Transcript Subpart E – Exit Route, Emergency Action Plans, and Fire

Subpart E – Exit Route, Emergency
Action Plans, and Fire Prevention Plans
Table of Contents for Subpart E - 1910.33
Coverage and Definitions - 1910.34
Exit Route compliance - 1910.35-38
Emergency Action Plans procedures - 1910.38
Fire Protection Plans procedures - 1910.39
Appendix to Subpart E (Guidelines for Subpart E)
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Table of Content
1910.34 Coverage and Definitions
– Every employer is covered
– Exit routes are covered
– Definitions
1910.35 Compliance with NFPA 101-2000,
Life Safety Code
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1910.36 Design and construction requirements for exit routes
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Basic requirements
The number of exit routes must be adequate
Exit discharge
An exit door must be unlocked
A side-hinged exit door must be used
The capacity of an exit route must be adequate
An exit route must meet minimum height and width requirements
An outdoor exit route is permitted
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1910.37 Maintenance, safeguards, and operational features
for exit routes
– The danger to employees must be minimized
– Lighting and marking must be adequate and appropriate
– The fire retardant properties of paints or solutions must be
maintained
– Exit routes must be maintain during construction, repairs, or
alterations
– An employee alarm system must be operable
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1910.38 Emergency action plans
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Application
Written and oral emergency action plans
Minimum elements of an emergency action plans
Employee alarm system
Training
Review of emergency action plan
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1910.39 Fire prevention plans
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Application
Written and oral fire prevention plans
Minimum elements of a fire prevention plans
Employee information
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Coverage and Definitions
.34(a) Every employer is covered – Sections .34-.39
[applies to workplaces in the general industry except
mobile workplaces such as vehicles or vessels].
.34(b) Exit routes are covered – covers the minimum
requirements for exit routes that employers must
provide…safe evacuation, emergency action and fire
prevention plans for their employees.
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.34(c) Definitions:
– Electroluminescent - a light-emitting capacitor
(alternating current excites phosphor atoms when placed
between electrical conductive surfaces which produces light)
contained inside a device.
– Exit - protected way of travel or a two-hour fire resistancerated enclosed stairway that leads from the fifth floor of an
office building to the outside of the building.
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Coverage and Definitions
– Exit access - a portion of an exit route that leads to an exit
or a corridor on the fifth floor of an office building that leads to
a two-hour fire resistance-rated enclosed stairway.
– Exit discharge - the part the exit route that leads directly
outside or to a street, walkway, refuge area, public way or a
two-hour fire resistance-rated enclosed stairway that discharges
to a place of safety outside the building.
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Definitions
– Exit route -a continuous and unobstructed path of exit
travel from any point within a workplace to a place of safety or
an exit route that consists of three parts: exit access; exit
discharge and exit, and/or all vertical and horizontal areas
along the route.
– High hazard area - a workplace in which operations has
high hazard materials, processes, or contents.
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Definitions
– Occupant load - total number of persons that may
occupy a workplace or portion of a workplace at any
one time. Occupant load of a workplace is calculated
by dividing the gross floor area of an workplace by the
occupant load factor for a particular type of
workplace occupancy (See NFPA 101-2000, Life
Safety Code).
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Definitions
– Refuge area means either:
•space along an exit route that is protected or a
separate spaces within a building that have at least
a one-hour fire resistance rated barrier.
• a floor with at least two spaces separated by
smoke-resistant and automatic sprinkler systems
that complies with 1910.159.
– Self-luminous -a light source that is illuminated by a
self-contained power source. Batteries are not
acceptable self-contained power sources.
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Compliance w/ NFPA 101-2000, Life Safety Code
An employer who demonstrates compliance with the
exit route provisions of NFPA 101-2000, the Life
Safety Code, will be deemed to be in compliance
with the corresponding requirements in Section .34
(Coverage/Definitions), .35(NFPA 101-2000 Life
Safety Code), .37(Maintenance, safeguards, and
operation features for exit routes).
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Design and Construction
requirements for exit routes
.36(a)(1) Design and Construction
requirement:
Exit routes must be permanent.
.36(a)(2) An exit must be separated
by fire resistant materials.
…construction material must use
separate an exit from other
workplace areas and must provide a
one hour fire resistance exit route if
the exit connects three or fewer
stories… two hour, if more than
four or more stories.
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requirements for exit routes
.36(a)(3)
– Openings into an exit must
be limited.
– Opening into an exit must
be protected by a selfclosing fire door that
remain closed or
automatically closes in an
emergency upon the
sounding of an employee
alarm system.
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Design and Construction requirements for exit routes
.36(b)(1) The
– number of exit routes must
adequate…at least two
exit to permit prompt
evacuation.
