Product Safety is the operational manifestation of safety compliance within a product's development, production and support program. This is the...

• Reflection of,
• Planning for,
• Designing to,
• Validating of and
• Life-time support of

… the product so that it shall present no hazards that could injure or damage the producer, the distributor, the operator, bystanders, the service personnel, the equipment itself, the equipment surroundings or the environment during use, shipment or storage - in both normal conditions and under conceivable, misuse conditions… (Take a deep breath here.)

The main hazards (risks, dangers, and perils) concerning Product Safety are:

• Electric Shock, such as deadly or injurious currents and voltages.
• Energy, such as explosions, ejection of material or sparks.
• Fire, such as combustibles, intentional flame production gone awry.
• Chemical: such as toxic substances, materials and fumes.
• Mechanical, such as vibration, crushing or cutting.
• Radiation, such as sonic (noise), light, ionizing, radio frequency, magnetic.
• Thermal, such as melting, burning or abnormal heat generation.
• Ergonomics, such as contradictory, confusing or missing controls.
• Ambiguities, such as incorrect or poorly written manuals, misleading instructions or wrong labels.

Note that a product can cause a hazard either by misuse, its own failure or by external effects, which may cause the product to initiate a hazard. All are taken into account when considering product safety issues.