Investigation on the Effect for Risk Reduced by the Safety Design Using a Market Data of Home Cooking Stove and Kerosene Stove

(Limit of Availability of Safety Function)

Abstract

Gas stove and oil stove has become a major cause of residential fires. Therefore, it is now legally required to install safety devices. In order to examine the effectiveness of this safety device, what consider whether the cooking stove is igniting due to the cause. Cause from there separately, we examined the effectiveness of safety devices for accident prevention, and consider the limitations of functionality. As a result, there are cases must be judged and confirmed by a person even if safety devices exist. Even within this case, it became clear that accidents will not disappear. Therefore, It is an important that the user should use the safety device as per the instruction manual without overconfidence, and the manufacturer should promote the design so that misuse of the product does not cause an accident as much as possible.