Semiconductors
Overview
Highlights
- Fact Sheet: Safety in Semiconductor Manufacturing. An OSHA Fact Sheet Publication (2024).
- Silicon Device Manufacturing. OSHA reviews the processes, potential hazards, and possible solutions involved in silicon device manufacturing.
- Gallium Arsenide Device Manufacturing. OSHA reviews the processes, potential hazards, and possible solutions involved in gallium arsenide device manufacturing.
In the past 70 years, the semiconductors industry has expanded greatly. Due to rapid changes in this industry, manufacturing processes and their associated hazards may change completely every few years. These changes make hazard assessments more difficult to complete and require that they be conducted more often. Common hazards may include exposure to solvents, acid and caustic solutions, toxic metals, and radiation.
Standards
Semiconductor hazards are addressed in specific OSHA standards for general industry.
Hazards and Solutions
Provides references aid in recognizing and controlling hazards in the workplace.
Additional Resources
Provides links and references to additional resources related to semiconductors.