1997 Minnesota Statutes

CHAPTER 299G. Protection of buildings and occupants

  299G.01 Repealed, 1978 c 777 s 20 

  299G.02 Repealed, 1978 c 777 s 20 

  299G.03 Repealed, 1978 c 777 s 20 

  299G.05 Repealed, 1978 c 777 s 20 

  299G.06 Repealed, 1978 c 777 s 20 

  299G.07 Repealed, 1978 c 777 s 20 

  299G.08 Repealed, 1978 c 777 s 20 

  299G.10 Repealed, 1981 c 106 s 16 

     299G.11 Doors and sidelights of public buildings.  

    If doors or side lights of a public building, whether 
 privately or publicly owned, are constructed with clear glass, 
 markings shall be placed on such clear glass or the clear glass 
 shall be manufactured with markings.  Sidelights are defined as 
 the clear glass panels not less than 15 inches wide immediately 
 adjacent to the door.  

    HIST: 1967 c 174 s 1 

  299G.12 Repealed, 1978 c 520 s 3 

     299G.13 Safety glazing; definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Scope.  As used in sections 299G.13 to 
 299G.18, the following words and phrases have the meaning here 
 given them.  

    Subd. 2.    Safety glazing material.  "Safety glazing 
 material" means any glazing material, such as tempered glass, 
 laminated glass, wire glass or rigid plastic, which meets the 
 test requirements of the American National Standards Institute 
 Standard Z-97.1-1972, and which is so constructed, treated, or 
 combined with other materials as to minimize the likelihood of 
 cutting and piercing injuries resulting from human contact with 
 the glazing material.  

    Subd. 3.    Hazardous locations.  "Hazardous locations" 
 means those structural elements, glazed or to be glazed, in 
 residential buildings and other structures used as dwellings, 
 commercial buildings, industrial buildings, and public 
 buildings, known as interior and exterior commercial entrance 
 and exit doors, and the immediately adjacent operable and 
 inoperable glazed panels, sliding glass door units including the 
 fixed glazed panels which are part of such units, storm or 
 combination doors, shower and bathtub enclosures, primary 
 residential entrance and exit doors and the operable and 
 inoperable adjacent sidelights, whether or not the glazing in 
 such doors, panels and enclosures is transparent.  

    Subd. 4.    Residential buildings.  "Residential 
 buildings" means buildings such as homes and apartments used as 
 dwellings for one or more families or persons.  

    Subd. 5.    Other structures used as dwellings.  "Other 
 structures used as dwellings" means buildings such as 
 manufactured homes, manufactured or industrialized housing and 
 lodging homes.  

    Subd. 6.    Commercial buildings.  "Commercial 
 buildings" means buildings such as wholesale and retail stores 
 and storerooms, and office buildings. 

    Subd. 7.    Industrial buildings.  "Industrial 
 buildings" means buildings such as factories.  

    Subd. 8.    Public buildings.  "Public buildings" means 
 buildings such as hotels, hospitals, motels, dormitories, 
 sanitariums, nursing homes, theaters, stadiums, gymnasiums, 
 amusement park buildings, schools and other buildings used for 
 educational purposes, museums, restaurants, bars, correctional 
 institutions, places of worship and other buildings of public 
 assembly.  

    Subd. 9.    Commercial entrance and exit door.  
 "Commercial entrance and exit door" means a hinged, pivoting, 
 revolving or sliding door which is glazed or to be glazed and 
 used alone or in combination with doors, other than those 
 described in subdivision 11, on interior or exterior walls of a 
 commercial, public or industrial building as a means of passage, 
 ingress or egress.  

    Subd. 10.    Operable and inoperable glazed panels 
 immediately adjacent to entrance or exit doors.  "Operable and 
 inoperable glazed panels immediately adjacent to entrance or 
 exit doors" means the flat glazed panels on either or both sides 
 of interior or exterior doors, and within the same wallplane as 
 the door, whose nearest vertical edge is within 12 inches of the 
 door in a closed position and whose bottom edge is less than 60 
 inches above the floor or walking surface. 

    Subd. 11.    Sliding glass door units.  "Sliding glass 
 door units" means an assembly of glazed or to be glazed panels 
 contained in an overall frame, installed in residential 
 buildings and other structures used as dwellings, commercial, 
 industrial or public buildings, and so designed that one or more 
 of the panels is movable in a horizontal direction to produce or 
 close off an opening for use as a means of passage, ingress or 
 egress.  

    Subd. 12.    Storm or combination door.  "Storm or 
 combination door" means a door which is glazed or to be glazed, 
 and used in tandem with a primary residential or commercial 
 entrance and exit door to protect the primary residential or 
 commercial entrance or exit door against weather elements and to 
 improve indoor climate control.  

    Subd. 13.    Shower enclosure.  "Shower enclosure" or 
 "bathtub enclosure" means a hinged, pivoting, or sliding door 
 and fixed panels which are glazed or to be glazed and used to 
 form a barrier between the shower stall or bathtub and the rest 
 of the room area.  

    Subd. 14.    Primary residential entrance and exit door. 
  "Primary residential entrance and exit door" means a door, 
 other than that described in subdivision 11, which is glazed or 
 to be glazed and used in an exterior wall of a residential 
 building and other structures used as dwellings, as a means of 
 ingress or egress.  

    Subd. 15.    Glazing.  "Glazing" means the act of 
 installing and securing glass or other glazing material into 
 prepared openings in structural elements such as doors, 
 enclosures, and panels.  

    Subd. 16.    Glazed.  "Glazed" means the accomplished 
 act of glazing.  

    HIST: 1974 c 53 s 1; 1981 c 365 s 9; 1983 c 228 s 2,3 

     299G.14 Glazing material; labeling required.  

    Subdivision 1.    Permanent labeling; identification; 
 standard.  Each lite of safety glazing material manufactured, 
 distributed, imported, or sold for use in hazardous locations, 
 or installed in such a location within this state shall be 
 permanently labeled by such means as etching, sandblasting, 
 firing of ceramic material, hot-die stamping, transparent 
 pressure sensitive labels, or by other suitable means.  The 
 label shall identify the seller, manufacturer, fabricator, or 
 installer, the nominal thickness and the type of safety glazing 
 material, and the fact that said material meets the test 
 requirements of the American National Standards Institute 
 Standard Z-97.1-1972.  

    The label must be legible and visible after installation.  

    Subd. 2.    Limited use.  Such safety glazing labeling 
 shall not be used on other than safety glazing materials.  

    HIST: 1974 c 53 s 2 

     299G.15 Safety glazing materials required.  

    It shall be unlawful to knowingly install, cause to be 
 installed or consent to the installation of glazing materials 
 other than safety glazing materials in any hazardous location in 
 this state.  

    HIST: 1974 c 53 s 3 

     299G.16 Employees not covered.  

    No liability shall be created under sections 299G.13 to 
 299G.15 as to workers who are employees of a material supplier, 
 contractor, subcontractor, or other employer responsible for 
 compliance with the provisions herein.  

    HIST: 1974 c 53 s 4; 1986 c 444 

     299G.17 Penalty.  

    Whoever violates the provisions of sections 299G.13 to 
 299G.15 is guilty of a misdemeanor.  

    HIST: 1974 c 53 s 5 

     299G.18 Local ordinances superseded.  

    The provisions of sections 299G.13 to 299G.18 shall 
 supersede any local, municipal or county ordinance or parts 
 thereof relating to the subject matter hereof.  

    HIST: 1974 c 53 s 6