– number of exit must be
located far as far away as
practical, if one exit route
is blocked by smoke or fire.
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Design and Construction requirements for exit routes
– .36(b)(2) more than two
exit routes is needed, if the
number of employees, the
size of the building, its
occupancy, or the
arrangement of workplace
is such that all employees
would not be able to
evacuate safely during an
emergency
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Design and Construction requirements for exit routes
.36(b)(3) A single exit route
is permitted, if all employees
are able to evacuate safely
during an emergency
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Design and Construction requirements for exit routes
.36(c)(1) Exit discharge must lead
directly outside or to a street,
walkway, refuge area, public way.
Exit
Offices and storage
Exit access
.36(c)(2) …street, walkway, refuge
area, public way to which an exit
discharge must be large enough to
accommodate the building occupants
likely to use the exit route.
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.36(c)(3) Exit stairs that
continue beyond the level on
which the exit discharge is
located must be interrupted at
the level by doors…or other
effective means that clearly
indicate the direction of travel
leading to the exit discharge.
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Design and Construction requirements for exit routes
.36(d)(1) Exit door must be
unlocked. Employees must be able
to open an exit route door from
the inside w/o a key or by simply
by using a panic bar.
.36(d)(2) Exit route must be free
of any device or alarm that could
restrict emergency use.
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Design and Construction requirements for exit routes
.36(d)(3) Exit route doors may be
locked from the inside only in
mental, penal, or correctional
facilities and only if supervisory
personnel are continuously on
duty and the employer has a plan
to remove occupants from the
facility during an emergency.
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Design and Construction requirements for exit routes
.36(e)(1) Side-hinged door must be
used. A side-hinged must be used to
connect any room to an exit route.
.36(e)(2) Door that connects any
room to an exit route must swing
out in the direction of travel, if the
room is designed to be occupied by
more than 50 people.
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Design and Construction requirements for exit routes
.36(f)(1) The capacity of an
exit route must be
adequate.. Exit routes
must support the
maximum permitted
occupant load for each
floor served.
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.36(f)(2) The capacity of an
exit route may not decrease in
the direction of exit route
travel to the exit discharge
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Design and Construction requirements for exit routes
.36(g) Exit route must meet
minimum height and width
requirements.
..36(g)(2) An exit access must be at
least 28 inches wide at all points.
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Design and Construction requirements for exit routes
.36(g)(1) The ceiling of an
exit route must be at
least seven feet six
inches(2.3m) high…w/o
any projections from the
ceiling must not reach a
point less than six feet
eight inches from the
floor.
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Occupant load:
.36(g)(3) The width of an
exit route must be sufficient
to accommodate the
maximum permitted
occupant load of each floor
served by the exit route.
•use and
•square footage
or equivalent
•each floor
Exit stair
accommodates ½
occupant load
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Design and Construction requirements for exit routes
.36(g)(4) Objects that project into
the exit route must not reduce
the width of the exit route to less
that the minimum width
requirements for exit routes.
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Design and Construction requirements for exit routes
.36(h) Outdoor exit route is
permitted, if it meets the following
requirements:
– Minimum height and width
– .36(h)(1) have guardrails to
protect unenclosed sides if a
fall hazard exit.
– .36(h)(2) if snow or ice
accumulations can be
removed, which creates
slipping hazards.
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.36(h) Outdoor exit route is
permitted, if it meets the
following requirement
– .36(h)(3) must be
reasonably straight and
have smooth, solid,
substantially level
walkways.
– .36(h)(4) must not have
a dead-end that’s longer
than 20 feet (6.2m).
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Maintenance, safeguards, and
operational features for exit routes
Danger to employees must be
minimized
– .37(a)(1) Exit routes must be
kept free of explosive or
highly flammable furnishing
or other decorations.
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Danger to employees must be minimized
- .37(a)(2) Exit routes must
be arranged so that
employees will not have to
travel toward a high hazard
area, unless the path of
travel is effectively shielded
from the high hazard area.
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Danger to employees must be minimized
.37(a)(3) Exit routes must be
free and unobstructed. No
materials or equipment may
be placed, either
permanently or temporarily,
within the exit route
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Danger to employees must be minimized
.37(a)(3) Cont.
– …exit access must not go
through a room that can be
locked such as a bathroom, to
reach an exit or exit discharge,
nor may it lead into a dead-end
corridor.
– …stair or ramps must be
provided where the exit route is
not substantially level.
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Danger to employees must be minimized
.37(a)(4) Safeguards designed to
protect employees during an
emergency (e.g. sprinkler systems,
alarm systems, fire doors, exit
lighting) must be in proper
working order at all times.
