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HB 295.12007

Handbook

Part 1: Application guide

Product Safety Framework

HB 295.12007

HB 295.12007

Handbook
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Product Safety Framework Part 1: Application guide

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COPYRIGHT Standards Australia All rights are reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without the written permission of the publisher. Published by Standards Australia GPO Box 476, Sydney, NSW 2001, Australia ISBN 0 7337 8064 4

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PREFACE
This Australian Handbook was developed in consultation with key stakeholders including industry suppliers, retailers, regulators, test houses and consumer associations. This Handbook has been prepared in multiple parts to provide a Product Safety Framework for product safety using a strong risk management approach. It addresses the relevant risk management applications which relate to design and product liability; public risk and general liability; and health and safety as identified in HB 436 Risk Management Guidelines: Companion to AS/NZS 4360:2004. The Product Safety Framework is designed to be a self regulatory tool to assist suppliers assess the safety of their products. Responsibility for the product remains with the supplier. Suppliers must ultimately ensure that their products are safe and that all associated hazards have been identified and their risks assessed. HB 295 Product Safety Framework consists of three parts as follows: Part 1: Application guide Contains a description of the Product Safety Framework and the steps involved when applying product risk assessment principles. Part 2: Hazard checklist Consists of a checklist which is structured around hazard groupings that in turn are broken down into the related generic requirement modules. Part 3: Generic requirement modules Contain requirements applicable to a number of products. A modules requirements apply to an individual product only if this is specifically stated. Each Generic requirement module (GRM) details requirements for one aspect of the product(s) followed by the corresponding test procedure(s). In developing the Product Safety Framework process, the recommendations and procedures of HB 136, Safety aspectsGuidelines for child safety was followed. This Handbook will be released for a 12 month public comment period beginning in March 2007. During this period a pilot will be conducted to gather feedback and validate the efficacy of the framework from the perspective of practitioners and ascertain the level of industry support for the hazard-based approach to product safety in this Handbook. The pilot will also help to fine-tune the Product Safety Framework. To oversee this pilot a steering committee will be established and a feedback forum will be held at the conclusion of the 12 month pilot. Depending on the feedback from the pilot Standards Australia will consider publishing the Product Safety Framework as a formal Australian Standard with the capacity to expand over time to address a broad array of products. Standards Australia and INPAA welcome feedback regarding technical content, wording and the general arrangement of this Handbook. The preferred method for submission of comment is to download the proforma found at http://www.standards.com.au/Catalogue/misc/Public%20Comment%20Form.doc. This form also includes instructions and examples of comment submission. Please provide supporting reasons and suggested revised wording with each comment. Where you consider that specific content is too simplistic, too complex or too detailed please provide an alternative. When completed, this form should be returned to Debbie Miranda via email to Debbie.Miranda@standards.org.au.

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Acknowledgments Standards Australia acknowledges, with thanks, the contribution of the Technical Reference Group of the Infant & Nursery Products Association Inc (INPAA) in particular, Tim Wain, Gary Milne and Peter Crisp, Rob Wise from Funtastic, Shaun McGrath from Traget and Kevin Knight, member of Committee OB-007 Risk Management, for his guidance in maintaining consistency with AS/NZS 4360:2004, Risk Management. Standards Australia also acknowledges the efforts of staff members Debbie Miranda, James Thomson, Sherene Daniel and Jill Wilson in bringing this project to fruition. Thank you for taking the time to review the Product Safety Framework.

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CONTENTS
Page INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 5 1 2 3 4 SCOPE........................................................................................................................ 6 DOCUMENTATION.................................................................................................. 6 DEFINITIONS............................................................................................................ 7 PROCESS ................................................................................................................... 8

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INTRODUCTION
The Product Safety Framework in this Handbook has been developed to provide a risk management approach to the sources of risk associated with products. The Framework provides an excellent opportunity to assist manufacturers and suppliers assess the safety of their products. Suppliers utilizing the Product Safety Framework process will gain greatest benefit from ensuring that their product risk management approach is part of the culture and philosophy of their organization. As such it should be applied from the product concept and design stage right through to marketing of the final product. In addition, an integrated risk management approach to the whole business operation would be beneficial to overall performance.
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This Handbook is a working example of how a practical approach to addressing a specific need (in this instance product safety) fits within the umbrella of corporate risk management. In preparing this document, reference has been made to AS/NZS 4360, Risk Management and its accompanying handbook.

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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA Australian Handbook Product Safety Framework Part 1: Application guide
1 SCOPE This Australian Handbook contains a Product Safety Framework (PSF) that is designed to enhance the safe supply, sale and use of products. It is a product risk management system that addresses the sources of risk associated with products and establishes a set of requirements and test methods to manage such risks with products. It provides a verification process that allows for validation. It thus provides a generic hazards-based approach rather than focussing on specific products. The Product Safety Framework is a process which can be applied to any product including new products, existing product designs and new product designs. 2 DOCUMENTATION This Handbook currently consists of three parts as follows: 2.1 Part 1: Application guide (a) (b) A description of the Product Safety Framework process. A guide to the application of product risk assessment principles.

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2.2 Part 2: Hazard checklist The hazard checklist (HCL) is structured around hazard groupings that in turn are broken down into the related generic requirement modules (GRMs). It contains a list of generic requirement modules covering protective strategies to ameliorate risks associated with identified hazards. The relevance of each hazard to the particular product needs to be recorded in the format(s) set out in this part. 2.3 Part 3: Generic requirement modules Generic requirement modules (GRMs) contain requirements applicable to a number of products. A modules requirements apply to an individual product only if this is specifically stated. 2.4 Part 4: Specific product guidelines These will be published at a later date. Specific product guidelines (SPGs) cover one product or class of products only. Where possible they make use of GRMs. They may however include one or more specific requirement modules written to cover some particular characteristic of the product. A SPG comprises the following components: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) An introduction. A description of the product(s) covered by the guideline. HB 295.2, Hazard checklist HB 295.3, Generic requirement modules A group of specific requirement modules.
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