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Laser Safety Guide

1．For the purpose of personnel safety, please do not direct the laser beam toward human body, especially human eyes.

2. In case of using the laser, please put the laser on the metal plane of easy heat emission or in the natural ventilation environment as it is sensitive to temperature.

3 With regard to long term storage, the laser should be stored in a damp-proof and anti-static environment.

4. Severe collisions shall be avoided or the laser will be damaged.

5. No one shall modify the laser or take it apart at his or her own discretion and the Company will not take any responsibility for the loss arising thereof.

6. Never Aim Laser Pointers at Aircraft. You may be arrested, and you may help get laser pointers banned. (Notes: Download NEVER aim laser pointers at aircraft!)

How to reduce incidents: For laser pointer sellers, distributors and manufactures

Laser pointers have already been banned in some jurisdictions. In Canada and elsewhere, aviation officials are getting fed up with pointers being aimed at aircraft. Therefore, it is in your best interest do to everything possible to promote the safe use of laser pointers. Here are some suggestions:

  Laser Caution Warnings

Include with every order, a prominent “CAUTION” sheet, telling users not to aim at aircraft.

If you have a users forum, post information and a link to this site as a sticky on your forum.

On every webpage selling a laser pointer above 1 mW, there should be a prominent warning, such as “NEVER aim a laser beam at an aircraft. It is unsafe, you may be arrested, and you may help cause laser pointers to be banned.” (You may think 1 mW is too low; however a 1 mW laser is a distraction at aircraft altitudes. In 2008, a California man was jailed for aiming a 3.3 mW laser at an aircraft.)

Labeling

Every laser pointer above 1 mW should have a permanent marking or label with wording such as “DO NOT aim at or near aircraft”. For example, in September 2009 a major Internet laser distributor began putting a warning on their U.S. labels:

WARNING: DO NOT SHINE YOUR LASER AT AN AIRCRAFT
Shooting a laser at an aircraft is considered a felony in the U.S.

We applaud this move. Wording like this should be on every laser pointer over 1 mW.

Label permanence

It should be difficult or impossible to remove the label. We understand this may be an aesthetic issue, but the label permanence is an important point. It should help reduce misuse. It is better to have some text on a pointer that can be legally used, than to have text-free pointers that have been banned due to too many laser-aircraft incidents.