UL 60335-2-24

Standard for Household and Similar Electrical Appliances - Safety - Part 2-24: Particular Requirements for Refrigerating Appliances, Ice-Cream Appliances and Ice-Makers

This Standard covers the safety of residential refrigerating appliances. It includes entrapment protection requirements for household refrigerators, in line with the Refrigerator Safety Act (RSA) of 1956.

Prior to the RSA, refrigerators were typically equipped with latches that held the doors shut when not in use and could only be opened from the outside. The RSA was enacted to help prevent the suffocation deaths of young children who could become trapped inside. UL 60335-2-24, the Standard for Safety Requirements for Household and Similar Electrical Appliances, Part 2: Particular Requirements for Refrigerating Appliances, Ice-Cream Appliances and Ice-Makers, requires entrapment warning statements in product literature, along with door latch release tests to help ensure the doors can be opened from the inside.