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Originally Posted by warrrreagl
Now you definitely have my attention, Mr. Jazz. Here's a question that I heard asked once and I've never seen a satisfactory answer. What should a proper instruction sheet and warning label for a hammer contain in order to absolve the manufacturer from liability? Nothing fancy, just the plain old, garden-variety hammer. Pound nails with one end and pull them out with the other.
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Let's assume for the moment that we're not talking about the head flying off and striking someone else (which I've seen before). That would be a defective product and open the manufacturer to potentially successful suits.
A warning label would not necessarily be needed. When we're talking about common products that most people would reasonably have an understanding of (yes Cyn, like screwdrivers), you don't need warning labels.
The instructions, if they existed, should state the best way to drive nails and the common mistakes that users make. Speaking generally of products, you need to figure out what the average drunken idiot is going to do wrong and tell them not to.
warrrreagl, the problem with your example is that the tool isn't complicated enough to really warrant labels or instructions. A better one would be socket wrenches, and you might actually need a warning not to use it as a hammer.