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Permissible exit components
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Are exits made of approved components and permanently attached to the building? 1910.37(a)
Protective enclosure of exits
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When an exit is protected by separation from other parts of the building, does the separating construction meet the following requirements? 1910.37(b)
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The separation must have at least a 1-hour fire resistance rating when the exit connects three stories or less. This applies whether the stories connected are above or below the story where exit discharge begins. 1910.37(b)(1)
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The separation must have at least a 2-hour fire resistance rating when the exit connects four or more stories, whether above or below the floor of discharge. It must be constructed of noncombustible materials, and must be supported by construction having at least a 2-hour fire resistance rating. 1910.37(b)(2)
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Any opening must be protected by an approved self-closing fire door. 1910.37(b)(3)
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Openings in exit enclosures must be confined to those necessary for access to the enclosure from normally occupied spaces and for egress from the enclosure. 1910.37(b)(4)
Width and capacity of means of egress
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Is the capacity in number of persons per unit of exit width for approved components of means of egress as follows? 1910.37(c)(1)
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Level Egress Components (including Class A Ramps) 100 persons. 1910.37(c)(1)(i)
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Inclined Egress Components (including Class B Ramps) 60 persons. 1910.37(c)(1)(ii)
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A ramp must be designated as Class A or Class B in accordance with the following Table E-1: 1910.37(c)(1)(iii)
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Are means of egress measured in units of exit width of 22 inches? Fractions of a unit must not be counted, except that 12 inches added to one or more full units must be counted as one-half a unit of exit width. 1910.37(c)(2)
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Are units of exit width measured in the clear at the narrowest point of the means of egress, except that a handrail may project inside the measured width on each side not more than 5 inches, and a stringer may project inside the measured width not more than 1 1/2 inches? An exit or exit access door swinging into an aisle or passageway must not restrict the effective width thereof at any point during its swing to less than the minimum widths hereafter specified. 1910.37(c)(3)
Egress capacity and occupant load
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Is the capacity of means of egress for any floor, balcony, tier, or other occupied space sufficient for the occupant load thereof? The occupant load must be the maximum number of persons that may be in the space at any time. 1910.37(d)(1)
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Are you aware that where exits serve more than one floor, only the occupant load of each floor considered individually need be used in computing the capacity of the exits at that floor, provided that exit capacity must not be decreased in the direction of exit travel? 1910.37(d)(2)
Arrangement of exits
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When more than one exit is required from a story, are at least two of the exits remote from each other and so arranged as to minimize any possibility that both may be blocked by any one fire or other emergency condition? 1910.37(e)
Access to exits
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Are exits located and exit access arranged so that exits are readily accessible at all times? 1910.37(f)(1)
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Is a door from a room to an exit or to a way of exit access of the side-hinged, swinging type? 1910.37(f)(2)
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Have you assured that in no case must access to an exit be through a bathroom, or other room subject to locking, except where the exit is required to serve only the room subject to locking? 1910.37(f)(3)
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Are ways of exit access and the doors to exits to which they lead so designed and arranged as to be clearly recognizable as such? Hangings or draperies must not be placed over exit doors or otherwise so located as to conceal or obscure any exit. Mirrors must not be placed on exit doors. Mirrors must not be placed in or adjacent to any exit in such a manner as to confuse the direction of exit. 1910.37(f)(4)
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Is exit access arranged so that it will not be necessary to travel toward any area of high hazard occupancy in order to reach the nearest exit, unless the path of travel is effectively shielded from the high hazard location by suitable partitions or other physical barriers? 1910.37(f)(5)
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Is the minimum width of any way of exit access in no case less than 28 inches? Where a single way of exit access leads to an exit, its capacity in terms of width must be at least equal to the required capacity of the exit to which it leads. Where more than one way of exit access leads to an exit, each must have a width adequate for the number of persons it must accommodate. 1910.37(f)(6)
Exterior ways of exit access
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Are exterior ways of exit access so arranged that there are no dead ends in excess of 20 feet? Any unenclosed exit served by an exterior way of exit access must be so located that no part of the exit extends past a vertical plane 20 feet and one-half the required width of the exit from the end of and at right angles to the way of exit access. 1910.37(g)(5)
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Does any gallery, balcony, bridge, porch, or other exterior exit access that projects beyond the outside wall of the building comply with the requirements of this section as to width and arrangement? 1910.37(g)(6)
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Is access to an exit by means of any exterior balcony, porch, gallery, or roof that conforms to the requirements of this section? 1910.37(g)(1)
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Do exterior ways of exit access have smooth, solid floors, substantially level, and have guards on the unenclosed sides? 1910.37(g)(2)
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Where accumulation of snow or ice is likely because of the climate, is the exterior way of exit access protected by a roof, unless it serves as the sole normal means of access to the rooms or spaces served, in which case it may be assumed that snow and ice will be regularly removed in the course of normal occupancy? 1910.37(g)(3)
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Is a permanent, reasonably straight path of travel maintained over the required exterior way of exit access? There must be no obstruction by railings, barriers, or gates that divide the open space into sections appurtenant to individual rooms, apartments, or other uses. 1910.37(g)(4)
Discharge from exits
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Do all exits discharge directly to the street, or to a yard, court, or other open space that gives safe access to a public way?
