Laser Safety MSI Chicago Fab Lab¶
For our laser cutters, we have the following escalation tree to follow for laser cutter fires: 1. keep in yellow lines on floor. 2. keep in lines sign on wall. 3. water spray bottle 4. fire blanket 5. halon extinguisher (requires evacuation after use). 6. leave area and call building security to call fire dept.
We follow these rules in order escalating from 1. on up.
If you look at the photo above you can see everything listed above, except the fire blanket, placed very close to our laser cutter.
The Person in the Photo is Ruth G. and she is making a marble based Newton’s Cradle kit for a museum snoozeum overnight camper activity. The campers are guided by museum volunteers in building their own Newton’s Cradle.
