In glass-enclosed elevators that are not required by code to utilize laminated glass, conventional tempered glass is not designed to resist wind-blown debris, earthquakes, explosions and terrorist attacks. Subject to such stresses, existing glass in elevators often breaks into lethal shards that can be hurled from the window frame, endangering elevator occupants and those below the elevator. This can cause both injuries and property damage that would not occur if the glass remains in its frame.
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