5. Safety and design of industrial products and tools
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Products
Making every product safe is not just a legal requirement (there are many European directives in this area!). Above all, it's a response to one of society's major challenges. Safety must be the first criterion to be taken into account right from the design stage. Withdrawing products from the market or issuing a recall is extremely costly for the company that has to do it. This is the case of pharmaceutical laboratories forced to withdraw their medicines from the market following evidence of harmful side effects. KLEBER was forced to stop manufacturing its V10 and V12 tires after a series of bursts deemed abnormal by consumers.
Consideration of safety during the design phase is based on the frequency × gravity pair; ergonomics plays an essential role! The designer must take into account the fact that elderly...
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Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Responsabilité sociétale - ISO 26000 - 2010
- Système de management de la qualité - ISO 9000 - 2015
- Management environnemental - ISO 14001 - 2015
- Management de la santé et de la sécurité au travail - OHSAS 18001 -
Regulations
Law 2001-420 of May 15, 2001 on new economic regulations – NOR: ECOX0000021L
Law 95-101 of February 2, 1995 on strengthening environmental protection – NOR: ENVX9400049L
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