700. 1 4(a)(10)(xvii)

packaging
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Reference Source

 Title 16 CFR

Product Act Type of Regulation Part Number

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Consumer product CPSA reporting of sub- 1115

stantial product 

hazards

Containers, consumer-owned HSA exemption from full 1500.83(a)(14)

 (portable) labeling

Controlled drugs PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(4)

Corrosive substances HSA definition 1500.3(b)(7),(c)(3)

Cosmetics HSA exemption 1500.81(a)

Crib hardware CPSA to be regulated under 1145.14

the CPSA

Cribs (full-size) HSA ban 1500.18(a)(13)

safety requirements 1508

Crib (non-full-size) HSA ban 1500.18(a)(14)

safety requirements 1509

Crib, mesh-sided CPSA to be regulated under 1145.12

the CPSA

Cushions, infant HSA ban 1500.18(a)(16)

Cyanide salts HSA ban 1500.17(a)(5)

Dibucaine PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(24)

Dietary supplements, iron-containing PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(13)

Diethylene glycol HSA labeling 1500.14(a)(1)

special labeling 1500.14(b)(1)

exemption from 1500.83(a)(15)

labeling

Diethylenetriamine HSA labeling 1500.13(c)

Diglycidyl ethers HSA labeling 1500.13(c)

Diphenhydramine preparations PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(17)

Disclaimer deceptive use of HSA misbranded 1500.122

Drain cleaners, liquid HSA ban 1500.17(a)(4)

PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(5),(9)

Drugs, controlled PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(4)
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Reference Source

 Title 16 CFR

Product Act Type of Regulation Part Number

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Drugs, oral prescription PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(10)

 Except:

 Nitroglycerin tablets (sublingual) 1700.14(a)(10)(i)

 Isosorbide dinitrate 1700.14(a)(10)(ii)

 (10 mg. sub-lingual and chewable tablets)

 Erythromycin ethylsuccinate 1700.14(a)(10)(iii)

 (8 gm oral suspension and granules

 for oral suspensions)

 Erythromycin ethylsuccinate 1700.14(a)(10)(xvi)

 tablets (no more than 16 gm)

 Cyclical oral contraceptives 1700.14(a)(10)(iv)

 Anhydrous cholestyramine 1700.14(a)(10)(v)

 (powder form)

 Potassium supplements (containing 1700.14(a)(10)(vi) 

 not more than 50 MEq potassium

 per unit dose package)

 

 Sodium fluoride (264 mg per package 1700.14(a)(10(vii)

 of liquid forms and tablet forms) 

 Betamethasone (12.6 mg per package) 1700.14(a)(10)(viii)

 Pancrelipase in tablet, capsule or 1700.14(a)(10)(ix)

 powder form

 Prednisone tablets 1700.14(a)(10)(x)

 (not more than 105 mg per package)

 Mebendazole (600 mg per package) 1700.14(a)(10)(xiii)

 Methylprednisolone tablets 1700.14(a)(10)(xiv)

 (not more than 84 mg per package)

 Colestipol (packages containing not 1700.14(a)(10)(xv)

 more than 5 grams of powder)

 Conjugated estrogens tablets 1700.14(a)(10)(xvii)

 (not more than 32 mg per package)

Norethindrone acetate tablets 1700.14(a)(10)(xviii)

 (not more than 50 mg per package)

 Medroxyprogesterone acetate tablets 1700.14(a)(10)(xix) 

 

Drugs, iron-containing PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(12)

Dry-cleaning solvents HSA exemption from 1500.83(a)(18)

labeling

Emberizing materials, CPSA ban 1305

 artificial, containing

 asbestos

Epoxy resins HSA labeling 1500.13(c)

Erythromycin ethylsuccinate, PPPA exemption from 1700.14(a)(10)(iii)

 Suspension and granules for special packaging

 suspension

 Chewable tablets 1700.14(a)(10)(xvi)

Ethanol-containing mouthwash PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(22)

Ethylenediamine HSA labeling 1500.13(c)
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Reference Source

 Title 16 CFR

Product Act Type of Regulation Part Number

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Ethylene glycol in felt pads HSA exemption frcm labeling 1500.83(a)(28)

special labeling 1500.14(b)(4)

Ethylene glycol HSA labeling 1500.14(a)(2),(b)(2)

special packaging 1700.14(a)(11)

Ethylene glycol antifreeze HSA labeling 1500.132

Expandable children's enclosures CPSC to be regulated under 1145.13

the CPSA

Exports (noncomplying products) All reporting requirements 1019

Extremely flammable contents of HSA definition 1500.3(c)(6)(vii)

 self-pressurized containers method to determine 1500.45

flashpoint testing 1500.46

exemption from 1500.83(a)(1)

labeling

Extremely flammable HSA definition 1500.3(c)(6)(i)

 hazardous substances testing method 1500.43a

Extremely flammable solids HSA definition 1500.3(c)(6)(v)

testing method 1500.44

Eye irritants HSA testing method 1500.3(b)(8),(c)(4)

definition 1500.42

Fabrics FFA flammability 1602-1632

Felt-tip marking devices HSA labeling exemption 1500.83(a)(9)

Ferrous oxalate HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(17)

Fertilizers, dry granular HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(21)

Fire extinguishers HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(24)

labeling, warning 1500.15(a)(b)

Fireworks HSA ban (more than 2 grains 1500.17(a)(3)

pyrotechnic material

for audible reports)

ban (firecrackers 1500.17(a)(8) & 9

more than 50 mg.)

exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(27)

agricultural exemption 1500.17(a)(3)

exemption from 1500.85(a)(2)

classification

special labeling 1500.14(b)(7)

ban reloadable tube 1500.17(a)(11)

aerial shells more than

1.7 inches in outer

diameter)

multiple tube mines & shells; 1500.17(a)(12)

stability test 1507.12

safety requirements 1507
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Reference Source

 Title 16 CFR

Product Act Type of Regulation Part Number

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First Aid HSA policy for emesis 1500.134

labeling

Flammable contents of HSA definition 1500.3(c)(6)(viii)

 self-pressurized containers method for determining 1500.45

flashpoint testing 1500.46

exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(1)

Flammable solids HSA definition 1500.3(c)(6)(vi)

testing method 1500.44

Flammable substances HSA definition 1500.3(c)(6)(iii)

flashpoint testing 1500.43a

Food HSA exemption from specific

labeling 1500.81(a)

Formaldehyde HSA labeling 1500.13(d)

Fuel HSA exemptions 1500.81(b)

exemptions from banning 1500.85(a)(5)

special packaging 1700.14(a)(7)

Fuel kits with HSA exemption from banning 1500.85(a)(12), (13)

difluorodichloromethane warning label

Furniture, painted with CPSA ban 1303

 lead-containing paint

Furniture polish, liquid PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(2)

Furniture polish, paste HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(8)

Garage Door Openers, CPSA requirements for 1211

 automatic residential equipment protector

Gasoline HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(14)

special labeling 1500.14(b)(3)

labeling 1500.14(a)(3)

Glazing compounds HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(13)

Glue remover containing PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(18)

 acetonitrile (household)

Hartshorn HSA labeling 1500.129(1)

Heaters (see appliances)

Highly toxic substances HSA definition 1500.3(e)

testing method 1500.40

labeling 1500.121

Household substances HSA definition 1500.3(c)(10)
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Hydrochloric acid HSA labeling 1500.129(a)

