Yep, I have and it was not fun
Before I knew about uvc lamps I bought one off amazon and ran it for 6 hours continuously because it looked cool. Little did I know there was UVA, UVB, and UVC coming out
So after being in and out of the room multiple times the final time was 3.5 hours!
I did a lot of research after being exposed and I was trying to figure out why my eyes were burning and why it smelled like ozone. It was a long 2.5 day recovery for my eyes
6 hours was as long as I had the G15T8 because Mackenzie took it, I tried fighting to get it back but by the my eyes were stinging and I had tunnel vision, so she took it, popped both filaments, and put a lighter up to it to melt it which eventually led to vacuum loss
She was mad at me because I bought a “dangerous” light source behind her back and mentioned nothing about it
It was the longest 2.5 days ever for recovery, because she basically was by my side at all times and wouldn’t let me move until I was recovered. Of she let me take a shower and use the bathroom
Like 1.5 days in, I had temporary blindness in both eyes and she had to do everything for me, even feeding me which she likes doing that regardless
She will never allow me to buy a G15T8 again or anything like that
But little does she know I have 3 UVC lamps and I just told her that I scratched the phosphor off
This was 2 months ago 

With a girlfriend as micromanaging as this, any UV exposure is the least of your problems

She’s only like that when I’m injured or something otherwise she’s a chill girl

Be very careful with UVC mate, it's nasty stuff 

But with a thick glass cover over the UVC lamp, it will be safer, because the glass will block the UV rays.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Yeah... I have a sun tanning lamp... and I did not realize it was a sun tanning lamp til three hours later... I had no burns or injuries though... despite being directly under it.

Yeah... I have a sun tanning lamp... and I did not realize it was a sun tanning lamp til three hours later... I had no burns or injuries though... despite being directly under it.

Tanning lamps aren't quite the same thing. It's still not best practice to sit in front of them for too long, but they're not as destructive as UVC.

I'm sure James won't mind me quoting a passage from his Lamptech site on germicidal lamps:

"Germicidal lamps have a sharply defined spectral output at 253.7nm, the primary mercury line in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum. They consist of a low pressure mercury discharge operating under the same conditions as in low pressure fluorescent tubes, which ensures maximum efficiency in the generation of UV-C. The 254nm line is highly effective for the destruction of DNA, whose absorption spectrum shows a peak close to this wavelength."

For those interested, here is the full article.

I have an EPROM eraser somewhere with one of those Philips TUV6 lamps in it. Can't find it though, I suspect it's in a cupboard in my mum's garage, which is 437 miles south at the moment, so it may be a while before I lay my hands on it.

It has a cut-out switch so the lamp is automatically switched off when the drawer into which you put the EPROM is opened, so you can't see the lamp lit.

Yeah, shortwave UV scares the piss out of me to be honest, especially in the way it destroys DNA and basically any other organic compound. I have an F4T5 germicidal lamp sealed inside a test tube that runs off a capacitive dropper ballast; the person who made it for me tells me its safe and I'm sure it is, but I still get major heebie jeebies even running it for a short time.

If the UV can not reach your body and no oxygen supply to form the ozone (or a proper ventilation), there is no reason for it to not be safe...

On the other hand the UV is a problem for just the skin surface (and eyes), so it recovers pretty fast. Of course, unless the damaged skin surface is too large, then it becomes problematic (slow recovery, overload of the immune system leading to higher risk of skin cancer,...)