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.
None of this should be interpreted to exclude using safety tempered glass for in a location that you decide warrants it.
The vinyl interlayer holds the glass together if the glass is broken or impaled.
There are exceptions allowed for decorative glass in windows also along with the addition of a sturdy rail in front of the glass and outboard panes of insulating glass in a high location.
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.
Two types of safety glass are heat strengthened and tempered.
Another name for this type of glass is toughened glass.
Glass that is not laminated shows only two reflections from the two surfaces of the glass.
Laminated safety glass is crafted by adhering two pieces of annealed glass together by a vinyl layer eva.
It also includes glass that is manufactured for strength or fire resistance.
Safety glass is glass that is specifically designed to be less likely to break and less prone to inflicting injury when it breaks.