Hypochlorous acid HSA labeling 1500.129(h)

Ibuprofen PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(20)

Imported products & ALL policy 1009.3

 importers

Imports HSA various 1500.265-272

Industrial supplies HSA exemption 1500.3(c)(10)(i)

Infant cushions HSA ban 1500.18(a)(16)

Ink, cartridges HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(7),(38)

 dry concentrate containers HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(12)

Ink-marking devices HSA exemption 1500.83(a)(9)

Insulation, cellulose CPSA standard 1209

Iron preparations PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(12),(13)

Irritant substances HSA definition 1500.3(g)

testing method 1500.41

Isobutane in cigarette lighters HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(29)

Isosorbide dinitrate, PPPA exemption from special 1700.14(a)(10)(ii)

 prescription sublingual and packaging

 chewable forms

Ketoprofen PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(26)

Kerosene HSA labeling 1500.14(a)(4)

special labeling 1500.14(b)(3)

exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(14)

special packaging 1700.14(a)(7)

Kindling and illuminating preparations PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(7)

Kites, aluminized polyester film HSA ban 1500.18(c)(1)

Labels HSA requirements 1500.121

condensation 1500.123

informal comment on 1500.128

exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(5)

Laboratory chemicals, HSA exemption from banning 1500.85(a)(4)

 if educational and labeling 1500.85(a)(5)

Lacquers HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(13)
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Lawn darts HSA ban 1500.18(a)(4)

CPSA ban 1306

Lawnmowers, power CPSA performance standard, 1205

labeling rule, and

certification rule

Lead in paint HSA ban over 0.5% 1500.17(a)(6)

(pre-1978)

CPSA ban over 0.06% 1303

(1978 and later)

Lidocaine PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(23)

Lighter fluid, etc. PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(7)

Lunar caustic (silver nitrate) HSA labeling 1500.129(k)

Lye HSA labeling 1500.129(j)

PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(5)

Matchbooks CPSA standard 1202

Matches HSA exemption from flamma- 1500.83(a)(2)

bility labeling

Mattresses FFA standard (FF 4-72) 1632

Mebendazole PPPA exemption from special 1700.14(a)(10)(xiii)

packaging

Medroxyprogesterone acetate PPPA exemption from special 1700.14(a)(10)(xix)

 tablets packaging

Methyl alcohol (methanol) HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(10)

labeling

1500.14(a)(4),(b)(4)

exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(19)

exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(34)

PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(8)

Methylprednisolone PPPA exemption from special 1700.14(a)(10)(xiv)

packaging

Methyl salicylate PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(3)

Mineral oil (in toys) HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(33)

Mineral seal oil HSA labeling 1500.14(a)(3)

special labeling 1500.14(b)(3)

PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(2)

Mineral spirits HSA labeling 1500.14(a)(3)

special labeling 1500.14(b)(3)

special packaging 1700.14(a)(15)
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Mirrors CPSA exemption from lead 1303.3(c)(2)

limit

Mixtures of hazardous substances HSA labeling 1500.5

Mouthwash with ethanol PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(22)

Multiple hazard, substances with HSA labeling 1500.127

Naphtha HSA labeling 1500.14(a)(3)

special labeling 1500.14(b)(3)

Naproxen PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(25)

Nitric acid HSA labeling 1500.129(c)

Nitroglycerine, prescription PPPA exemption from special 1700.14(a)(10)(i)

sublingual dosage packaging

Norethindrone acetate tablets PPPA exemption from 1700.14(a)(10)(xviii)

packaging

Oral contraceptives PPPA exemption from special 1700.14(a)(10)(iv)

cyclical packaging

Orris root, powdered HSA labeling 1500.13(b)

Oxalic acid and salts HSA labeling 1500.129(e),(f)

Packages, child-resistant

 (see child-resistant packaging) 

Packages, sample PPPA submission 1700.14(b)

Paint, lead in HSA ban over 0.5% 1500.17(a)(6)

(pre-1978)

CPSA ban over 0.06% 1303

(1978 and later)

CPSA to be regulated under 1145.2

the CPSA

Paint solvents PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(15)

Painting kits HSA exemption 1500.83(a)(25)

Pancrelipase PPPA exemption from special 1700.14(a)(10)(ix)

packaging (11),(13),(14),(20)

Paper items HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(3)

list

Paraphenylenediamine HSA labeling 1500.13(a)

Patching compounds, CPSA ban 1304

 containing asbestos
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Perchloroethylene in HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(31)

 visual novelty devices

Percussion explosives HSA definition 1500.3(c)(7)(i)(a)

Petroleum distillates HSA labeling 1500.14(a)(3)

special labeling 1500.14(b)(3)

exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(8),(9),

Phenol (carbolic acid) PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(7),(2),(15)

HSA labeling 1500.129(d)

Photodynamic sensitizer HSA definition 1500.3(b)(9)

Photographic color HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(25)

 processing kits

Plant foods, dry HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(21)

 granular

Playpens: CPSA to be regulated under 1145.13

 expandable the CPSA

 mesh-sided CPSA to be regulated under 1145.11

the CPSA

Poisons, caustic HSA labeling requirements 1500.129

Polishing products HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(11)

Potash, caustic HSA labeling 1500.129(i)

special packaging 1700.14(a)(5)

Potassium hydroxide HSA labeling 1500.129(i)

PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(5)

Potassium supplements, PPPA exemption from special 1700.14(a)(10)(vi)

 effervescent packaging

Prednisone PPPA exemption from 1700.14(a)(10)(x)

special packaging

Pressure-generating substances HSA definition 1500.3(c)(7)(i)

Primary irritant HSA definition 1500.3(g)(2)

testing method 1500.41

Propellant devices for model rockets HSA exemption from banning 1500.85(a)(8),(9),(12)

 (12), (13)

Radiator cleaners HSA as household substance 1500.3(c)(10)(i)

Radioactive substances HSA defined exemption 1500.3(b)(11),(c)(8)

Refrigerator doors RSA standard to permit 1750

opening from inside
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Refuse bins, unstable CPSA ban 1301

Roof coatings HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(13), (34)

Rope, cord, string, etc. HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(4)

Rugs (see Carpets)

Rubber vulcanizing HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(13)

Salt (sodium chloride) HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(1)

Self-pressurized products HSA exemption from full 1500.83(a)(1)

labeling

testing method for 1500.45,46

flammable or extremely

flammable contents

information statements 1500.130

required

 containing chlorofluorocarbons CPSA labeling requirement 1401

 containing vinyl chlorides HSA ban 1500.17(a)(10)

Sensitizers HSA definitions 1500.3(b)(9), (c)(5)

Signal words HSA labeling requirements 1500.121

Silver nitrate (lunar caustic) HSA labeling 1500.129(k)

Sleepwear, children's HSA FFA standard (FF 3-71) 1615

 sizes 0-6x, sizes 7-14 standard (FF 5-74) 1616

Sodium arsenite HSA labeling 1500.132(b)

Sodium fluoride PPPA exempting from special 1700.14(a)(10)(vii)

 (prescription aqueous solutions) packaging

Sodium hydroxide HSA labeling 1500.129(j)

Sodium/potassium hydroxide PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(5)

Solder kit HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(30)

Solder paste HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(22)

