{"60980":{"#nid":"60980","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Environmental Health and Safety Announce new Laser Safety Protocols","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp align=\u0022left\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Department\nof Environmental Health and Safety, through its Office of Radiological Safety,\nis pleased to announce the implementation of the Institute\u2019s newly revamped Laser\nSafety Program for Class 3B and Class 4 lasers.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp align=\u0022left\u0022\u003EThe\nprogram\u2019s primary objective is to provide guidance on the safe use of Class 3B\nand 4 lasers for all Georgia Tech faculty, staff and students. Unprotected\nexposure to emissions from either of these lasers can result in serious eye\ninjury. In addition, Class 4 lasers pose a potential fire hazard, and there are\nmultiple collateral hazards including electrical shock and chemical exposures. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp align=\u0022left\u0022\u003EGeorgia\nTech\u2019s current inventory of 450 Class 3B and 4 lasers reflects a wide variety\nof lasers being used \u2014 in applications from precision machining of materials to\nhigh resolution laser spectroscopy \u2014 spread among 17 departments across 20\ncampus buildings.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp align=\u0022left\u0022\u003EGeorgia\nTech\u2019s Laser Safety Officer (LSO), Gary Spichiger, along with a newly\nestablished Laser Safety Committee, chaired by School of Chemistry and\nBiochemistry Senior Research Scientist Dr. John Nicovich, developed a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ors.gatech.edu\/laser\/laser_safety_policy.pdf\u0022\u003ELaser\nSafety Policy Manual\u003C\/a\u003E and an online Laser Safety Training course, both of which\nadhere to nationally recognized standards. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp align=\u0022left\u0022\u003EThe\nOffice of Radiological Safety has been meeting with the appropriate school\nchairs to discuss implementation of the program. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp align=\u0022left\u0022\u003E\u201cOur\nobjective with this Laser Safety Program is to ensure the safe set-up and use\nof Class 3B and 4 lasers at Georgia Tech, while minimizing any impact to research\nactivities,\u201d said Mark Demyanek, assistant vice president of Environmental\nHealth and Safety.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp align=\u0022left\u0022\u003EGeorgia\nTech will hire an outside consultant to work with the LSO, verifying the laser\ninventory and conducting hazard assessments. The inventory and hazard assessments\nwill be conducted on a department-by-department basis and will focus primarily\non labs containing both Class 4 and 3B lasers. Labs containing only Class 3B\nlasers might be deferred to a later round of assessments. The verification and\ntesting phase is expected to begin later this fall.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022left\u0022\u003EAll laser documents, including registration forms,\nthe Laser Safety Policy Manual, and the online Laser Safety Training can be\naccessed at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ors.gatech.edu\/laser\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.ors.gatech.edu\/laser\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Department of Environmental Health and Safety, through its Office of Radiological Safety, is pleased to announce the implementation of the Institute\u2019s newly revamped Laser Safety Program for Class 3B and Class 4 lasers.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Revamped safety program designed for labs with class 3B and class 4 lasers"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2010-09-15 10:23:49","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:23","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-09-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-09-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"60981":{"id":"60981","type":"image","title":"Class IV laser safety","body":null,"created":"1449176308","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:58:28","changed":"1475894531","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:11","alt":"Class IV laser safety","file":{"fid":"191252","name":"10C3041-P1-156.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/10C3041-P1-156_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/10C3041-P1-156_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1349191,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/10C3041-P1-156_0.jpg?itok=kc_PGPYa"}}},"media_ids":["60981"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ehs.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Environmental Health and Safety"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ors.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Radiological Safety (ORS)"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4115","name":"EHS"},{"id":"10652","name":"lasers"},{"id":"10653","name":"radiological safety"},{"id":"167060","name":"safety"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gary.spichiger@ehs.gatech.edu \u0022\u003EGary Spichiger\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEnvironmental Health \u0026amp; Safety\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-8847\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}