I believe that OSHA enforces the CDRH laser safety guidelines in the workplace. I'm not sure about consumer goods...Possibly the Consumer Product Safety Commission?
Penalties for non-compliance would be the typical fines, recalls ... handed out by OSHA or CPSC. > -----Original Message----- > From: Collins, Jeffrey [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 10:32 PM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: ( More) Laser Safety Questions > > > Hello Group, > > There was a lot of good dialog recently regarding laser safety. Thanks > to > all that participated!!!! > > Questions: > > Who enforces the FDA CDRH 1040.1 laser safety standards in the US? > > How is it enforced? > > What are the penalties for noncompliance? > > Who enforces the IEC or EN 60825 laser safety standards in Europe / > Globally? > > How is it enforced? > > What are the penalties for noncompliance? > > > My questions are stemming from the Class 1 or 1M laser safety > requirements > particularly in Telecom networks. > Some NRTL's and CAB's do not require or do not enforce their clients > doing a > submittal ( To the FDA ) for installing these types of laser products > in > your equipment. Their decision was based on your company using a class > 1 > laser that carries a current NRTL / CAB safety certification which was > not > modified from it's original design when installed into your products. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Jeffrey Collins > Sr. HW Engineering Manager > EMC/ NEBS/ Safety/ Reliability > CIENA Core Switching Division > 10480 Ridgeview Court, Cupertino, CA. 95014 > (408) 366-4806, Fax (408) 366-4866 > [email protected] > http://www.ciena.com > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Ron Pickard: [email protected] > Dave Heald: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ > Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