Special packaging PPPA standards 1700.15

re-use prohibited 1700.15(c)

test procedure 1700.20

restricted flow 1700.15(d)

requirement

Spot removers, HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(18),(19),(26)

 single use

Spot removing kits HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(25)

Sponges, cellulose HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(15)
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Squeeze toys CPSA to be regulated under 1145.10

the CPSA

Stoddard solvent HSA labeling 1500.14(a)(4)

special labeling 1500.14(b)(3)(ii)

Stoves, coal and wood burning

 (see appliances)

Strong sensitizers HSA definition 1500.3(b)(9)

list of 1500.13

Sulfuric acid HSA labeling 1500.129(b)

PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(9)

Swimming pool slides CPSA standard 1207

Tank coatings HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(34)

Thread, string, twine, etc. HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(4)

Toluene (toluol) HSA labeling 1500.14(a)(3)

special labeling 1500.14(b)(3)(ii),(iii)

exemption from labeling

1500.83(a)(8),(9),(11),(13)

Toluene (paint solvents PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(15)

Toxic substances HSA definition 1500.3(b)(5),(c)(2)

labeling 1500.121,129

test method 1500.40

Toys

 balloons, latex HSA labeling 1500.19

 balls, small HSA ban 1500.18(a)(17)

labeling 1500.19

 caps and toy guns HSA ban 1500.18(a)(5)

 producing impulse-type sound testing method 1500.47

exemption from banning 1500.85(a)(2)

1500.86(a)(6)

 clacker balls HSA ban 1500.18(a)(7)

exemption from banning 1500.85(a)(5)

 dolls presenting hazards HSA ban 1500.18(a)(3)

exemption from banning 1500.86(a)(2)

 electrically-operated toys HSA ban 1500.18(b)

 and children's article requirements 1505

labeling 1505.3

performance 1505.6

 games, HSA exemption from 1500.85(a)(7)

 self-pressurized hollow plastic toys banning 
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Toys (cont'd)

 games HSA labeling 1500.19

 marbles HSA labeling 1500.19

 

 mineral oil HSA exemption from banning 1500.83(a)(32)

 mechanical hazards (various) HSA ban 1500.18(a)

 pacifiers HSA ban 1500.18(a)(8)

safety requirements 1511

 noisemaking toys HSA ban 1500.18(a)(2)

 painted with lead HSA ban, over 0.5% (pre-1978) 1500.17(a)(6)

CPSA ban, over 0.06% 

(1978 & later) 1303

 squeeze CPSA to be regulated under the CPSA 1145.10

 rattles HSA bans 1500.18(a)(1) & (15)

exemption from banning 1500.86(a)(1 )

safety requirements 1510

 sharp edges HSA technical requirements 1500.49

 sharp points HSA technical requirements 1500.48

 small parts HSA ban 1500.18(a)(9)

safety requirements 1501

 model rockets HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(36)

 model rockets, propellant HSA exemption from labeling 1500.85(a)(8),(9),(10),

 (11),(12),(13)

 sewing machines HSA requirements 1505.4(h)(3)

 stuffed animals with laceration hazard HSA ban 1500.18(a)(3)

 stuffed toys to be suspended CPSC to be regulated under 1145.9

the CPSA

 toys HSA labeling 1500.19 

 train smoke HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(33)

 use and abuse tests HSA testing procedures 1500.50.53

labeling 1500.14(a)(5)

exemption 1500.83(a)(8)

PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(6)

Tubes, collapsible metal HSA labeling 1500.121(e)

Unpackaged hazardous substances HSA labeling requirements 1500.121(f)

Turpentine HSA special labeling 1500.14(b)(5)

Varnish HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(13)

Video games CPSA exemption from electrically- 1505

operated toy requirements

Vienna paste HSA labeling 1500.129(i)
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Vinyl chloride HSA ban 1500.17(a)(10)

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Vinyl plastic film FFA standard (CS 192-53) 1611

Visual novelty devices HSA exemption 1500.83(a)(31)

 containing perchloroethylene

Volatile flammable materials HSA flashpoint testing method 1500.43

Walker-jumper HSA ban 1500.18(a)(6)

exemption from classification 1500.86(a)(4)

Water-repellant mixtures, masonry HSA ban 1500.17(a)(1)

Wax containers HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(8)

Waxes, paste for autos, furniture, HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(8)

 floors, shoes

Wearing apparel FFA standard (CS 191-53) 1610

Wood burning appliances

 (see appliances)

Writing instruments HSA exemption from labeling 1500.83(a)(38)

Xylene (xylol) HSA labeling 1500.14(a)(3)

special labeling 1500.14(b)(3)(ii),(iii)

exemption from labeling

1500.83(a)(8),(9),(11),(13)

Xylene (paint solvents) PPPA special packaging 1700.14(a)(15)
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Federal-State Cooperative Program

The Commission is required by Section 29 of the Consumer Product Safety Act to

establish "a program to promote Federal-State cooperation for purposes of carrying out the Act."

Federal, state and local cooperative programs are one key to CPSC's success in reducing

unreasonable risks of injury to consumers. State and local professionals bring the Commission's

programs "alive" when they deliver CPSC information, education and services to the public they

serve at the local level. The public resides in counties, cities and towns served by dedicated state

and local health, consumer and safety professionals. These professionals know the needs of their

communities and know best how to meet their needs. Resources invested in providing

information, contracts and materials to state and local professionals returns many times that

amount in consumer product safety programs delivered to people where they live, work and play.

The Directorate for Field Operations plans, organizes, directs and controls the

Commission's Federal-State Cooperative Program. This program receives overall direction

through the Field Operating Plan which is formulated directly from the Commission's yearly

Operating Plan. The Federal-State plan provides direction to the three Regional Centers which

provide operational day-to-day contact with the states.

State designees are the Commission's primary liaison with state and local officials. State

Designees are appointed, at the Commission's request, by the Governor of each state. This

individual serves as a liaison for product safety efforts within the state.

State designees are selected after analyzing each state's structure. Each represents that

department of state government most compatible with the CPSC mission. In most states it is the

Department of Health. In others, it is the Office of the Attorneys General or the Department of

Agriculture or Consumer Protection.

In addition to working with State Designees, CPSC Regional Centers regularly cooperate

with local government officials, as well. Keeping up with designees in 50 states and territories is

demanding, but working with thousands of local officials is most difficult. To solve this problem,

CPSC always works with State Designees and selectively works with local officials. "Selectively"

is defined as meaning the proper official at the proper place at the proper time.

The Federal State Cooperative Plan consists of four major components:
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1. Contracts. Cost effective state and local contracts allow the Commission to accomplish

product safety work in places across our nation that CPSC would not get to. Because CPSC

contracts are usually small, state and local governments often match the Commission's funds with

their own to accomplish the objective. 

2. Memoranda of Understanding (MOU)-Partnership Agreements. MOUs and

partnership agreements with states extend overall consumer protection through more effective use

of collective resources. Partnering is an arrangement between CPSC and state agencies wherein

both parties agree to share, at no cost, the responsibility for certain product safety activities. 

3. Commissioning. Commissioning has the effect of making a state or local employee a

federal officer for the purposes of conducting investigations, inspections, recalls and sample

collections.

State or local officials are qualified for and capable of functioning as an official of the

CPSC. CPSC trains state and local officials to qualify for a commission.

