Learn the basics of CPSC's consumer product safety reporting website and one-stop portal for businesses.

1. CPSC’s Public Database
Dean Woodard
*This presentation was prepared by CPSC staff. It has not been reviewed or approved by, and
may not necessarily reflect the views of, the Commission.

2. CPSC Need for Death/Injury/Incident Data
 Set Priorities
 Support Ban or Recall of Hazardous Products
 Convince Industry and Others of Need for
Product Standard
 Support Development of Product Standards
 Evaluate the Effectiveness of Product Standards
 Develop Information and Education Campaigns
to Raise Public Awareness of Product Safety

3. Consumer Product Safety
Improvement Act of 2008
 Signed into law in August 2008
 http://www.cpsc.gov/cpsia.pdf
 Sec. 212. Establishment of a Public Consumer
Product Safety Information Database

4. Sec. 212. Establishment of a Public Consumer
Product Safety Information Database.
 Establishment of a publicly available, searchable, internet
based website.
 Searchable by manufacturer or private labeler.
 Transmission of reports to manufacturers or private
labelers within 5 business days of receiving report.
 Reports of harm relating to the use of consumer products
and other products or substances regulated by CPSC that
are received by CPSC are to be made available in a
database no later than 10 days after manufacturer or
private labeler is sent report.

5. H.R. 2715
 Delays publication of report up to 5 additional days if a
manufacturer submits a Materially Inaccurate claim.
 Additional effort to collect model, serial number, or
photo of product.

6. Reporting an Unsafe Product

8. Consumer
Local government
State government
Federal government
Public Safety
Health Care
Medical Examiner
Child Service

10. Searching for Incidents and Recalls

13. Business Registration

16. Eligible for release on Saferproducts.gov
 Consumer product identified
 Report of (potential) harm
 Manufacturer identified
 Contact information of submitter
 Verification of content by submitter
 Consent of submitter to publish
 Category of submitter
 Date of incident

17. Contact Information
Dwoodard@cpsc.gov
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
4330 East West Hwy
Bethesda, MD 20814