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06/15/2016
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Monitoring controls dangerous items in the market
by The Globe
RIO - Falls caused by a metal ladder, electric shock caused by appliances or cuts due to the opening of packaging are examples of consumer accidents. The National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (Inmetro) monitors these cases since 2006. Now, Inmetro System Consumption Accident Monitoring (Sinmac) joined the Consumer Protection Portal.
The records made by consumers help Inmetro to identify products and services that offer risk to health and consumer safety. These records are a priority in the development process of technical regulations and assessment programs of compulsory compliance or the implementation of other measures, such as educational campaigns.
ACCIDENTS INVOLVING CHILDREN
In Brazil, according to the Ministry of Health, accidents or unintentional injuries, the leading cause of death for children between zero and 14 years. About 4700 children die and more than 120,000 are hospitalized annually, representing an expense of R $ 83 million per year to the Unified Health System (SUS).
The occurrence of consumption accidents is not exclusive of Brazil. Statistics of the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), the US, reveal the record, on average, 36 million consumer accidents annually; 35 000 of them related deaths and approximately 10 million medical visits - which cost $ 1 trillion to the public coffers as a result of treatment of victims, payment of damages and damage to property.
STEP BY STEP
To register the accident you need to report the case in Sinmac; contact the company that supplied the product or service; if does not work, look for a consumer protection agency and make claim.
TYPES OF OCCURRENCE
consumer accidents: product or service causes damage to health or consumer safety, even when used properly and according to the instructions provided by the supplier.
Domestic accidents: occurs indoors because of an unsafe act, which may be by recklessness, malpractice or negligence of who commits it.
Accidents caused by misuse of the product or service the consumer: when a person suffers some kind of injury using a product or service at odds with providing for the supplier's instructions.
industrial accidents occur when a product or service provided causes damage to the consumer when used or maintained according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Traffic accidents: occur when a product or service provided causes damage to the consumer when used or maintained according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Source: The Globe
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