Chapter 55. Safety Glazing

These regulations are adopted pursuant to Public Safety Article, Title 12, Subtitle 4, Annotated Code of Maryland. This law provides for determinations by the Secretary of Labor as to three subjects: Further requirements for standards of safety glazing material; additional glazed elements to be designated “hazardous locations”; and exceptions of certain panels from the definition of “hazardous locations”.

These regulations are to be read in conjunction with the Safety Glazing Law, Public Safety Article, Title 12, Subtitle 4, Annotated Code of Maryland.

The reference standards and specific hazardous locations applicable to safety glazing shall be those identified in COMAR 09.12.50 Maryland Model Performance Code.

In addition to the specific hazardous locations indicated in the Maryland Model Performance Code, hazardous locations shall include the first fixed glazed panel on either or both sides of the door, or doors, which have a glazing less than 18 inches from the finished floor or whose least dimension is 18 inches or more, which may be mistaken as a means of egress or ingress.