Re "use the signal words for other purposes than potential injury": 1. Windows 95, I think it was, broadly corrupted the exclamation point/triangle hazard symbol by placing it in their pop up system error boxes. I'm glad to see that this is no longer practiced. 2. I once had a discussion at a former employer with software GUI programmers, who similarly used the word "warning" for software system error messages that again had nothing to do with safety. My argument was that we, as the manufacturer, had to have a consistent vocabulary across our entire user interface---labels, manuals, GUI, training materials---and I reserved the words DANGER, WARNING and CAUTION for personal injury issues. The software programmers then switched to ALERT or other words for software issues not related to safety.
Mike Sherman Graco Inc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg McClure" <gmccl...@lexmark.com> To: "EMC-PSTC" <EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15:57 PM Subject: Re: [PSES] Signal words, definition and usage Rich, Thanks for forcing my brain into another frame of mind. I had not thought of it in exactly that way until I read your comment. The statements we are discussing are either those prescribed by the applicable standard, or more often, the CYA type statements we all include in our users guides (such as "do not connect a fax machine to the telephone line during a lightning storm"). We have been trying to align any statements with the ANSI and ISO standard and have been getting some resistance from other groups that use the signal words for other purposes than potential injury. I was looking for additional perspective to bolster our argument. Thanks everybody, this has all been good food for thought. Regards, Gregory H. McClure Lexmark Product Safety 859 232 3240 office 859 232 6882 fax On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Richard Nute < ri...@ieee.org > wrote: Hi Greg: If you have a product that requires the use of the signal words (except “notice”), then you have, by definition of the signal word, an un-safe product. For conventional products, you shouldn’t have to use the signal words. Best regards, Rich - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to < emc-p...@ieee.org > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas < sdoug...@ieee.org > Mike Cantwell < mcantw...@ieee.org > For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher < j.bac...@ieee.org > David Heald < dhe...@gmail.com > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <sdoug...@ieee.org> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
