The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission will be represented at the Sixth Congress of the International Ergonometrics Association through an exhibit entitled ""Human Factors in Consumer Safety.""
The CPSC graphic presentation, prepared by the Office of the Medical Director, will stress the importance of considering human factors attributed in developing Federal regulatory actions. The exhibit will include in its theme four elements that are incorporated in the human factors work within the Commission, These are:
1.Human Behavior and Pkrception
2. Anthropometry
3.Biomechanics, Physiology and Ergonometrics
4. People-Product Interactions.
The conference will be hosted by the Human Factors Society. It is the first IEA Congress to be held in the United States. A theme for the Sixth Congress is Old World, New World, One World.
The Congress will be located at the University of Maryland, only twelve kilometers from the Nation's Capitol in Washington, D.C. Opening ceremonies on July 12 will include a dignitary address by Mrs. Virginia H. Knauer, Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs, and a plenary address on Friday, July 16, on the subject of "Life Science Contributions to Space Flight" and will be given by Joseph P. Kerwin, M.D., Physician-Astronaut, SKYLAB II, NASA.
The CPSC presentation will be available for viewing from Monday, July 12, through Thursday, July 15, between 9:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Friday, July 16, from 9:00 a.m. until Noon.
About the U.S. CPSC
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product-related incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products has contributed to a decline in the rate of injuries associated with consumer products over the past 50 years.
Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.
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