Hello Ron, Yes, as you said. Burden was a poor choice of words.
In regards to your second query, as a matter of doing business, it is always in a manufacturer's best interest to know what regulations apply to the use of their products in the hands of their Customers. Having compliant product already available is advantageous to the supplier. However, if a Customer does not require NRTL listing of a product, so be it. Just because you are not listed with an NRTL doesn't mean that your product is unsafe. Also, it is not up to a manufacturer to decide what a workplace is under OSHA regulations, the Customer decides this because the applicable workplace regulations apply to them. Regards, +=================================================================+ |Ronald R. Wellman |Voice : 408-345-8229 | |Agilent Technologies |FAX : 408-553-2412 | |5301 Stevens Creek Blvd., |E-Mail: [email protected]| |Mailstop 54L-BB |WWW : http://www.agilent.com | |Santa Clara, California 95052 USA| | +=================================================================+ | "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age | | eighteen." - Albert Einstein | +=================================================================+ -----Original Message----- From: Ron Pickard [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 12:57 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: NEC Question Hi Ron, You wrote: >............ The burden of having products listed by >an NRTL, like UL, falls on the purchaser of the product if the product is >used in a workplace which is subject to OSHA regulations. To which OSHA regulation are you specifically referring to to make this statement? Its inconceiveable that a purchaser (customer?) be responsible for listing a supplier's product. Maybe you intended to say that, for products used in the workplace, it is the purchaser's responsibility to ensure that products installed under the purchaser's control be compliant to OSHA regulations. Anyway, please explain your statement above. >Most non-IT product manufacturers do not get their products listed unless a >Customer specifically requires it. In some cases, a product may get listed >because it is expected that a product will be marketed in a known >jurisdiction that requires listed products by an NRTL. The State of Oregon >and the City of Los Angeles are a couple examples. If a product, non-IT or otherwise, is to be used in the workplace (OSHA jurisdiction), your statement appears to contradict OSHA regulation, 29CFR Part 1910.399. Please advise. I look forward to your reply for clarification. Best regards, Ron Pickard [email protected] ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
