Safety alert: wired glass.

Publication: Consumer Reports

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COPYRIGHT 2002 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc.

The last day that Jarred Abel could play ball normally was Jan. 28, 2001. The University of Oregon junior had joined some friends in a pickup basketball game at the campus's recreation center in Eugene. As Jarred left the gym, his left hand pressed against a pane of wired glass--and then went through it.

Abel, now 23, suffered nerve and tendon damage so severe that he can no longer fully open or close his left hand.

Such injuries are one reason wired glass has come under scrutiny. The glass is widely used as a fire-safety material because it contains...

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