A federal law mandates safety glass for areas that have the possibility of impact by a person such as sliding glass doors and low windows in walking areas.
Safety glass windows.
Two types of safety glass are heat strengthened and tempered.
Safety glass is glass that is specifically designed to be less likely to break and less prone to inflicting injury when it breaks.
Laminated safety glass is crafted by adhering two pieces of annealed glass together by a vinyl layer eva.
The vinyl interlayer holds the glass together if the glass is broken or impaled.
Also glass on a perpendicular wall to a door and opposite the swing must be safety tempered as illustrated below.
While ordinary glass usually shatters into very sharp shards some types of safety glass breaks into small blunt.
Tempered glass also known as tempered safety glass is defined as glass that is heat treated to be stronger and more durable than standard annealed glass up to four times stronger.
None of this should be interpreted to exclude using safety tempered glass for in a location that you decide warrants it.
It also includes glass that is manufactured for strength or fire resistance.
Another name for this type of glass is toughened glass.
Safety glass breaks in a way that prevents human injuries and property damage.