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Are the directions to exits, when not immediately apparent, marked with visible signs? |
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Are doors, passageways or stairways, that are neither exits nor access to exits and which could be mistaken for exits, appropriately marked "NOT AN EXIT," "TO BASEMENT, "STOREROOM," etc.? |
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Are exit signs provided with the word "EXIT" in lettering at least 5 inches high and the stroke of the lettering at least 1/2-inch wide? |
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Are exit doors side-hinged? |
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Are all exits kept free of obstructions? |
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Are at least two means of egress provided from elevated platforms, pits or rooms where the absence of a second exit would increase the risk of injury from hot, poisonous, corrosive, suffocating, flammable, or explosive substances? |
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Are there sufficient exits to permit prompt escape in case of emergency? |
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Are special precautions taken to protect employees during construction and repair operations? |
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Is the number of exits from each floor of a building and the number of exits from the building itself, appropriate for the building occupancy load? |
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Are exit stairways which are required to be separated from other parts of a building, enclosed by at least 2-hour fire-resistive construction in buildings more than four stories in height, and not less than 1-hour fire-resistive constructive elsewhere? |
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Where ramps are used as part of required exiting from a building, is the ramp slope limited to 1 ft. vertical and 12 ft. horizontal? |
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Where exiting will be through frameless glass doors, glass exit doors, storm doors, etc., are the doors fully tempered and meet the safety requirements for human impact? |
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