P-7　Knowledge of home electric marks about warnings and attention in Japanese

• Published in: Ningen kogaku. The Japanese journal of ergonomics Vol. 53; no. Supplement2; pp. S710 - S711
• Main Authors: Nakajima, Mizuki, Sato, Takeshi, Inagaki, Sanae, Yasuoka, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Ergonomics Society 2017
• Subjects: Education; Home economics; Home electric marks
• ISSN: 0549-4974; 1884-2844
• DOI: 10.5100/jje.53.S710

With the progress of science and technology, home electric appliances were developed in recent years. They made our lives rich and comfortable. Those are products accompanied by power supply. Wrong usage, it was caused on leading to some accidents. Among the accident information gathered by the National Institute of Technology Evaluation and Technology (NITE). The proportion of “household electrical products” is the high in Japan. Many accidents due to misuse of household appliances. A number of Japanese people may be less aware of this mark. The purpose of this study was to investigate the reality of the situation of knowledge of caution and warning marks of this. There were 384 subjects. Informed consent was obtained from the subjects prior to the web access data collection. It was conducted the questionnaire survey online. The questions of mark were seventeen, and there are four choices for each. Subjects were selected the meaning that they considered the most appropriate. There was no mark of 100% correct answer rate. It was 46% the proportion in the accident of household electric appliances by product category. It was 13% the proportion in the accident of household electric appliances by misuse or carelessness. In the education course of home economics which to be necessary the subject of high school education in Japan. The course of “electric machine” has not hardly learned. It was found from this study that the recognition mark of the home electronics warning and attention mark was low. It should be increased opportunities to learn about home appliance of warning in home economics education course.