4. States' Information-Sharing Program. CPSC routinely transmits information on

Commission programs and activities to states in order that Designees, their staff and others may

respond to media inquiries and be kept current on Commission developments.

States share their success stories with CPSC and the Commission, in turn, disseminates

this information to all of the states. 

The funded work done by the states is subject to the same quality assurance and is held to

the same high standards as work done by the CPSC field staff. The progress and direction of the

state work is monitored through weekly conference calls, quarterly reports and a final report at

the end of the fiscal year. This enables the Regional Centers to assure that the state contract work

is proceeding in accordance with the Commission's Operating Plan and is of adequate quality to

meet the Commission's needs. The states report on other product safety work, not funded by

CPSC, by providing highlights and summaries to CPSC field offices for input into their required

program reports.

State and Local Contracts Program

Cost-effective contracts with state and local agencies for needed services provide a basis
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upon which greater cooperation can grow. Because the missions are compatible, state and local

governments usually match CPSC funds with their own money to accomplish the objective. In

addition, state and local contracts allow the Commission to accomplish product safety work in

places across our nation that CPSC would not get to otherwise.

In FY97, the Commission supported the state and local contracts program in the amount

of $130,000 -- for Compliance, Hazard Identification and Reduction, and Consumer Information

activities. 

States or local agencies that participated in the 

FY 1997 CPSC contracts program

Mid-Atlantic Service Center

Maryland Pennsylvania

Department of Health & Mental Hygiene Bucks County Consumer Protection

Recall Checks Voluntary Standards Monitoring

In-depth Investigations

Voluntary Standards Monitoring

New Jersey

Camden County Consumer Affairs

In-depth Investigations

Voluntary Standards Monitoring

Eastern Region
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Connecticut New York

Department of Consumer Protection Consumer Protection Board

Recall Checks Voluntary Standards Monitoring

 In-depth Investigations

Voluntary Standards Monitoring Puerto Rico

Department of Consumer Affairs

Florida In-depth Investigations

Department of Agriculture Recall Checks

Recall Checks

Voluntary Standards Monitoring Vermont

Department of Health

New Jersey Recall Checks

Department of Law and Public Safety

Recall Checks Virgin Islands

In-depth Investigations Department of Licensing and

Voluntary Standards Monitoring Consumer Affairs

Recall Checks

Monmouth County Consumer Affairs

Recall Checks

Voluntary Standards Monitoring

Passaic County Consumer Affairs

Recall Checks

Cumberland County Consumer Affairs

Recall Checks

Voluntary Standards Monitoring

Mercer County Consumer Affairs

Recall Checks

Voluntary Standards Monitoring

Union County Consumer Affairs

Recall Checks

Voluntary Standards Monitoring
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Central Region

 

Alabama Nebraska

Department of Public Health Department of Health

Recall Checks Recall Checks

Voluntary Standards Monitoring

Georgia North Dakota

Office of Consumer Affairs State Laboratories

Recall Checks Recall Checks

In-depth Investigations Voluntary Standards Monitoring

Voluntary Standards Monitoring

Ohio

Illinois Department of Health

Department of Health Recall Checks

Voluntary Standards Monitoring Voluntary Standards Monitoring

Iowa Wisconsin

Department of Public Health Department of Agriculture

In-depth Investigations In-depth Investigations

Recall Checks Recall Checks

Voluntary Standards Monitoring Voluntary Standards Monitoring

Kansas

Bureau of Disease Prevention and

 Control

Recall Checks

In-depth Investigations

Voluntary Standards Monitoring

Kentucky

Bureau of Health Services

In-depth Investigations

Recall Checks

Voluntary Standards Monitoring

Michigan

Department of Public Health

Voluntary Standards Monitoring

Mississippi

State Board of Health

Recall Checks

Voluntary Standards Monitoring
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Western Region

Arkansas New Mexico

Department of Health Poison Center

Recall Checks Voluntary Standards Monitoring

In-depth Investigations

Voluntary Standards Monitoring Oklahoma

Department of Health

California Recall Checks

Department of Health Services Voluntary Standards Monitoring

Recall Checks

In-depth Investigations Texas

Department of Health

Bureau of Home Furnishings Recall Checks

Voluntary Standards Monitoring In-depth Investigations

Voluntary Standards Monitoring

San Francisco Bay Area Regional 

 Poison Control Center

Voluntary Standards Monitoring

Colorado

Department of Health

Recall Checks

In-depth Investigations

Voluntary Standards Monitoring

Tri-County Health Department

In-depth Investigations

Idaho

S.E. District Health Department

Recall Checks 

Voluntary Standards Monitoring

Central District Health Department

Recall Checks

Louisiana

Department of Justice

Recall Checks

Montanta

Department of Health and
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 Human Services 

Recall Checks
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Federal-State-Local Cooperative Program

Commissioning Program

Section 29(a)(2) of the Consumer Product Safety Act provides the Commission authority

to commission state and local officers for conducting any of three activities on behalf of the

CPSC: investigations, inspections, and sample collections.

In furtherance of the Congressional mandate to establish a program to promote Federal

and state cooperation, the Commission assists in training state and local officials to qualify for a

commission. After commissioning, those officials are knowledgeable in CPSC procedures for

inspections, investigations, sample collection, and preparation and submission of reports.

Currently, 241 officials in 30 states are commissioned by the CPSC.

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State(s) or Commonwealth Department Commissioned Officers

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Mid-Atlantic Service Center

Delaware Board of Pharmacy Dale W. Magee

Bonnie Wallner

James L. Kaminski

Calvin M. Campbell

Paul Davis

William H. Knotts

Maryland Department of Health & G. Howard Burch

Mental Hygiene Pamela J. Engle

Office of Food David Roberts

Protection & Consumer Bruce Wilhelm

Health Services James D. Naylor

Michael A. Elseroad

Linda Westfall

Partricia A. Schwaninger

 John Frank Arthur

Division of Drug Control Robert Chang

Jack H. Freeman

William A. Hahn

Charles H. Tregoe

Leon Weiner

Harold B. Jones

Pennsylvania Bucks County Susan Rich

Steven R. Reilly
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Mid-Atlantic Service Center (Continued)

West Virginia Department of Labor Andrew Brown

William Hoffman

Eastern Region

Connecticut Department of Joan Jordan

Consumer Protection Cynthia M. Clavette

Vincent J. Pugliese, Jr.

Florida Department of James R. Kelly

Agriculture & Charles W. Andrews

Consumer Services Douglas W. Jennings

Antonio V. Johnson

New Jersey Office of Consumer Anthony J. Brennan

Affairs Terry Lawrence Smith

Frank C. Stevens

Edna M. Woods

Mary H. Moore

Joseph Palaia

Frank Salensky

James Andrew Mallett

Cumberland County Louis G. Moreno, Jr.

William Walters

Monmouth County Dorothy H. Avallone

Jane Jennings

Mary D. Flaherty

Beverly Cohen

Passaic County Mary Ann Maloney

Office of Consumer

Affairs

Union County Ollie Boone

Leida Martinez

Patric Morris

Puerto Rico Department of Jose Rodriguez Sanchez

Consumer Affairs Carlos Mateo Alers

Eunice M. Caussade
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Eastern Region (Continued)

South Carolina Department of James H. Mattox, Jr.

