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by wirrbel 1887 days ago
Thats not how SAFETY in engineering works. You cannot declare that certain situations that are likely to come up (children around a product that is in apparment / homes) are out-of-scope.

Source: Have worked in product development for devices.

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Safety engineering is a matching between user expectations of safety and actual safety. If there's evidence that this treadmill is disproportionately dangerous for it's category, that's one thing. But if it's just "dangerous" without qualification, that's not a reason in itself to be especially concerned about it.