Breakaway-glass safety

Hazards

• Controls for selecting, preparing, rigging, rehearsing, and cleaning up glass substitutes or specially prepared breakable glazing.

Controls

• Qualified effects and stunt teams match the material to the action, protect eyes and skin, control fragments and bystanders, inspect edges, rehearse, and manage cleanup as a hazard.

Personal protective equipment

• Select task-specific PPE only after hazards and higher-order controls have been evaluated.

Regional considerations

• Applicable law, permits, collective agreements, venue rules, and qualified-person decisions take precedence.

In practice

Qualified effects and stunt teams match the material to the action, protect eyes and skin, control fragments and bystanders, inspect edges, rehearse, and manage cleanup as a hazard.

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