Case Nbr | 5323 |
Accident Year | 1992 |
Location | Laboratory |
Country | USA |
State | NY |
City | |
Laser Type | Dye & Nd:YAG (doubled) |
WaveLength | 613 |
Class | |
Divergence | |
Exposure Time | 600 fs |
Output | 0.06 mJ |
Pulse Rate | |
Beam Diameter | 2 |
Subject | Researcher |
Age | |
Sex | M |
Application | Alignment |
Protection | Unknown |
Eye Damage | Internal |
Cause | Negligence |
Description | Researcher received an accidental exposure during alignment. Opthalmic exam confirmed retinal burn in upper medial quadrant of right eye. No foveal damage. At 2 mo's, a 20% translucency remains in field of view. Beam reflected from silicon caused incident. |