US Consumer Product Safety Commission

CPSC is an independent federal regulatory agency formed in 1972 with a mission to protect the public against unreasonable risks of injury or death from consumer products through education, safety standards activities, regulation, and enforcement. We are a small agency with a large mission, and we work to ensure the safety of consumers every day.

CPSC is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of the thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products.

Volunteers would help pursue CPSC's mission in protecting the community against unsafe consumer products by helping organize educational information for consumers, assist with CPSC community events, and work with engineers in organizing data.  The volunteers will have the opportunity to be exposed to STEM and how the engineers use it to protect consumers.