Pass And Fail Labels Offer Fast And Accurate Safety Awareness

In the United Kingdom, there is a specific test that is required to be performed

on various types of electrical appliances to gauge how safe it is to use them. The Portable Appliance Test, or PAT test as its known, is used in a variety of different settings, such as residential, and more so in commercial and industrial. When a technician tests the safety of these pieces of equipment, usually they look at several key factors and then from there judge how safe it is to use them.

Once a technician tests out three main features of most electrical appliances, which include components such as the inner electrical workings, any exterior cords, and the environment that the appliance is used in, they can make an accurate decision on what sort of safety designation they can give them, and thus affix a sort of label to communicate these possible designations. The pass and fail labels are one such specific type of label, and can hold quite valuable information regarding the safety of a machine.

Pass and fail labels are a very important means (and usually required by the British health and safety regulations) of communicating the safety of a tested appliance. Coming in a variety of colors, shapes, sizes and specific applications, these PAT test labels simply state whether the appliance that underwent a PAT test has passed or failed. There are specific easy-to-use devices that are usually much cheaper than the typical PAT test and can give an accurate reading as to if an appliance is safe or not, and will simply read pass or fail.

Without the use of pass and fail labels, unnecessary and quite preventable harm could be inflicted to both the general public that may work around or operate these appliances, or even the technicians or workers whose job it is to test the safety of these devices. And besides the most important information, which is whether or not an appliance passed the safety test, they hold much more information that proves critical in the prevention of possible bodily harm.

Pass and fail labels have designated places on their surfaces for the input of such information as who performed the portable appliance test, at what date the initial test was performed, and when the next test should be performed. There is also information on these labels regarding the I.D number of the appliance, and even sometimes have a barcode so the entire test history of an appliance can be accessed at a simple scan with a barcode reader. There are even specific kinds of portable appliance testing labels that are used for specialized forms of appliances, such as microwaves, as their microwave emissions must be checked in order to ensure that the safety of the users of that microwave and the safety of the people whose job it is to test the appliance is ensured. Its easy to see how such a seemingly simple label can have such an impact on the prevention of possible harm wherever appliances are used.

by:Alistair ogilvie

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