Get Your Means Of Egress Checklist

1. Are all exits marked with an exit sign and illuminated by a reliable light source?
2. 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.?
3. 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?
4. Are exit doors side-hinged?
5. Are all exits kept free of obstructions?
6. 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?
7. Are there sufficient exits to permit prompt escape in case of emergency?
8. Are special precautions taken to protect employees during construction and repair operations?
9. 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?
10. 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?
11. 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?
12. 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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