Hello Scott,

The CPSC list you provided a link to covers mandatory national requirements for 
products covered by the CPSC. The key words are “national” and “mandatory”. 
There is no mandatory national safety requirement for televisions, 
refrigerators or many other consumer electrical products. OSHA has requirements 
for products used in the workplace, but OSHA has no authority over non-work use 
of these products.

As numerous other people have noted, local electrical inspectors may have 
requirements for what is used in the home, but that depends on what code has 
been adopted locally. NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code, is fairly commonly 
adopted, but it is not a national law. It may be adopted by a state, county or 
city and they may adopt it with their own modifications. Even then, the local 
inspectors aren’t going to go to stores to check approvals on plug-connected 
products. They typically only do inspections on new construction and remodeling 
where a building permit is required.

Ted Eckert
Microsoft Corporation

The opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my 
employer.

From: Scott Xe [mailto:scott...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 10:09 AM
To: Ted Eckert <ted.eck...@microsoft.com>; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Subject: Re: [PSES] Safety requirements in US

Hi Ted,

Appreciate your detailed explanation that is very useful for me!  OSHA 
requirements are primarily on the use of equipment at work.


For consumer or household products, they are governed by CPSC.  I visited CPSC 
website and tried to find the same thing there.  I found the mandatory 
requirements, ie. Consumer product safety act under below link

http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Regulations-Laws--Standards/Regulations-Mandatory-Standards-Bans/

I only found very few products related to above category such as Hair Dryers.  
No TVs, audios, MWOs, refrigerators, PCs, etc. in the list.  I hard to believe 
they are not regulated.  Did I locate incorrect place or the regulation system 
is different?

Tks,

Scott


From: Ted Eckert 
<000007cf6ebeab9d-dmarc-requ...@ieee.org<mailto:000007cf6ebeab9d-dmarc-requ...@ieee.org>>
Reply-To: Ted Eckert <ted.eck...@microsoft.com<mailto:ted.eck...@microsoft.com>>
Date: Tuesday, 26 July 2016 at 1:55 AM
To: <EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG<mailto:EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG>>
Subject: Re: [PSES] Safety requirements in US

Hello Scott,

OSHA runs the NRTL program<https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/>. It includes a 
list of Nationally Recognized Test 
Laboratories<https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/nrtllist.html>. Click on any 
one of the labs and it will show the testing standards that lab is recognized 
for.

A product is NRTL Listed if it has been approved by an NRTL under one of their 
OSHA approved standards and has been included in that lab’s list of approved 
products.

A2LA laboratories have demonstrated that they follow specific procedures for 
repeatability and proper testing of products with a fairly broad scope of what 
they can do. NRTL only covers safety standards for a few laboratories and is 
much narrower in scope than A2LA.

Ted Eckert
Microsoft Corporation

The opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my 
employer, OSHA or A2LA. Your mileage may vary.

From: Scott Xe [mailto:scott...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2016 9:42 AM
To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG<mailto:EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG>
Subject: Re: [PSES] Safety requirements in US

Hi John,

What is exact meaning of NRTL approved?  Is it a sample for type examination 
against applicable safety standard without production audits?

What are the differences between A2LA and NRTL?

From: "Tyra, John" <john_t...@bose.com<mailto:john_t...@bose.com>>
Reply-To: "Tyra, John" <john_t...@bose.com<mailto:john_t...@bose.com>>
Date: Monday, 25 July 2016 at 10:14 PM
To: <EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG<mailto:EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG>>
Subject: Re: [PSES] Safety requirements in US

Some states have legal requirements for electrical products to be NRTL approved

From: Richard Nute [mailto:ri...@ieee.org]
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2016 8:26 PM
To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG<mailto:EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG>
Subject: Re: [PSES] Safety requirements in US


Hi Scott:

For consumer and household products, compliance with CPSC requirements is 
required.

No.  Only products considered “substantial product hazards” such as hair dryers 
need comply with CPSC requirements.  However, any consumer product that injures 
someone is subject to CPSC recall order.

What about OSHA?

Electrical products that are used by employees are required to be NRTL 
certified.


Best regards,
Rich



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