Safety glazing in hazardous locations
Wis. Stat. § 101.125
in effect(1) Definitions. In this section:
(a) “Building” means a place of employment or a public building and includes, without limitation because of enumeration, wholesale and retail stores, storerooms, office buildings, factories, warehouses, governmental buildings, hotels, hospitals, motels, dormitories, sanatoriums, nursing homes, retirement homes, theaters, stadiums, gymnasiums, amusement park buildings, schools and other buildings used for educational purposes, places of worship and other places of public assembly and all residences including mobile homes, manufactured homes, industrialized housing, lodging homes, and any other building used as a dwelling for one or more persons.
(b) “Entrance and exit door” means a hinged, pivoting, revolving or sliding door which is used alone or in combination with other such doors on interior or exterior walls of a residential, commercial or public building for passage, ingress or egress.
(c) “Fixed or operating, flat panels immediately adjacent to an entrance or exit door” means the first fixed or operating, flat panel on either or both sides of an interior or exterior door if:
1. The nearest vertical edge of such panel is located within 2 feet of the nearest vertical edge of the door; and
2. The lower horizontal edge of such panel is less than 2 feet from the floor.
(d) “Hazardous location” means the location of a structural element in a building which is used as an entrance and exit door to a compartment, room or building; the fixed or operating, flat panels immediately adjacent to an entrance or exit door; a sliding glass door unit; a storm or combination door; a shower and bathtub enclosure; and the adjacent sidelites of a door. In the case of a public building, the term also includes any other location designated by the department.
(e) “Safety glazing material” means any transparent or translucent material, including tempered glass, laminated glass, wire glass and rigid plastic, which is constructed, treated or combined with other materials to minimize the likelihood of cutting or piercing injuries to humans, and which is approved by rule of the department as meeting departmental standards for the location in which it is to be applied.
(f) “Sliding glass door unit” means a panel or an assembly of panels contained in a frame designed so that at least one panel is movable in a horizontal direction.
(g) “Storm or combination door” means a door which protects an entrance or exit door against weather elements and affects indoor temperature control.
(2m) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules regulating safety glazing material manufactured, distributed, imported, sold, or installed for use in a hazardous location.
(4) Liability of employers and sellers.
(a) No employee of a person responsible for compliance with the rules promulgated under sub. (2m) is liable for the employer’s failure to comply.
(b) No seller of glazing materials is subject to the penalty under sub. (5) or is liable for injuries occurring to any person if the seller has exercised reasonable care to see that the glazing materials sold by him or her are properly used.
(5) Penalty. Whoever violates the rules promulgated under sub. (2m) may be required to forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $500.
Source: WI Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/101.125Fetched: 10/7/2026