Health & Environmental Arthur C. Stanley

Control Kenneth W. Montgomery

Samuel H. McNutt

Miriam M. Jones

Charles W. James, Jr.

Rebecca H. Cameron

Board of Pyrotechnic Bill Porcel

Safety Gerard W. Wingard

Department of Consumer Phillips S. Porter

Affairs Herbert Walker

William E. Margee

Virgin Islands Consumer Services Calvin L. Brooks

Administration

Central Region

Alabama Department of Public Carol Myslinger

Health James McVay

Douglas P. O'Connor

Mary Elizabeth Lewis

Neil A. Accortt

Teresa Sturbois

Zahid Khawaja

Georgia Office of Consumer Inez Winfrey

Affairs Connie P. Spearman

Charles F. Mills

Russell F. Laurens

Michael A. Kaiser

Diane W. Holland

Mary Joyce Flournoy

Miriam R. Collins

Margaret K. Cash

Calvin Cash

David R. Boucher
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Central Region (Continued)

Georgia (Continued) Office of Consumer Perry Charles Lunsford

Affairs Brenda D. Womack

Tryllis Hallford

Jared J. Smith

Monty D. Mohr

Ruth J. Ormond

Sondra Sue Pitts

Edmund J. Bazar

Alma F. Washington

Pamela Y. Wells

Brad W. Houston

Queen C. Acree

Indiana State Department Linda J. Hayman

of Health

Iowa Department of Public Debra L. Cooper

Health Michael Magrant

William F. Permar

Kansas Department of Health James A. Pyles

and Environment Roger E. Ozias

Bureau of Foods Gary Magathan

and Drugs Launa Osbourn

Gerald E. Vornholt

Earnest E. Barnes

Stephen N. Paige

David R. Bustos

William G. Spaniol

Daniel S. Hutchinson

Don Parsons

Mary T. Glassburner

Gregory O. Willis

Kenneth R. DeLude

Allison Crouch

Mark Lackey

Bonnie J. Howell

Melinda L. Rice
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Central Region (Continued)

Kentucky Department of Human Michael B. Cavanah

Resources Florann R. Strevels

Terry M. Wescott

Bureau of Health Services Douglas L. Jackson

Maxine M. Brown

Mississippi State Board Willie L. Brown, Jr.

of Health

Missouri Department of Health John G. Norris

Ohio Department of Public Michael W. Moser

Health Gary L. Matson

Tennessee Department of Agriculture Richard V. Heinrich

Food and Drug Division Ed K. Watson

Western Region

Arizona Department of Health Ronald O. Friday

Services Patricia Arreola

Ernesto A. Alonso

Cecil M. Fowler

Ronald B. Holley

Michael Patz

Michael J. Porch

Arkansas Department of Health John R. Carter

Kenneth E. Free

Wynn D. Grandgeorge

Tamara Almand

Edward L. Free

Jennings B. Ivy

James P. Jones

Jim Shelby

William R. Comer

Gerald K. O'Bryan

Robert L. Kemp

Charles B. Presson
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Western Region (Continued)

Arkansas (Continued) Department of Health Jimmy W. Shelby

James H. Tanner

Haldor M. Wilkes

Martha Chitwood

Carla Gilbreath

Gerald O'Bryan

State Fire Marshal's Office Dyane B. Mathews

California Department of Health Charles R. Carey

Services Glen C. Lawrence

Food and Drug Branch Christopher Wogee

Sacramento Bruce D. Morden

Frank J. Nava

James J. Paidl

Howard Ratzky

Zuma D. Ross

Edwin Linquist, Jr.

Ozzie R. Schmidt

Ingeborg B. Small

Alan VanGinkel

Daniel J. Walsh

David L. Weston

Sharon P. White

Department of Health Joseph N. Bagwood

Services, Sacramento Joseph E. Bewley

James R. Gibson

Michael C. Gutierrez

Dennis M. Moore

Jon R. Salmi

James M. Waddell

Paul W. Walfoort

Kathleen L. Young

Department of Health Patrick S. Kennelly

Services Daniel L. Seid

Food and Drug Branch

San Jose
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State(s) or Commonwealth Department Commissioned Officers

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Western Region (Continued)

California (Continued) Department of Health Eddie Lopez

Services Barbara J. Moynier

Food and Drug Branch

San Diego

Department of Health Anthony R. Falzone

Services, Food and Drug Branch

Los Angeles

Department of Health Arthur Schleicher Jr.

Services, Food and Drug Branch

Stockton

Department of Health Dan R. Chitwood

Services Carl E. Costella

Food and Drug Branch Jim D. Eddington

Berkeley James Gorka

Michael F. Hernandez

Tamara Y. Jackson

Gerald G. Leech

Jeffrey C. Lineberry

Department of Health Laurie E. Youngren

Services, Food and Drug

Branch, Terminal Island

Department of Consumer Linda Magdeleno

Affairs, Bureau of Home

Furnishings, Sacramento

Bureau of Home Carrie L. Cathalifaud

Furnishings and Thermal Terry D. Lee

Insulation, North Highland David E. Whipple

Byron R. Bluem, Jr.

Richard A. Lasiter

Leo D. Virata

Poison Control Center Linda J. Pope

Elise C. Stone
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Western Region (Continued)

Colorado Department of Health Larry T. Berryman

William C. Norris

Clark C. Wilson

Roberta L. Boitano

Ricky A. Finney

Barbara A. Hruska

Patricia A. Klocker

Dale T. Tanda

Victoria Smith

Jacalyn Whelan

Tri-County Health Chris J. Wiant

Department Susan J. Salyards

Darryl R. Thompson

Lisa C. Butts

Guam Department of Public Rosanna Rebago

Health John F. Salas

and Social Services Bernardino O. Valera

Annabelle L. Cauz

Idaho Southeast District Health Randy B. Grove

Caldwell

New Mexico Department of Health Paul Jewell

Oklahoma Department of Health K.C. Ely

Richard Gunn

Tommy L. Nash

Nevin L. Starkey

Oregon City of Gresham Fire Laird A. Case

Department Richard A. Jones

Len A. Malmquist

Joseph B. Parrott

Rebecca L. Thompson

Texas Department of Health Charles Hallmark

Austin Mackie Lawrence

Ronald O. Sims
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State(s) or Commonwealth Department Commissioned Officers

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Western Region (Continued)

Texas (Continued) Department of Health Joe Balderas

Arlington Rhonda Howe

 Richard M. Lerro

Department of Health Richard Boykin

Houston Steven Matoon

Robert H. Lance
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Federal-State-Local Cooperative Program

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)-Partnership Agreements

It is the policy of the CPSC to initiate and enter into MOU's with agencies of state or local

governments. Such cooperation creates a partnership which extends overall consumer protection

through more effective use of collective resources. Partnering creates an arrangement between

CPSC and state or local agencies wherein both parties agree to share, at no cost to the other

party, the responsibility for certain product safety activities. These agreements are usually with

agencies having responsibilities that are similar to CPSC's.

Partnership agreements have resulted in a free exchange of information on inspectional

activity, recalls, enforcement actions, and outreach programs. It has provided cross-training and

an increase in state expertise in product safety.

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State or Commonwealth Department

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Mid-Atlantic Service Center

Delaware Department of Community Affairs

and Economic Development

Board of Pharmacy

District of Columbia Department of Consumer and

Regulatory Affairs

Maryland Department of Health & Mental

Hygiene

Drug Control Administration

Pennsylvania Department of Health

Allegheny County Health Dept.

