Fiscal Year 2003 Staff/Contractor Technical Reports

CPSC Hazard Analysis Division, Directorate for Epidemiology, May 5, 2003 (28 pages)

Getting the Word Out, September 23, 2003

2000 Electrocutions Associated with Consumer Products, Hazard Analysis Division, Directorate for Epidemiology, July 2003

Technical Report and Literature Search, Phase I - Preparatory Study and Literature Search, by Naval Research Laboratory - Street, Williams and Pitas, July 11, 2003. CPSC-I-02-1290, 32 pages

Proposed Warning Language to Accompany Generators from the Directorate for Engineering Sciences, August 22, 2003, 8 pages

Division of Hazard Analysis of the Directorate for Epidemiology, July 24, 2003, (2 pages)

Prepared for the USCPSC by Heiden Associates, (CPSC Order CPSC-F-02-1391, Contract GS23F9780H), July 2003, 150 pages

June 25, 2003, (12 pages)

Incidents, Deaths, and In-Depth Investigations Associated with Carbon Monoxide and Engine-Driven Tools, June 18, 2003, (29 pages)

Assessment of Portable Electric Fans, Division of Electrical Engineering, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, April 18, 2003, (42 pages)

Evaluation of residential electric clothes dryers with respect to different dryer operating and design characteristics that can be used to help reduce the risk of lint ignition in a clothes dryer, May 2003 (150 pages). Note: Only the report is available on CPSC's web site. The appendices and video clips (as well as the report) are available on CD-ROM after June 29, 2003. To request this CD-ROM write to: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Office of Information and Public Affairs, Washington, D.C. 20207 or send an e-mail to info@cpsc.gov. When requesting the CD-ROM, please include the name of the report (“Final Report on Electric Clothes Dryers and Lint Ignition Characteristics, May 2003”), the number of copies you want (limit 3 copies per request), and the name and address where the report should be sent.

Evaluation of CPSC's Electrocution Reduction Program, November 2002

Evaluation of CPSC's Electrocution Reduction Program, November 2002

Special Study: Injuries and Deaths Involving Children Under Age 2 Associated with Playground Equipment, CPSC Directorate for Epidemiology, May 2003. (38 pages)

CPSC Customer Satisfaction Survey - CPSC Office of Planning and Evaluation, March 2003 (31 pages)

CPSC Staff Proposals for the National Electrical Code - Economic Considerations - GFCIs, memorandum from the Directorate for Economic Analysis, March 10, 2003 (3 pages)

CPSC Staff Proposals for the National Electrical Code - Economic Considerations - AFCI Replacements, memorandum from the Directorate for Economic Analysis, March 10, 2003 (4 pages)

Engineering Project Report, by CPSC Directorate for Engineering Sciences, August 2002 (40 pages)

Gas Range Delayed Ignitions - Tests and Examinations of Ranges, CPSC Directorate for Laboratory Sciences, Divsion of Mechanical Engineering, July, 2002 (30 pages)

Final Report on Lithium Batteries (Ultralife, ANSI 1604) used in Residential Smoke Alarms, December, 2002, 23 pages

All-Terrain Vehicle 2001 Injury and Exposure Studies, 33 pages, January, 2003

Publication by LE Smith, MA Greene, and HA Singh (CPSC employees) (published in Injury Prevention 2002;8:192-196, permission to copy received from publisher), 5 pages, October, 2002

Report on the Safety of Portable Fuel Containers (Gas Cans) specifically related to access by children. January 10, 2003

1999 Electrocutions Associated with Consumer Products, Hazard Analysis Division, July 2002

Cooking Fires on Glass Ceramic Cooktops, by Arthur D. Little, Inc for CPSC, February 25, 2002

memorandum from the Directorate for Engineering Sciences; March 18, 2003, and attachments: (2 pages)