Category: Lasers

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Occupational Health and Safety/Lasers

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• Elements of Laser Safety   [rate it] [review it]
  Mainly discusses how the human body, especially the eye, can be affected by various freqencies of laser radiation.

• Laser Accidents   [rate it] [review it]
  Summaries of reported laser accidents in the United States and their causes from 1964 to 1992. They indicate that the majority of injuries involve the eye and occur during alignment procedures, or because the protective eyewear was either inappropriate or not used.

• Laser Hazards   [rate it] [review it]
  Eye and skin hazards from laser light.

• Laser Pens Have Safety-minded Seeing Red   [rate it] [review it]
  Summarizes some worries about laser pointers.

• Laser Pointer Advisory   [rate it] [review it]
  Summary of laser pointer operation, issues, recent newsworthy events, and safety recommendations.

• Laser Pointer Information Sheet   [rate it] [review it]
  The misuse of laser pointers (sometimes referred to as laser pens) reported in the press has generated public concern over the safety of these devices. The following provides basic information on the properties of laser radiation, the different laser classes and summarises NRPB's position on the issue of the safety of laser pointers.

• Laser Pointer Safety   [rate it] [review it]
  Bulletin prepared by the Laser Institute of America.

• Laser Pointers   [rate it] [review it]
  Overview of the dangers of the device and information on its safe use.

• Laser Precautions and Safety   [rate it] [review it]
  Technical document with information about laser safety and the risks of various classes of lasers by Berkeley Labs.

• Laser Safety And The Eye   [rate it] [review it]
  The unprotected human eye is extremely sensitive to laser radiation and can be permanently damaged from direct or reflected beams. The site of ocular damage for any given laser depends upon its output wavelength.

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