Environmental Health and Safety

3D Printer Guidance

Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) has developed 3D Printer Guidance to assist departments with selecting 3D printers and to inform them on how to use them safely.

Before making a 3D printer purchase, review the guidance to understand the potential hazards associated with 3D printers and how to avoid or mitigate these hazards. 

In addition, email safety@brown.edu so that EHS can conduct a hazard assessment of the 3D printer operations proposed. EHS will provide recommendations, as needed, to ensure that the 3D printer can be operated safely in the proposed location.

3D Printer Guidance (PDF)