Compliance News You Can Use – December 2014

Dec 17, 2014

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Product Safety Consulting provides essential safety tips for holiday lights, stressing the importance of using lights tested by a recognized safety laboratory to ensure conformance with safety standards. Before use, always inspect each set of lights for damage like broken sockets or frayed wires, and discard any faulty ones. To prevent electrocution, never use electric lights on a metallic tree, and for outdoor displays, confirm lights are certified for outdoor use and securely fastened. Additionally, the company advises limiting extension cord usage to no more than three standard-size sets of lights per single cord.

Wishing Everyone a Safe and Festive Holiday Season!

What are bright ideas for ensuring light safety and compliance?

 

    To ensure light safety and compliance, always use lights tested by a recognized laboratory, check for damage, and follow usage guidelines. Specifically, use lights certified for safety standards, inspect new and old sets for defects like frayed wires or cracked sockets, and discard damaged ones. Limit extension cord usage to three standard-size light sets, avoid electric lights on metallic trees, and ensure outdoor lights are certified for external use and securely fastened. Always plug outdoor decorations into ground fault circuit interrupters and turn off all lights when leaving or sleeping to prevent fire hazards. Contact Product Safety Consulting for any compliance or safety questions.

Contact Product Safety Consulting at (630) 238-0188, with any questions regarding Compliance/Safety issues as they arise throughout the year.

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