Your legal responsibilities with regard to glazing are governed by two key areas.
Glass door safety requirements.
To comply with the building regulations glazing requirements or also known as critical locations there must be safety glass or safety guards in place to protect people from injury.
Glass safety legislation the law and glazing.
3280 403 requirements for windows sliding glass doors and skylights.
Safety window film and glass manifestation can be installed to glazing to meet the minimum standards set out in current glass safety legislation or the extended additional standards based on individual risk set out in the workplace regulations.
Broken glass can cause lacerations cuts and puncture wounds which may result in severed arteries or tendons amputations eye injuries or exposure to disease.
The most likely locations for accidents caused by glass breakage which could result in cutting and piercing injuries are in doors door side panels low.
Safety films can be used to bring ordinary glass up to grade a safety glass requirements.
The risk of injury from the storage handling and disposal of glassware or broken glass exists in most workplaces.
There are restrictions on using film instead of toughened or laminated glass and this depends on the size of the glass pane and its thickness.
The most likely locations for accidents caused by glass breakage which could result in cutting and piercing injuries are in doors door side panels low windows and low level glass in walls and glass partitions.
It works in a similar fashion to laminated glass by holding shattered glass pieces to the film if broken.
If you have full height glass in any windows doors or partitions it must be marked with glass manifestation to make sure that it can be seen.
In addition any glass located adjacent to a door within a 24 inch arc of the door must be constructed from safety glass if the bottom edge of the glass is less than 60 inches above the walking.
Safety glass regulations requirements overview frosted manifestation is a cost effective and easy ways to ensure compliance with the building regulations.
An external window or door is a controlled fitting under the building regulations and as a result of this classification these regulations set out certain standards to be met when such a window or door is replaced.