Laser Safety: Practical knowledge and solutions

Laser Safety: Practical Knowledge and Solutions / provides an in-depth guide to laser safety for a wide variety of people who work regularly with lasers and similar products. Laser safety basics will be discussed within the book with an explanation of laser safety devices and useful techniques to obtain workable laser safety culture. An expansion of topics not found in the typical laser safety text includes ergonomics, mentoring, performance-based learning, on the job training, laser safety tools and solutions as well as laser disposal guidance. Considering risk analysis approaches and functional methods for laser application, and a look at making presentations more universally readable, this book will be relevant to students, researchers and laser physicists. Part of / IOP Series in Coherent Sources and Applications.

Part I. The basics of laser safety. 1. Why are laser accidents still happening? -- 1.1. Bad behavior and no negative consequences -- 1.2. Possible future : virtual reality -- 1.3. On the job training/mentoring (a topic you will find mentioned several times in this text, but learning is through repetition) -- 1.4. Recommendation -- 1.5. Trainer, what are your responsibilities? -- 1.6. Trainee, what are your responsibilities? -- 1.7. What makes good coaching? -- 1.8. Training review

2. Classification : a means of hazard communication -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. KEY ITEM about laser hazard classification and why people care -- 2.3. Terms to know -- 2.4. Explanation of individual laser classes -- 2.5. System classification -- 2.6. Classification changes that are being discussed -- 2.7. Training slides on classification

3. Biological effects : something you should know about -- 3.1. Confession time -- 3.2. Let's be truthful -- 3.3. Oh! I forgot about that -- 3.4. What is all the concern over? -- 3.5. All aboard -- train station analogy -- 3.6. Injury below damage threshold -- 3.7. Indoor problems below the MPE do exist -- 3.8. Equipment damage -- 3.9. So where do wavelengths go? -- …