Database of Expertise in Product Safety and Safe Product Design
Other gas appliances
Mr Enzo Alfonsetti, Manager
Gas Appliance
Gas Technology Services Pty. Ltd.
279 Normanby Road Port Melbourne VIC 3207
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (03) 96479800 FAX: (03) 9646 4370 E-mail: enzoa@vicpac.com.au
Profession/education:
Insp.
Specific products:
Gas appliances
Ms Nicole Harvey, Fire Investigation Coordinator
Country Fire Authority
PO Box 701 Mt Waverley VIC 3149
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (03) 9262 8412 FAX: (03) 9262 8399 E-mail: n.harvey@cfa.vic.gov.au
Profession/education:
Bach of Applied Science, Grad Dip Education, Dip of Fire Technology
Specific products:
Fire fighter protective clothing and safety equipment, any products which are capable of causing fires
Mr Steve Hutchison, Senior Investigator, Product Safety
Safety and Standards Branch
Department of Fair Trading
PO Box 972 Parramatta NSW 2124
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (02) 9895 0257 FAX: (02) 9895 0426 E-mail: shutchison@fairtrading.nsw.gov.au
Profession/education:
Researcher
Specific products:
Includes: Exercise equipment, spas/swimming pools, novelties, textile products, insulation, bicycles, bike helmets, ladders, prams/strollers, baby walkers, cots, toy boxes, child restraints, sunglasses, wat
Mr John Kelleher, Section Head, Fire and Explosion Investigation
Victorian Forensic Science Centre (Victorian Police)
Forensic Dr Macleod VIC 3085
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (03) 9450 3444 FAX: (03) 9459 0477 E-mail: john@netwide.com.au
Profession/education:
B.A., B.App. Sc., Member Royal Australian Chemical Institute (MRACI), Member Australian Institute of Physics (MAIP).
Specific products:
Flammable liquids, electrical/electronic appliances, explosives
Mr Philip Meyer, Principal
Associated Professional Ergonomists
16 Acland St St. Kilda VIC 3182
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (03) 9534 2858 FAX: (03) 9534 8696 E-mail:
Profession/education:
M Design, Grad Dip Ergonomics, Dip Ed
Specific products:
furniture- domestic and industrial, general consumer products, industrial equipment
Dr Michael Patkin, Director/ Senior Lecturer
Department of Surgery
Whyalla Hospital
79 Archer St North Adelaide SA 5006
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (08) 8267-5163 FAX: (08) 8267 6976 E-mail: mpatkin@comtech.net.au
Profession/education:
MBBS (Melb), FRCSEng, FRCSEd, FRACS, FESA, Ceng
Specific products:
Handle design in general, anything you hold and anything your hand comes against, ie. bannister or a wall is a handle, also laptop computers. See website www.uq.edu.au/eaol/apr97/handle.htm
Mr Christopher Powell, Resources Manager
Department of Civil Engineering
Monash University
Wellington Rd Clayton VIC 3168
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (03) 9905 4955/ (03) 9905 1 FAX: (03) 9905 1483 E-mail: chris.powell@eng.monash.edu.au
Profession/education:
Instrumentation engineer
Specific products:
Vehicle testing down to component level; Structural testing buildings and components; lifting devices and systems; crane testing and roll over protection systems, pressure testing of "other gas appliances".
Ms Jan Shield, Safety Consultant
Safety Centre
Royal Children's Hospital
Flemington Rd Parkville VIC 3052
AUSTRALIA
Work phone: (03) 9345 6470 FAX: (03) 9345 5086 E-mail: shieldja@cryptic.rch.unimelb.edu.au
Profession/education:
B.A., Dip. Ed, Grad. Dip. Information Services, MPH
Specific products:
Children's products (beds, bedding, cots, high chairs, door barriers), home safety products (stoveguards, door barriers), strangulation hazards, recommendations for child care settings, toys, inhalation haz
Mr David Thompson, Senior Technical Officer - Mechanical
Quality Testing
Woolworths - Big W - Qualtest
3 City View Rd Pennant Hills NSW 2120
AUSTRALA
Work phone: (02) 9847 1183 FAX: (03) 9847 1683 E-mail: dthompso@bigw.com.au
Profession/education:
Mech Eng Cert, Craftsman Cert in Fitting and Turning, N.A.T.A signatory to AS1647 and AS2432 (baby dummies). Member of Australian Standards Committees CS91 Domestic Furniture (Plastic Monobloc Chair), CS3 Safety
Specific products:
Toys, sporting goods, leisure furniture, nursery furniture, exercise bikes, babies dummies, hardgoods based products
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