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Lighting and marking be adequate
and appropriate
.37(b)(1) Lighting and marking
must be adequate and appropriate
.37(b)(2) Each exit must be clearly
visible and marked by a sign
reading “Exit”.
.37(b)(3) Each exit route door
must be free of decorations or
signs that obscure the visibility of
the exit route door.
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Lighting and marking be adequate and appropriate
.37(b)(4) if the direction of travel
to the exit or exit discharge is not
immediately apparent, signs
must be posted along the exit
access indicating the direction of
travel to the nearest exit
discharge.
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Lighting and marking be adequate and appropriate
.37(b)(5) Each doorway or passage
along an exit access that could be
mistaken for an exit must be
marked “Not an Exit”.
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Lighting and marking be adequate and appropriate
.37(b)(6) Each exit sign must be
illuminated to a surface value of at
least five-foot candles(54 lux) by a
reliable light source and be
distinctive in color.
.37(b)(7) Each exit sign must have
the word “Exit” in plainly legible
letters not less than six inches high.
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Maintenance, safeguards, and
operational features for exit routes
.37(c) Fire retardant properties
of paints or solutions must be
maintained.
– Must be renewed as often as
necessary to maintain their fire
retardant properties.
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Exit routes must be maintained during
construction, repairs or alteration
.37(d)(1) Exit routes must be
maintained during
construction, repairs.
.37(d)(2) Employees must not
occupy a workplace unless the
exit routes are available and
existing fire protections are
maintained and provides an
equivalent level of safety.
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Exit routes must be maintained during
construction, repairs or alteration
.37(d)(3) Employees must not be
exposed to hazards of
flammable or explosive
substances that are beyond
the normal permissible
conditions in the workplace.
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Employee alarm system must be operable
.37(e) An employee alarm
system must be operable
– Employers must install a
distinctive signal to warn
employees of fire or other
emergencies, unless
employees can promptly see
or smell a fire or other
hazards in time.
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Emergency action plans
.38(a) An employer must have
an emergency plan whenever
an OSHA standard in this part
requires one.
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Emergency action plans
.38(b) Written and oral
emergency action plans
– Must be in writing
– Kept in the workplace
– Available for employees to
review
– However, an employer
with 10 or fewer
employees may
communicate the plan
orally.
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Emergency action plans
.38(c) Minimum elements of an
emergency action plan:
– Procedures for reporting
a fire or other emergency
– Procedure for emergency
evacuation, exit route
assignments
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Emergency action plans
.38(c) Minimum elements of an
emergency action plan:
– Procedure for employees
who remain to operated
critical plant operations
before evacuating
– Procedures to account for
all employees after
evacuation
– Procedures for performing
rescue or medical duties
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Emergency action plans
.38(c)(6) Name or job title of
every employee who may be
contacted by employees who
need more information about
the plan or an explanation of
their duties under the plan.
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Emergency action plans
.38(d) Employee alarm system.
Employee alarm system must use a
distinctive signal for each purpose
and comply with 1910.165.
.38(e) Training- employer must
designate and train an employee to
assist in a safe and orderly
evacuation of other employees.
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Review of Emergency action plans
.38(f) An employer must review the
emergency action plan with each
employee covered by the plan:
– .38(f)(1) when the plan is
developed; [.38(f)(1)]
– when the employee is assigned
to a job; [.38(f)(1)]
– when employee responsibilities
changes; [.38(f)(2)]
– when the plan changes
[.38(f)(3)]
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Fire prevention plan
.39(a) Employer must have a
fire prevention plan when an
OSHA standard in this part
requires one.
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Fire prevention plan
.39(b) Written and oral fire
prevention plans
– must be in writing;
– kept in the workplace;
– available for employees to
review
– However, an employer
with 10 or fewer
employees may
communicate the plan
orally.
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Fire prevention plan
.39(c)(1-3) Minimum elements
of a fire prevention plan:
– List of all major fire
hazards, proper
handling and storage
procedures for
hazardous materials,
potential ignition
sources, controls, and
type of fire protection
equipment [.39(c)(1)].
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Fire prevention plan
.39(c)(1-3) Minimum elements of a
fire prevention plan:
– Procedures to control
accumulations of flammable
and combustible waste
materials [.39(c)(2)].
– Procedures for regular
maintenance of safeguards
installed on heat-producing
equipment to prevent and
control sources of ignitions or
fires [.39(c)(3)].
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Fire prevention plan
.39(c)(6) Name or job title of every employee
who responsible for:
– maintaining equipment to prevent or
control sources of ignition or fires.
– Controlling fuel source hazards
.39(d) An employer must inform employees
upon initial assignment of a job of the fire
hazards which they are exposed.
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