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Safety Guidelines - Labels on Your Snapmaker
Skin Injury from Laser
Lasers can harm the skin via photochemical or thermal burns, which can be treated as could any other burn. Take the
following steps as an emergency response:
(1) If it is a major burn, call for emergency medical care before you take the subsequent steps.
(2) Remove any clothing or jewellery that’s near the burnt area of skin, but do not move anything that’s stuck to the
skin.
(3) Hold the burn under cool or lukewarm running water until the pain subsides. Use cool, wet compresses if
running water isn’t available.
(4) After the burned area has been cooled, use painkillers such as paracetamol or ibuprofen to treat any pain.
(5) Loosely bandage the burn. Use a sterile, non-adhesive bandage or clean cloth.
Exposure to Gases or Fumes
The heating which occurs during laser cutting or engraving can cause charring, pyrolysis, and even combustion of the
material being worked on and generate gases or fumes.
• Airway Irritation
Gases and fumes may irritate the airways and potentially be extremely dangerous. Should airway irritation occur,
take the following steps as an emergency response:
(1) Expose the casualty to fresh air.
(2) Call for medical help.
(3) If the person is unresponsive, not breathing, or not breathing normally, perform CPR until the person begins
breathing or emergency help arrives.
• Eye Irritation
Being exposed to gases or fumes may cause the eyes to become red and watery, and induce a grainy feeling.
Should eye irritation occur, take the following steps as an emergency response:
(1) Rinse the affected eyes with room temperature water for 10 to 20 minutes to relieve symptoms. Sterile water
or sterile normal saline solution (0.9%) from sealed disposable containers can be used. Press the eyelids wide
open and keep them apart while rinsing.
(2) Transfer the casualty to the hospital as soon as possible for an eye examination and further treatment.
• Asthma Attacks
Gases or fumes may trigger asthma in a person with asthma history. Should an asthma attack occur, take the
following steps as an emergency response:
(1) Sit the person upright.
(2) Give 4 puffs of blue reliever puffer. Ensure you shake the puffer, put 1 puff into a spacer at a time, and get the
person to take 4 breaths of each puff through the spacer. Remember: shake, 1 puff, 4 breaths.
If you don’t have a spacer, simply give the person 4 puffs of their reliever directly into their mouth. Repeat this
until the person has taken 4 puffs.
(3) Wait 4 minutes. If there is no improvement, give 4 more separate puffs as in Step (2).
(4) Keep giving reliever. Give 4 puffs every 4 minutes until the ambulance arrives.
Fire
Laser engraving and cutting can present a significant fire hazard due to the extremely high temperature caused by the
laser beam. Should a fire occur, take the following steps as an emergency response:
Safety Guidelines - Emergency Response
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