Environmental Health & Safety
Laboratory Safety Unit
Laser Safety for Research and Teaching Laboratories
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- PERSONNEL TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION
- All Laser Users
- All staff and students operating lasers are required to attend the University's web-based Laser Safety Training or an equivalent departmental program. The training is to include general information on the classifications of lasers, fundamentals of laser operation, bioeffects of laser radiation, and control measures. A copy of the attendance sheet/quiz for each person participating in the training program is to be maintained in the lab or department of the laser users. The EHS Laser Safety Training on MyPath shall be taken upon initial assignment, and then at least once every 3 years for laser users.
- The PI/Lab Supervisor, for a laboratory where a Class 3B or 4 laser is used, shall provide site-specific training to his/her staff for these lasers. Such training can include review of SOPs as listed in III.B.2 and VI.A. Documentation of the training is to be maintained in the lab of the laser users.
- The PI or Lab Supervisor must document those who he/she considers qualified and authorized to operate a laser. The PI determines the employee's or student's operational qualification from departmental training, technical training, or other acceptable learning experience. Individual departments can require additional qualifications through examination and annual refreshers.
- Operation of a Class 3B or Class 4 Laser
- Those items listed in III.A shall be followed.
- The PI shall review with the laser user the operating manual provided by the manufacturer for the laser equipment to be used, any specific Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) or experiments to be conducted, and document this training by signing signature page of SOP.
- PIs of Class 3B and 4 lasers built in-house shall develop and maintain SOPs consistent with documents provided by the manufacturer of similar lasers.
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