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Hi everyone,
I have come across some incidents of people banging on glass doors thinking that there is no door at all. absentminded, elderly and people with poor eye sight are more vulnerable to this sort of risks.
please share your views on how to tackle this issue.
Regards
SeekNfo
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Stickers, posters, notices etc. at eye level, for both short and tall people
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The root cause of this problem is architects/designers who like things that look good but are completely impracticable. We should really shoot them.
No, but really I have been in some horrendous places, with glass doors, walls and even floors, where even I had difficulty working out where the doors are never mind someone with impaired vision.
The only solution I can think of is to stick something on the doors, signs, strips of tape etc. Of course this will ’Ruin the aesthetics’ but I don’t care.
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We have 100's of them and accident are quite common, particularly with the elderly - door manifest is the answer, unless of course you an automate them (this brings more problems and headaches though).
Keep the information to the needs of the business to maintain the look e.g. no smoking CCTV no food and drink etc.
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The Workplace (Health & Safety) Regulations 1992, Regulation 14, requires where necessary for reasons of safety that any translucent surface in a wall, partition or door be marked so that it is conspicuous.
Frosted crystal decals supplied in 1000mm lengths can be used as a complete length or cut into individual decals.
I can send you a few links to companies that can offer these if you want. Let me know and I'll drop you a PM.
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I agree with the responses made so far. The posh technical term for anything (stickers, posters, etched patterns, etc) which highlights the presence of glass panels in buildings is 'manifestation'. The snag with some glass panels is that changes in sunlight/daylight and differences between outdoor and indoor lighting can make them very difficult for anybody to detect at times. Other measures to try and stop people colliding with glass panels include locating boxes of plants or other features adjacent to them where this is feasible.
My guidance for my employer's schools about glazing safety includes advice to minimise collisions with glass panels and doors plus suggestions that pupils, especially of primary age, be told about glazing safety as part of their wider life education and encouraged to discuss it at home. The schools are also encouraged to combine safety with art by getting pupils to create designs on self-adhesive paper for use as manifestation stickers in school and at home, e.g. on patio doors.
To avoid breaching any forum rules I'll refrain from expanding on my contempt for architects who tend not to think about glazing safety and/or manifestation where needed!
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Errr.........how about Part N of the Building Regulations 2000, N2 "Manifestation of Glazing"?
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Hi SeekNfo
You have a PM from me.
Regards
Geoff
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UK legislation quotes for an international member with "middle East" in the left block may not be the best advice.
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Hi everyone,
Thanks for your valuable feedback and PMs
Regards
SeekNfo
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