It varies by state, but in Massachusetts you are required by state regulation and the Bureau of Public Health to comply with a set of regulations which includes a laser safety officer, http://www.mass.gov/Eeohhs2/docs/dph/regs/105cmr121.pdf much as you would if you were operating an X ray machine, using radioactive materials, etc.
Bob Johnson ITE Safety <http://www.itesafety.com> Moshe Valdman wrote: Hi all, Test labs test all kinds of equipment in various tests (EMC, safety, HALT etc) Occasionally there might be high power lasers (class 3B or class 4) as part of the product tested in the lab Does this require the lab to have an LSO person (laser safety officer) and other special measures ro reduce risks of injury during the tests? thanks and regards, Moshe Valdman QA and reliability Enginner - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