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Are the streets to which the exits discharge of a width adequate to accommodate all persons leaving the building?
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Are yards, courts, or other open spaces to which exits discharge of adequate width and size to provide all persons leaving the building with ready access to the street? 1910.37(h)(1)
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Are stairs and other exits arranged to make clear the direction of egress to the street?
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Are exit stairs that continue beyond the floor of discharge interrupted at the floor of discharge by partitions, doors, or other effective means? 1910.37(h)(2)
Headroom
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Is means of egress designed and maintained to provide adequate headroom? In no case must the ceiling height be less than 7 feet 6 inches nor any projection from the ceiling be less than 6 feet 8 inches from the floor. 1910.37(i)
Changes in elevation
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Where a means of egress is not substantially level, are such differences in elevation negotiated by stairs or ramps? 1910.37(j)
Maintenance and workmanship
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Are doors, stairs, ramps, passages, signs, and all other components of means of egress of substantial, reliable construction and built or installed in a workmanlike manner? 1910.37(k)(1)
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Is the means of egress continuously maintained free of all obstructions or impediments to full instant use in the case of fire or other emergency? 1910.37(k)(2)
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Is any device or alarm installed to restrict the improper use of an exit designed and installed that it cannot, even in cases of failure, impede or prevent emergency use of such exit? 1910.37(k)(3)
Furnishings and decorations
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Have you assured that no furnishings, decorations, or other objects are placed as to obstruct exits, access thereto, egress there from, or visibility thereof? 1910.37(l)(1)
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Have you assured that no furnishings or decorations of an explosive or highly flammable character are used in any occupancy? 1910.37(l)(2)
Automatic sprinkler systems
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Are all automatic sprinkler systems continuously maintained in reliable operating condition at all times, and are such periodic inspections and tests made as are necessary to assure proper maintenance? 1910.37(m)
Fire alarm signaling systems
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Are fire alarm signaling systems maintained and tested in accordance with the requirements of 1910.165(d)? 1910.37(n)
Fire retardant paints
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Are fire retardant paints or solutions re-applied at such intervals as necessary to maintain the necessary flame retardant properties? 1910.37(o)
Exit marking
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Are exits marked by a readily visible sign? Access to exits must be marked by readily visible signs in all cases where the exit or way to reach it is not immediately visible to the occupants. 1910.37(q)(1)
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Is any door, passage, or stairway that is neither an exit nor a way of exit access, and that is so located or arranged as to be likely to be mistaken for an exit, identified by a sign reading "Not an Exit" or similar designation, or identified by a sign indicating its actual character, such as "To Basement," "Storeroom," "Linen Closet," or the like? 1910.37(q)(2)
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Is every required sign designating an exit or way of exit access located and of such size, color, and design as to be readily visible? No decorations, furnishings, or equipment that impair visibility of an exit sign must be permitted, nor must there be any brightly illuminated sign (for other than exit purposes), display, or object in or near the line of vision to the required exit sign of such a character as to so detract attention from the exit sign that it may not be noticed. 1910.37(q)(3)
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Are exit signs distinctive in color and do they provide contrast with decorations, interior finish, or other signs? 1910.37(q)(4)
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Is a sign reading "Exit", or similar designation, with an arrow indicating the directions, placed in every location where the direction of travel to reach the nearest exit is not immediately apparent? 1910.37(q)(5)
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Is every exit sign suitably illuminated by a reliable light source giving a value of not less than 5 foot-candles on the illuminated surface? Artificial lights giving illumination to exit signs other than the internally illuminated types must have screens, discs, or lenses of not less than 25 square inches area made of translucent material to show red or other specified designating color on the side of the approach. 1910.37(q)(6)
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Is each internally illuminated exit sign provided in all occupancies where reduction of normal illumination is permitted? 1910.37(q)(7)
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Does every exit sign have the word "Exit" in plainly legible letters not less than 6 inches high, with the principal strokes of letters not less than three-fourths-inch wide? 1910.37(q)(8)
