Protection against laser radiation

The brochure at hand gives a comprehensive survey of all the individual topics of protection against laser radiation. Often arising questions are dealt with in greater detail up to elaborated individual examples which are intended to inform the reader how to proceed resp. about relevant tables. The circle mainly addressed consists of the commissioner for protection against laser radiation, security personnel, inspectors of the industrial inspection boarrad and of the trade associations, and also of the operators of lasers in industry, laboratories, and in the field of medicine and professional training. The introductory section presents relevant technical rules, gives the names of competent advisory boards and of the supervisory authority for lasers and laser devices, followed by a section on personal protection outfits designed for protection against laser radiation, mainly spectacles against laser radiation. Then a statement is made on organisational and technical protection measures in factories and laboratories resp. on corresponding parts of the devices. The last section describes the classification of laser and embraces the preceeding sections by means of its explanations. Model safety instructions are presented for the purpose of supporting commissioners for protection against laser radiation in their training activities. (orig./HP)