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Geiger is a safety and socially conscious company
that has been in operation for 129 years. We are proud to be a company
that recognized early on the importance of quality products and exemplary
service.
Product Safety:
Our pledge to you
Recent high profile news events have brought to light areas of concern
that could potentially impact anyone who distributes products manufactured
overseas. As a result, we are taking the following steps to insure the
safety of the products we distribute:
Preferred
Vendors. We have strong relationships
with our production partners. These vendors have years of proven experience
and are proactive in many areas including product safety. They have put
their products through testing beyond that being done by inspectors overseas.
Factory Visits.
We feel that it is not enough that our key production partners monitor
their overseas production facilities. We are also taking an active role
by doing factory visits to see first hand how the products are manufactured
to ensure safe working conditions and responsible labor practices are
being met. We also work with FLA certified sources of supply that have
to go through regular, rigorous, independent testing to ensure products
are safe and do not employ "sweat shop" type labor practices
or child labor.
Independent Testing. In
some cases an independent testing process is available to further validate
prior testing results. These products are tested for lead content as well
as other chemicals that could be harmful for the user. Products that will
be used by a child, are tested for child safety. Many of the items tested
are products that we use on a regular basis for programs and clients nationwide.
Indemnification. We
are currently in the process of working with our preferred production
partners to receive indemnification from them that their products are
safe and do not contain levels of contaminants (i.e. lead, etc.) that
exceed state and federal regulations. Our plan is to have this process
complete by the end of the year. We are also building a database for our
sales force to use which lists products that have been through documented
testing. This same database will flag those production partners that do
not meet our criteria.
Compliance Officer.
We are investigating the addition of a compliance officer to monitor our
efforts to ensure that any product liability issues are identified and
addressed.
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