SEMI International Standards
Standards Locale: North America
Committee: EHS
Place of Meeting: SEMI HQ, San Jose, CA
Date of Meeting: 04/07/2016
Meeting End Date: 04/07/2016
Recording SEMI Standards Staff: Kevin Nguyen
CER Posted to Web: 04/15/2016


Leadership Changes

Group
Previous Leader
New Leader
Flow Limitation Task Force was disbanded
S27 Revision Task Force was disbanded
Committee Structure Changes
None.

Ballot Results

Document #
Document Title
Committee Action
A&R Forms for Approved Ballots
4683HLine Item Revision to SEMI S2-0715, Environmental, Health, and Safety Guideline for Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment. Delayed Revisions Related to Chemical Exposure4683H-LI1 Compiled Resp_TF inputs040516.pdf4683H-LI1 Compiled Resp_TF inputs040516.pdf
Line Item 1Delayed Revisions Related to Chemical Exposure CriteriaFailed
5969Line Item Revisions to SEMI S2-0715, Environmental, Health, and Safety Guideline for Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment (Re: Fire Protection)
Line Item 1Addition of criteria to determine which method of assessing fire risk is to be used. Failed and reballot5969_LI1+2_CompiledResponses_es07apr16a.pdf5969_LI1+2_CompiledResponses_es07apr16a.pdf
Line Item 2Restructuring of portions of Section 14Passed as balloted
5970Line Item Revisions to SEMI S14, Safety Guidelines for Fire Risk Assessment and Mitigation for Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
Line Item 1Changes to Terminology to Align with SEMI S10Passed with editorial change
Line Item 2Change “Grouping” to “Group” to Align with SEMI S10Passed as balloted
Line Item 3Changes to Risk Categories to Align with SEMI S10Passed as balloted


Ratification Ballot Results
None.

Activities Approved by the GCS between meetings of TC Chapter meeting
None.

Authorized Activities

#
Type
SC/TF/WG
Details
5996SNARFErgonomics Task ForceLine Item Revision to S8, Safety Guideline for Ergonomics Engineering of Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
S27 Revision Task ForceSEMI S27-0310 - Safety Guideline for the Contents of Environmental, Safety, and Health (ESH) Evaluation Reports
was voted to go inactive
.

Authorized Ballots

#
When
SC/TF/WG
Details
5761Acycle 5-2016Energetic Materials EHS Task ForceNew Standard: Safety Guideline for Use of Energetic Materials in Semiconductor R&D and Manufacturing Processes
4683Icycle 5-2016S2 Chemical Exposure Task ForceLine Item Revision to SEMI S2-0715, Environmental, Health, and Safety Guideline for Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment. Delayed Revisions Related to Chemical Exposure
5969Acycle 5-2016Fire Protection Task ForceLine Item Revision to SEMI S2-0715, Environmental, Health, and Safety Guideline for Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment (Re: Fire Protection)
5681cycle 5-2016S6 Revision Task ForceLine Item Revision to SEMI S6, EHS Guideline for Exhaust Ventilation of Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
5917cycle 5-2016Ergonomics Task ForceLine Item Revisions to SEMI S8, Safety Guidelines for Ergonomics Engineering of Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment. Addition of reference to a manual material-handling guide in SEMI-S8, Appendix 2, Lifting, Strength, and Materials Handling


SNARF(s) Granted a One-Year Extension
None.

SNARF(s) Cancelled
None.

Standard(s) to receive Inactive Status
None.

Special Announcements of the Committee (Workshops, Programs, etc.)
None.

Next Meeting
Thursday, July 14 2016 at San Francisco Marriott Marquis in San Francisco, California in conjunction with SEMICON West 2016. Check www.semi.org/en/standards for latest update