How do you know that new appliance you bought won’t burn your house down? Take a look at any electrical appliance, and you’ll find it marked with at least one, and most often, several safety ...

UTGIS recently launched H2Volt, the first standardized contact voltage safety testing program for pools, marinas, and other public water features such as large fountains. "To the best of our knowledge ...

Two recently published IEC/ISO standards in the IEC 60695-11 series on fire hazard testing provide the international community with important tools to ensure standardization of flame test methods, ...

Since independent vehicle crash testing began in the mid-1990s, automakers have been incentivized to make safety changes that ...

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) in the UK will start using computer-generated imagery or CGI in the hazard perception tests, thus replacing the old classic video scenes with more ...

PV modules have been tested for electrical safety and performance for decades. But building owners, insurance companies, investors, etc. need to look beyond the many benefits that PV provide and make ...

Through "natural hazard" testing, researchers at the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, known as IBHS, are identifying ways to fortify structures against storms. Completed in 2010, the ...

Safety Management Services, Inc. (SMS) conducted Department of Transportation (DOT) hazard classification of energetic materials training at the Tooele Army Depot (TEAD) test facility May 10.