Human Factors in Consumer Product Safety

1 October 1977

journal article
abstracts
Published by SAGE Publications in Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting

Vol. 21 (4) , 292-294
https://doi.org/10.1177/107118137702100406

Abstract

A study was conducted to determine the type of signs that consumers would select as the most efficient warning label to be placed on a power mower. The Consumer Product Safety Commision is considering the implementation of a safety regulation for mowers that would consist of some combination of warning signs, deadman switch and/or clutch to reduce an estimated 112,000 injuries annually. Eighty-four percent of those interviewed responded that the addition of a warning sign could reduce injuries. Safety sign variables, and the implications of survey data for human factors design are some of the points discussed in this paper.

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