This guidance has been prepared with the assistance of entertainment based trade bodies, experts in the production of laser displays, event venues, local authority environmental health officers, chartered safety advisers, insurers, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), and Public Health England.
As part of the HSE’s improvement to their communications strategy, HSE felt that the live entertainment technology industry should be custodians of this guide.
PLASA was invited to manage that process, and with the support from those participating, revised the guide.
The Radiation Safety of Lasers used for display purposes HS(G)95 has now been withdrawn and the Safety of Display Lasers produced by PLASA will now be the guidance that replace that guide.
This guidance is not compulsory and you are free to take other action, however if you do follow this guide you will normally be doing enough to comply with the law.
Health and Safety inspectors and local authorities seek to secure compliance with the law and may refer to this guidance as illustrating good practice.
Further detailed guidance for laser displays and shows has been developed and is available as Published Document (IEC Technical Report 60825-3).
The existing PLASA guidance freely available on this page has not been updated in response to any of the content included in the more detailed guidance.
If you have an interest in laser displays and wish to contribute to a review and update of the PLASA guidance please contact us.
The more detailed guidance is available from the BSi here.
