How is a safe product different from a defective product?
A. A safe product performs in the manner expected by the user without causing injury during proper use. No safe product is designed to cause an injury during its anticipated, proper use (with the only exception being a firearm, which is another story entirely). A defective product does not perform in the manner expected by the user and causes injury despite proper use. A good example of a safe product would be a hammer with a head firmly attached to the handle. If the head of a hammer flew off during proper use and struck a nearby worker in the eye it is likely that the hammer was defective in design or manufacture.
