British Standards Institution

Source:: IEC
Committee:: EPL/76 - Optical radiation safety and laser equipment
Categories:: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Health and Safety | Radiation protection | Engineering | Electronics | Optoelectronics. Laser equipment

Scope

This document relates to ISO 19818-1. It suggests a procedure to specify and select the appropriate protector against laser radiation for the eye and provides some examples. Any protective face protector may be covered by the normative requirements for the frame of eye protectors, however, dedicated skin protectors are excluded from the scope.

This document is intended to be used by:

— any person who is required to select laser eye protectors, for instance a laser safety officer or a laser safety advisor, or the responsible manager.

— any user of the laser product, to be able to make the correct choice of laser eye protection including when more than one laser product is in use, requiring different eye protectors.

Manufacturers of laser products, manufacturers of laser eye protectors and the vendors of the laser product may find the information which is provided by this document useful.

Purpose

Please see ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1, Annex C and additional guidance on justification statements in the brochure Guidance on New Work

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Standard timeline

1. Proposal

Proposal start date:

02/02/2023

Proposal end date:

02/03/2023

2. Draft

3. Public Comments

4. Comment Resolution

5. Approval

6. Publication

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Standards Development

IEC 76/726A/NP PNW TS 76-726 ED1: Eye and face protection - Protection against laser radiation - Part 2: Guidance on the selection and use of laser eye and face protection related to ISO 19818-1

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