| Reference: | 1 |
| Summary: | Macular burn of right eye during adjustment |
| Description: | Student leaned over laser from the side to adjust Brewster window when flash lamp accidently fired to pump ruby laser pulse. Six weeks following exposure no scotoma was observed, (V:20/200). This was first reported case of laser eye injury. |
| Date: | 1964 |
| Country: | USA |
| State: | OR |
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| Site: | University (OR) |
| Environment: | Scientific |
| Laser: | Ruby |
| Wavelength: | 694 |
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| Exposure Time: | 41 ms |
| Energy/Power: | 20 J |
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| Subject: | College student |
| Age: | |
| Gender: | M |
| Application: | Alignment |
| Eyewear: | None worn |
| Severity: | Permanent |
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