Bureau of Consumer Protection

Virginia Department of Agriculture &

Consumer Services

Board of Pharmacy

West Virginia Department of Labor

Board of Pharmacy
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State or Commonwealth Department

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Eastern Region

Connecticut Office of Chief Medical Examiner

Drug Control Division

Department of Consumer Protection

Florida Department of Agriculture

and Consumer Services

Maine Division of Health Engineering

Home Economic Resource Center

Northeast Combat

Division of Licensing & 

Enforcement

Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Board of Registration in Pharmacy

New Hampshire Safety Council

New Jersey Office of Consumer Protection

Drug & Poison Information Center

New York Education Department

Office of Profess. Discipline (OPD)

North Carolina State Board of Pharmacy

Puerto Rico Department of Consumer Affairs

Board of Pharmacy

Rhode Island Consumers' Council

Division of Drug Control

South Carolina Department of Health and 

Environmental Control

Board of Pharmacy

Virgin Islands Consumer Services Administration

Board of Pharmacy
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State or Commonwealth Department

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Central Region

Alabama Department of Public Health

Georgia Office of Consumer Affairs

Illinois Department of Public Health

Office of Environmental Health

Indiana State Department of Health

Iowa State Department of Public Health

Kansas Dept. of Health & Environment

Kentucky Department of Human Services

Michigan Center for Environmental Health

Sciences

Department of Health

Minnesota Attorney General's Office

Mississippi State Board of Health

Missouri Department of Health

Nebraska State Dept. of Health

North Dakota State Laboratories Branch

Ohio Department of Health

South Dakota Department of Health

Tennessee Department of Agriculture

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture

Trade & Consumer Division
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State or Commonwealth Department

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Western Region

Alaska Department of Health

and Social Services

Arizona Board of Pharmacy

Arkansas Department of Health

Board of Pharmacy

California Department of Health

Food & Drug Section

Bureau of Home

Furnishing

Colorado Department of Health

Idaho Board of Pharmacy

Louisiana Board of Pharmacy

Montana Department of Health &

Environmental Services

Board of Pharmacy

New Mexico Health & Environment

Department

Oklahoma State Department

of Health

Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal

Board of Pharmacy

Texas Department of Health

Board of Pharmacy

Washington Board of Pharmacy

Wyoming Board of Pharmacy
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List of State Designees

State Designees are the Commission's primary liaison with state and local officials. State

Designees are appointed, at the Commission's request, by the Governor of each state. This

individual serves as a liaison for product safety efforts within the state.

Eastern Region

Connecticut

Commissioner Mark Shiffrin

Department of Consumer Protection

State Office Building

Room 103

165 Capitol Avenue

Hartford, Connecticut 06106

(860) 566-4999

FAX: (860) 566-7630

Florida

Mr. J. R. Kelly, Director

Consumer Services Division

Department of Agriculture and

 Consumer Services

235 Mayo Building, 2nd Floor

Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0800

(850) 922-2967

FAX: (850) 487-4177

Maine

Mr. Clough Toppan

Director, Division of

 Health Engineering

Department of Human Services

Bureau of Health

157 Capitol Street, Station 10

Augusta, Maine 04433

(207) 287-5686

FAX: (207) 287-4172

Massachusetts

Ms. Cynthia Rogers

Co-Director, Injury Prevention

 and Control Program

Department of Public Health

250 Washington Street - 4th Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02108-4619

(617) 624-5424 

FAX: (617) 624-5075 

New Hampshire

Ms. Marie Kiely

Chief, Injury Prevention Program

Bureau of Maternal & Child Health

Department of Health & Human

 Services

6 Hazen Drive 

Concord, New Hampshire 03301

(603) 271-4520 

FAX: (603)271-3827 

New Jerse y

Mr. Mark S. Herr

Director, Division of Consumer Affairs

Department of Law and Public Safety

124 Halsey Street, 7th Floor

P.O. Box 45027

Newark, New Jersey 07101

(201) 504-6320

FAX: (201) 648-3538
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Eastern Region (Continued)

New York

Mr. Timothy S. Carey

Director of the Board and 

Executive Director

Consumer Protection Board

5 Empire Plaza - Suite 2101

Albany, New York 12223

(518) 486-3933

FAX: (518) 474-2474

North Carolina

Ms. Jeanne Givens

Head, Injury Prevention Branch

Division of Health Promotion

Department Health

 and Human Services

PO Box 29605

Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0605

(919) 715-6448

(FAX): (919) 733-9575

Puerto Rico

Hon. Jose Antonio Alicea

Secretary

Department of Consumer Affairs (DACO)

P. O. Box 41059 - Minillas Station

Santurce, Puerto Rico 00940

(809) 721-0940

FAX: (809) 726-6570

Rhode Island

Ms.Nancy Libby Fisher

Program Manager, 

Unintentional Injury Program

Division of Disease Prevention and Control

Department of Health

Three Capitol Hill - Room 408

Providence, Rhode Island 02908-5097

(401) 277-1394, Ext. 149

FAX: (401) 277-4515

South Carolina

Mr. Phillip Porter

Administrator

Department of Consumer Affairs

2801 Devine Street - 2nd Floor

P. O. Box 5757

Columbia, South Carolina 29250

(803) 734-9452

FAX: (803) 734-9365

Vermont

Ms. Deborah Dameron

Health Promotion Specialist

Division of Epidemiology and

 Disease Prevention

Department of Health

108 Cherry Street - PO Box 70

Burlington, Vermont 05402

(802) 863-7359

FAX: (802) 863-7425

Virgin Islands

Commissioner Osbert Potter

Department of Licensing

 and Consumer Affairs

Golden Rock Shopping Center

Christiansted, St. Croix,

Virgin Islands 00820

(809) 773-7408

FAX: (809) 778-7896
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Mid-Atlantic Service Center

Delaware

Ms. Mary McDonough

Director, Division of Consumer

 Affairs

Department of Community Affairs

820 North French Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19801

(302) 577-3250

FAX: (302) 577-3862

District of Columbia

Ms. Barbara Gibbs

Acting Chief, Office of Employment

 and Support Service

Department of Consumer

 & Regulatory Affrairs

614 H Street, N.W., Suite #108

Washington, D.C. 20001

(202) 727-7171

FAX: (202) 727-7842

Maryland

Diane L. Matuszak, M.D.

Associate Director

Community and Public

 Health Administration

Department of Health and 

 Mental Hygiene

201 W. Preston Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21201

(410) 767-6788

FAX: (410) 333-7106

Pennsylvania

Ms. Sharon Straub

Information Specialist

Education and Information Unit

Bureau of Consumer Protection

Office of Attorney General

Strawberry Square

Harrisburg, PA 17120

(717) 772-0907

FAX: (717) 787-1190

Virginia

Ms. Erima Shields.

