Laser Hazard Classification Guide

Details

• Personal Author:
  Franks JK ; Krial NP ; Lyon TL ; Marshall WJ ; Sliney DH ; Valle PF
• Description:
  A listing was compiled by NIOSH of all lasers presently in use and their hazard classification according to the scheme to be proposed by OSHA. Through an Interagency Agreement with the United States Army Environmental Hygiene Agency (USAEHA) the following objectives were attempted: to gather technical specifications on all lasers currently in use from the manufacturers' data sheets; to classify the laser from the manufacturers' specifications; and to confirm the manufacturers' data by measuring a small sample of lasers and cross checking the calibration of the manufacturers' instrumentation. Contained in this compilation was the resulting computerized list of almost 2500 models available from over 175 manufacturers and distributors in the laser safety field. It was possible to classify most lasers using the manufacturers' specifications if the user had not modified the laser. The many helium/neon lasers specified as 1.0 milliwatt output power were placed in Class-IIIa, since these lasers originally had an output power exceeding 1.0 milliwatt at the time of manufacture. It was noted that the user of the list should check the specifications available in the manual supplied with the particular laser against the parameters listed in the computer printout. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Laboratories Occupational Health Radiation Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Equipment-operators Interagency-Agreement-IA-76-26 Laboratory-equipment Laser-radiation NIOSH-Contract Radiation-exposure Radiation-hazards Safety-measures
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Interagency Agreement
• Genre:
  Handbooks
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-210
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00197227
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-266497
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 76-183, 1976 Jul; :1-210
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a9b9d1a44a703ee96ca7b8e892ae2c4d5f1f688a9c8434064181c2ceb1b02b37cfe53897289c846811dd3c38695f264e5df4e7fa50fb4864c7c06af9ee37ae09
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209606/cdc_209606_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.71 MB ]