For many school buildings built before 2006, wired glass is in extensive use and was used to help provide a firestop in hallways, stairwells, classrooms and areas where people pass through.

As a result, students comprise the majority of wired glass injury victims. With this safety concern in mind, officials at the National Center for International Schools, a private, 1,350-student K-12 ...

School boards are not responding quickly enough to replace a common but dangerous type of glass, industry experts say, warning that wired glass can lead to serious injuries. The concerns come as ...

Don’t run with scissors, kids —and don’t put your arm through a door with wired glass, or jam your head between the rungs of the climbing wall in the gym. Manitoba schools received two more ...

In short order, that Vicki Walker bill died in committee. The Building Codes Division promptly banned wire glass in new school construction. And state schools chief Susan Castillo sent out a ...

A public health expert from the University of Toronto estimates that as many as one wired glass injury a day occurs in Canadian schools. Wired glass is a product that has been used for years in ...

He says schools can change the odds by adding a wire barrier to those windows and glass areas to keep perpetrators from reaching in to unlock the doors. “For about 500 years we’ve had the ...

leading to over 2,500 wired glass impact injuries in schools every year. In 1977, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) enacted a federal safety glazing standard (16 CFR 1201) to protect ...

TORONTO, April 29, 2014 /CNW/ - A $5 million damages suit filed today against the Halton Catholic District School Board is raising alarm bells about the safety of wired glass, commonly used in ...

TORONTO - Wired glass, commonly used in schools, hospitals and offices across Canada, will soon lose its safety designation due to the high risk of serious injuries when broken. TORONTO - Wired ...

Commonly used in school and hospitals, critics say wired glass is only about half as strong as normal glass, though it does perform better in fires TORONTO—Wired glass, commonly used in schools ...