Director, Coalition for Childhood

 Injury Prevention

Division of Child and Adolescent Health

Department of Health

1500 East Main Street - PO Box 2448

Room 101

Richmond, Virginia 23218-7367

(804) 225-4483

FAX: (804) 371-6031

West Virginia

Mr. Andrew A. Brown

Assistant to the Commissioner

Department of Commerce, Labor and

 Enviromental Resources

1800 Washington Street East, Rm. 319

Charleston, West Virginia 25305

(304) 558-7890

FAX: (304) 558-3797
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Central Region

Alabama

Mr. James J. McVay

Office of Health Promotion and

 Information

Department of Public Health

201 Monroe St. Rm. 900

Montgomery, Alabama 36130-1701

(334) 206-5300

FAX: (334) 206-5534

Georgia

Mr. Barry W. Reid

Administrator

Office of Consumer Affairs

2 Martin Luther King Dr.

Plaza Level East

Atlanta, Georgia 30334

(404) 656-3790

FAX: (404) 651-9018

Illinois

Ms. Edith Sternberg

Chief

Center for Health Promotion

Department of Public Health

525 W. Jefferson Street

Springfield, Illinois 62761

(217) 785-2060

FAX: (217) 782-3987

Indiana

Ms. Linda A. Hayman

Division of Health Education

Department of Health

2 North Meridian - 3rd Floor

Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-3003

(317) 233-7294

FAX: (317) 223-7378

Iowa

Mr. Jack Kelly

Director, Division of Disease

 Prevention

State Department of Health

Lucas State Office Building

East 12th and Grand

Des Moines, Iowa 50319

(515) 281-7785

FAX: (515) 281-4958

Kansas

Mr. James Pyles

Consumer Product Safety Officer

Department of Health & Environment

Bureau of Food, Drug & Lodgings

109 S.W. 9th Street, Suite 604

Topeka, Kansas 66612

(913) 296-5602

FAX: (913) 296-6522

Kentucky

Mr. Terry Wescott

Health Program Administrator

Div of Environmental Health

and Community Safety

Department for Public Health

Cabinet for Human Resources

275 East Main Street

Frankfort, Kentucky 40621

(502) 564-4537

FAX: (502) 564-6533
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Central Region (continued)

Michigan

Ms. Linda Harner

Chief, Unintential Injury Section

Department of Public Health

3423 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

P.O. Box 3095

Lansing, Michigan 48909

(517) 335-8397

FAX: (517) 335-8395

Minnesota

Mr. Douglas Blanke

Assistant Attorney General

Consumer Protection Division

Attorney General's Office

Suite 1400 - NCL Tower

445 Minnesota Street

St. Paul, Minnesota 55101

(612) 296-2306

FAX: (612) 296-9663

Mississippi

Mr. Willie L. Brown, Jr.

Branch Director 

Department of Health

2423 No. State Street 

P. O. Box 1700

Jackson, Mississippi 39215-1700

(601) 960-7689

FAX: (601) 354-6120

Missouri

Ms. Cherie Crowe

Director, Office of Injury Control

Department of Health

930 Wildwood Drive

Jefferson City, Missouri 65109

(573) 751-6365

FAX: (573) 526-5967

Nebraska

Mr. Keith Hansen

Coordinator of Injury Control

 Programs

Department of Health

301 Centennial Mall South

Lincoln, Nebraska 68509

(402) 471-2101

FAX: (402) 471-0383

North Dakota

Ms. Carol Holzer

Maternal and Child Health

Department of Health and

 Consolidated Laboratories

600 E. Boulevard, 2nd Floor

Judicial Wing

Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0200

(701) 328-2493

FAX: (701) 328-4727

Ohio

Mr. Michael Moser

Health Risk Reduction

Department of Health

246 North High Street

Eighth Floor

Columbus, Ohio 43266-0588

(614) 644-8655 

FAX: (614) 644-7740

South Dakota

Ms. Doneen Hollingsworth

Secretary of Health

523 E. Capitol Avenue

Pierre, South Dakota 57501-3182

(605) 773-3361

FAX: (605)-773-5904
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Central Region (Continued)

Tennessee

Mr. Jimmy Hopper

Director, Quality & Standards

 Division

Department of Agriculture

Hogan Road - P. O. Box 40627 

Melrose Station

Ellington Agriculture Center

Nashville, Tennessee 37204

(615) 360-0150

FAX: (615) 360-0335

Western Region

Alaska

Commissioner Karen Purdue

Department of Health

 and Social Services

P. O. Box 110601

Juneau, Alaska 99811-0601

(907) 465-3030

FAX: (907) 465-3068

Arizona

Mr. Lee A. Bland

Chief

Office of Environmental Health

Department of Health Services

3815 N. Black Canyon Highway

Phoenix, Arizona 85015

(602) 230-5830

FAX: (602) 230-5933

Wisconsin

Ms. Merry Fran Tryon

Director, Department of

 Agriculture, Trade and Consumer 

 Protection - P.O. Box 8911

2811 Agriculture Drive

Madison, Wisconsin 53704-6777

(608) 224-4921

FAX: (608) 224-4939

Arkansas

Mr. Jim Shelby

Assistant Director

Division of Environmental Health

 Protection

Department of Health

4815 West Markham

Little Rock, Arkansas 72205-3867

(501) 661-2171

FAX: (501) 661-2572

California

Ms. F. Kimberly Belshe

Director

Department of Health Services

714 P Street, Room 1253

Sacramento, California 95814

(916) 657-1425

FAX: (916) 657-1156
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Western Region (Continued)

Colorado

Mr. P. Roger Holbrook

Assistant Director

Consumer Protection Division

Department of Health

4300 Cherry Creek Drive South

Denver, Colorado 80220-1530

(303) 692-3626

FAX: (303) 753-6809

Guam

Mr. Dennis G. Rodriguez

Director

Department of Public Health

 and Social Services

P.O. Box 2816

Agana, Guam 96910

(671) 735-7102

FAX: (671) 734-5910

Hawaii

Ms. Jo Ann M. Uchida

Executive Director

Office of Consumer Protection 

Department of Commerce and 

 Consumer Affairs

235 S. Beretania Street - Room 801

Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-2437

(808) 586-2636

FAX: (808) 586-2640

Idaho

Ms. Michelle Christian

Consumer Specialist

Consumer Protection Unit

Office of Attorney General

P.O. Box 83720

Boise, Idaho 83720-0010

(208) 334-4550

FAX: (208) 334-2830

Louisiana

Ms. Tammy Velasquez

Chief, Consumer Protection Section

Department of Justice

301 Main Street - Suite 1250

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70801

(504) 342-7013

FAX: (504) 342-9637

Montana

Ms. Mitzi A. Schwab

Chief, Food and Consumer Safety Bureau

Department of Health and

 Human Services

Cogswell Building

1400 Broadway

Helena, Montana 59620

(406) 444-5306

FAX: (406) 444-4135

Nevada

Ms. Patricia Morse Jarman

Commissioner

Department of Business and Industry

Consumer Affairs Division

1850 East Sahara - Suite 120

Las Vegas, Nevada 89104

(702) 486-7355

FAX: (702) 486-7371

New Mexico

Mr. John McPhee

Childhood Injury Prevention

 Coordinator

Public Health Division

Department of Health 

1190 St. Francis Drive

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502

(505) 827-0095

FAX: (505) 827-0021
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Western Region (Continued)

Oklahoma

Mr. Rocky McElvany

Chief, Environmental Health Services

Department of Health

1000 NE 10th Street

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73117

(405) 271-5217

FAX: (405) 271-5254

Oregon

Ms. Jan Margosian

Consumer Information Coordinator

Financial Fraud

Department of Justice

100 Justice Building

Salem, Oregon 97310

(503) 378-4732

FAX: (503) 373 7067

Texas

Mr. Charles Branton

Director of Programs for 

 Product Safety

Consumer Health Protection

Department of Health

1100 West 49th Street

Austin, Texas 78756

(512) 834-6773 x2260

FAX: (512) 834-6766

Utah

Ms. Francine Giani

Director

Division of Consumer Protection

P. O. Box 45804

Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-0802

(801) 530-6601

FAX: (801) 530-6650
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Washington

Mr. Eric Slagle

Assistant Secretary for

Environmental Health Programs

Department of Health

Airdustrial Center Bldg. 2

PO Box 47820

Olympia, Washington 98504-7820

(206) 753-5955

FAX: (206) 586-5529

Wyoming

Ms. Helen Levine

Director, Office of Public Affairs

Department of Health

Hathaway Building

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002

(307) 777-7959

FAX: (307) 777-7439
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Organizational Structure and Functions

As provided in the Consumer Product Safety Act of 1972, the Chairman and

Commissioners are the key policy makers of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The

staff carries out their decisions and policies.

