Brian -- Good to hear from you!
Re your question, it is not clear who the "they" is who is requesting a list of misuses. >From my working experience, we (on advice of Legal) usually did not try to >compile a list of misuses in the operating manual, on the theory that if a >creative user found another (dangerous) misuse that was not on our list, they >might conclude that it must be safe because it wasn't on our misuse list. We >emphasized how to use our equipment correctly, and what the scope of its >applications were. However, we would clearly identify in some warnings what not to do where we perceived that to be a foreseeable misuse. Hope this helps! Mike Sherman Sherman PSC LLC > On 10/05/2022 1:01 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 mailto: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 mailto:mcantw...@ieee.org > > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher <j.bac...@ieee.org mailto:j.bac...@ieee.org > > David Heald <dhe...@gmail.com mailto: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
