Cybex To Pay $7.95m Civil Penalty For Failure To Report
February 11, 2021, CPSC
Cybex International will pay a $7.95 million fine resolving the CPSC’s charges that it failed to immediately report, as required by law, a defect or an unreasonable risk of injury. Injuries that went unreported include paralysis and spinal fractures.
Children’s Watches Recalled Over Life-Threatening Defect
February 11, 2021, news.com.au
The ACCC issued the alert for Kaisercraft’s ‘Kaiser Kids Slap Band Watches’ urging customers to immediately stop using the products and return them. The button battery within the watches may become easily accessible, says the ACCC.
Company Culture Is Everyone’s Responsibility
February 8, 2021, Harvard Business Review
A new culture-building approach is in place at some organizations, which doesn’t relegate culture-building to an amorphous concept that everyone influences but no one leads. And it weaves in employees to customers, middle managers and the CEO.
How Can We Ensure Micromoblility Remains Safe?
February 10, 2021, Intelligent Transport
As Lime looks to launch e-mopeds in Paris and Washington DC, what are the company’s safety and security polices to ensure micromobility solutions can remain safe for riders and other road users?
The Trek WaveCel Helmet Lawsuit Explained
February 10, 2021, Outside
Two years ago, Trek Bikes hyped a new line of its Bontrager-brand helmets with a novel impact-mitigation system called WaveCel. A class-action lawsuit was filed against the company alleging, not unreasonable risk of injury, but “economic harm.”
How To Ensure Your Baby’s Snowsuit Isn’t A Safety Hazard
January 5, 2021, Babygaga
While they look adorable, snowsuits can pose a hazard to babies if they are not properly worn or taken care of. So, its important before heading out for a day of fun in the snow to ensure that bundling up is done correctly.
California’s Prop 65: Companies With Fewer Than 10 Employees
February 9, 2021, JDSupra
Companies with fewer than ten employees are exempt from California’s Proposition 65 warning requirements but may nonetheless have a sophisticated distribution network for their product, making them an attractive target for Proposition 65 plaintiffs. What should you do if your company receives a 60-Day Notice of Intent to Sue (“Notice”), threatening to sue you for failing to make Proposition 65 warnings about your product?
CDC Study Finds Two Masks Are Better Than One vs. COVID-19
February 10, 2021, St. Louis Post Dispatch
CDC researchers found that two masks are better than one in slowing coronavirus, but health officials stopped short of recommending that everyone double up. The researchers found that wearing one mask, surgical or cloth, blocked around 40% of the particles coming toward the test head. When a cloth mask was worn on top of a surgical mask, about 80% were blocked. The CDC reported the results of a lab experiment that spaced two artificial heads 6 feet from each other and checked to see how many coronavirus-sized particles spewed by one were inhaled by the other.
CDC Says Fully Vaccinated People Don’t Have To Quarantine If Exposed To COVID-19
February 10, 2021, Forbes
Someone who is fully vaccinated who’s exposed to coronavirus doesn’t have to quarantine, the CDC said, offering clarity into how vaccinated people should go about their lives as the rest of the country waits to get inoculated.
Opinion – Jim Dey: Court Drama Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be
February 9, 2021, News Gazette
Perry Mason moments — the ones where the real killer confesses in response to the defense lawyer’s provocative questions — are the order of the day. Right? Well, not exactly. The reality is that truth is frequently duller than fiction.
CHOICE Helps Win Fight To Improve Button Battery Safety
February 11, 2021, choice.com.au
In December 2020, after years of campaigning by CHOICE, parents and other passionate advocates, Australia became the first country in the world to introduce new mandatory safety and information standards for all products containing button batteries. This is a huge win for parents and families.
Honoring Our Heroes
SPSP Website
SPSP makes a permanent home for the salute poster at its website.