The Consumer Product Safety Act provides for five Commissioners but three

Commissioners currently head the agency. The Commission annually elects a Vice Chairman.

The Chairman is the principal executive officer of the Commission.

The following offices report directly to the Chairman:

Office of Congressional Relations acts as the Commission's liaison with Congress. It

provides information and assistance to congressional committees, responds to inquiries by

legislators, and coordinates written and oral testimony by Commissioners and agency staff.

Office of Equal Opportunity and Minority Enterprise monitors compliance with all

laws, regulations, rules, and internal policies relating to equal employment opportunity. It also

ensures compliance with relevant provisions of the Small Business Act, and conducts the Upward

Mobility Program.

Office of the General Counsel is the legal arm of the Commission. Staffed by lawyers, it

provides advice and counsel to the agency and staff on all legal matters, including contracting,

personnel issues, legal review of all reports, memoranda, press releases, and publications. It

advises the Commission on matters of standards development, rules, petitions, interpretations of

prevailing regulations, and Federal court litigation concerning compliance matters. It also defends

court challenges to rules and other Commission actions.

Office of the Inspector General is an independent office established under the provisions

of the Inspector General Act, as amended. Reporting only to the Chairman, this office

independently initiates, conducts, and supervises audits, operations reviews, inspections, and

investigations of Commission programs, activities, and operations to prevent and detect waste,

fraud, and abuse. It makes recommendations to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness

within the Commission's programs and operations. The office also receives and investigates

complaints or information concerning possible violations of law or regulations, mismanagement,

abuse of authority, and waste of funds.
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 Office of the Secretary prepares the agendas for official agency meetings, maintains

official records of Commission actions, manages the docket of adjudicative proceedings, and

responds to requests for documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the

Privacy Act. It issues the agency's official documents, including Federal Register notices, 

prepares and publishes the Public Calendar of Commission meetings, and supervises the

operations of CPSC's public reading room.

Office of the Executive Director, under the broad directions of the Chairman and in

accordance with Commission policy, acts as the chief operating manager of the agency,

supporting the development of the agency's budget and operating plan before and after

Commission approval, and managing the execution of those plans.

The following offices report to the Executive Director:

Office of the Budget is responsible for overseeing the development of the Commission's

budget. The office, in consultation with other offices and directorates prepares, for the

Commission's approval, the annual budget requests to Congress and the Office of Management

and Budget and the operating plans for each fiscal year. It manages execution of the Commission's

budget. The office recommends to the Office of the Executive Director actions to enhance

effectiveness of the Commission's programs and activities.

Office of Information and Public Affairs is the Commission's touchstone with

consumers and the media. It prepares and publishes brochures, booklets, fact sheets, and safety

alerts recommending the safe ways for consumers to purchase and use products in the home

environment. Press releases are prepared and circulated to the media on Commission actions,

product recalls, and seasonal events such as toy safety, fireworks, baby safety, grass cutting,

residential pool use, and National Poison Prevention Week.

Office of Planning and Evaluation is responsible for short- and long-term planning and

evaluating of agency programs and accomplishments. Evaluation studies are conducted to

determine how well the Commission fulfills its mission. The office also manages the Commission's

information collection budget and obtains Office of Management and Budget clearance for

information collections.

Office of Compliance directs the administrative enforcement of Commission rules and

regulations. The office, staffed by lawyers and compliance specialists and working with field staff,

initiates investigations on safety hazards of products already in the consumer marketplace or being

offered for import. It enforces the requirement that firms identify and report product defects

which could present possible substantial hazards, violations of consumer product safety rules, and

violations of standards relied upon by the Commission. It negotiates and subsequently monitors

corrective action plans designed to give public notice of hazards and recall defective or noncomplying products. In addition, it provides advice and guidance to regulated industries on
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complying with Commission rules and regulations.

Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction manages the Commission's Hazard

Identification and Analysis Program and its Hazard Assessment and Reduction Program. The

office develops strategies for and implements the agency's operating plan for these two hazard

programs. The office reports to the Executive Director, and has line authority over the

Directorates for Epidemiology and Health Sciences, Economic Analysis, Engineering Sciences,

and Laboratory Sciences. The office's responsibilities include the collecting and analyzing of data

to identify hazards and hazard patterns, the carrying out of the Commission's regulatory and

voluntary standards development projects, and providing coordination of international activities

related to consumer product safety. This office also provides technical and economic support for

the Commission's compliance activities. The office assures that relevant technical, environmental

and economic impacts of projects are comprehensively and objectively presented to the

Commission for decision. The office also evaluates petitions received by the Commission.

Office of Human Resources Management provides human resources management

support to the Commission in the areas of recruitment and placement, position classification,

training and executive development, employee and labor relations, employee benefits and

retirement assistance, employee assistance programs, drug testing, leave administration,

disciplinary and adverse actions, grievances and appeals, performance management, and physical

security.

Office of Information Services is responsible for policy and operations relating to agency

collection, use, and dissemination of information. The Office provides information technology

support for data collection, information retrieval, report generation, and statistical and

mathematical operations of the agency. The Office maintains the agency's local area networks and

develops and supports other network applications such as electronic mail. The Office manages the

agency's toll-free Hotline, Internet and fax-on-demand services. The Office is responsible for the

agency's injury information Clearinghouse, information resources management (including records

management), and managing the agency's directive system.

Directorate for Field Operations is responsible for all Commission field operations. The

Commission's 130 member field staff, located in 37 cities across the country, supports the full

range of CPSC programs. The field staff conduct in-depth investigations of injuries and deaths,

provide local support for the hospitals that report through the NEISS system, and collect reports

of product-related incidents. Field investigators inspect manufacturers, importers, distributors, and

retailers and collect product samples for testing or evaluation to determine violations of safety

regulations and possible substantial product hazards. The field staff insure that appropriate action

is taken to correct any violations. They also negotiate and monitor recalls of hazardous products

and provide advice and guidance to industry. The field staff implement national safety education

campaigns, respond to inquiries, and work with the press and local organizations to bring product

safety information to the consumer. The field staff also work with state and local officials and

private organizations to inform the public about the safe use of consumer products and to obtain
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compliance with CPSC laws and regulations.

Directorate for Administration is responsible for formulating and executing general

administrative policies in the areas of financial management, procurement, property and space

management, security equipment maintenance, printing, and warehousing, mail, duplication, and

labor services.