Product Safety Requirements in the US – IEEE Central Texas Consultants' Network

Topic:	Product Safety Requirements in the US
Abstract:	To understand how the product safety requirements were developed in the United States, the history of the safety agencies will be reviewed. Next, the regulations for work place safety will be explained. This will examine the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) that formed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The development of the National Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTL) will be covered. The different test marks that are used in the North America will be discussed. How the National Electric Code works with the requirements of OSHA and Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) will be shown. The place of standards in the working of safety agencies will be discussed.
Speaker:	Charles Goertz
Speaker’s bio	Charles Goertz spent 6 years in the Navy’s Nuclear Power Program. He was assigned to the USS Kamehameha (SSBN 642) and the USS Pargo (SSN-650) as an electronics technician. After the Navy, he worked for Texas Instruments Computer Division in manufacturing and product engineering. In 1986, he started working as a compliance engineer at Texas Instruments. Since then he has worked at Dell Computer Corp., Eaton/CID, Alliant Tech Systems and TUV Rheinland as a compliance engineer. He has a BS in Electrical Engineering from University of Texas and he is a license professional engineer.
Date & Time:	Wednesday, April 20, 2022 : networking at 6:00 p.m., business and program from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Location:	Asian American Resource Center (AARC) 8401 Cameron Road Austin, TX United States 78754 Building: Community Room Room Number: Classroom #8
Map:	Click to see map location
Cost:
Reservations:	Please click Registration link to register.
Presentation:	Slides Video
Registration:	https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/307560

Topic:

Product Safety Requirements in the US

Abstract:

To understand how the product safety requirements were developed in the United States, the history of the safety agencies will be reviewed. Next, the regulations for work place safety will be explained. This will examine the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) that formed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The development of the National Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTL) will be covered. The different test marks that are used in the North America will be discussed. How the National Electric Code works with the requirements of OSHA and Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) will be shown. The place of standards in the working of safety agencies will be discussed.

Speaker:

Charles Goertz

Speaker’s bio

Charles Goertz spent 6 years in the Navy’s Nuclear Power Program. He was assigned to the USS Kamehameha (SSBN 642) and the USS Pargo (SSN-650) as an electronics technician. After the Navy, he worked for Texas Instruments Computer Division in manufacturing and product engineering. In 1986, he started working as a compliance engineer at Texas Instruments. Since then he has worked at Dell Computer Corp., Eaton/CID, Alliant Tech Systems and TUV Rheinland as a compliance engineer. He has a BS in Electrical Engineering from University of Texas and he is a license professional engineer.

Date & Time:

Wednesday, April 20, 2022 : networking at 6:00 p.m., business and program from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Location:

Asian American Resource Center (AARC)
8401 Cameron Road Austin, TX
United States 78754
Building: Community Room
Room Number: Classroom #8

Map:

Click to see map location

Cost:

Reservations:

Please click Registration link to register.

Presentation:

Slides
Video

Registration:

https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/307560