You might put in a few obvious answers, like do not connect to power of the incorrect voltage, not for household use, or some such thing. I tend to agree with you, I've had clients get a little crazy dreaming up "what if" scenarios, like what if a forklift crashes into? or a terrorist fires a 50 cal. at it? Yes, those were real questions, I've been asked.
When I first started in safety engineering years ago, I was told that equipment should be safe to use for anyone who comes in contact with it, trained or untrained, normal operation or single fault, up to but not incldueding people with suicidal intentions. I have on occasion used the phrase "*no reasonably foreseeable hazards identified"*, just to fill in the blank on the form. And of course, "reasonably foreseeable" is only defined in some standards I've worked with, and even then the definition is rather vague, referring to other than the supplier's intended use. It may seem cynical but in my view "Caveat emptor" is becoming obsolete and it is being replaced by "Caveat-venditor". -Doug Douglas E Powell Laporte, Colorado USA doug...@gmail.com LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/coloradocomplianceguy/> (UTC -06:00) Mountain Time (US-MDT) On Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 12:01 PM Brian Kunde <bkundew...@gmail.com> wrote: > My company manufactures Laboratory Equipment such as analyzers and > determinators. They are highly specialized equipment, yet have an infinite > range of uses. > > Even though all known residual risks are documented in the Safety Warning > section of the manual, they will commonly request a list of Misuses. There > are no buttons, or settings that can be changed by the User that can cause > a hazard. The operational environment is clearly defined. So in most all > cases, I am not aware of any "Misuse" that can cause a hazard. For some > reason, this answer is not acceptable. We are expected to come up with > something. > > Is there a standard or common list of MisUses that seem to satisfy this > requirement? > > How crazy are we to get with this?, e.g., don't use the 400lb analyzer > while taking a bath? Don't use it to mow your lawn? Common!!!! > > I used to work for a computer company and I couldn't believe the stupid > warnings we had to put in the manual. > > Thanks to all. > > The Other Brian > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to > unsubscribe) <http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html> > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher <j.bac...@ieee.org> > David Heald <dhe...@gmail.com> > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the EMC-PSTC list, click the following link: > https://listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=EMC-PSTC&A=1 > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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: Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com> _________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the EMC-PSTC list, click the following link: https://listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=EMC-PSTC&A=1
