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WAC 296-800-31015

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Make sure that exit routes meet their specific design and construction requirements.

  You must:

     • Make sure each exit is a permanent part of the workplace.

     • Make sure an exit route has only those openings necessary to permit access to, or exit from, occupied areas of the workplace.

     • Make sure any opening into an exit through a fire wall is protected by a self-closing fire door that remains closed.

     • Make sure each fire door, its frame, and its hardware is listed or approved by a nationally recognized testing laboratory.

     • Make sure construction materials, used to separate an exit route, have at least:

     – One-hour fire resistance rating if the exit connects three stories or less.

     – Two-hour fire resistance rating if the exit connects four stories or more.

     • Make sure employees are provided with stairs or a ramp, if the exit route is not substantially level.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, [49.17].040, and[49.17].050 . 01-11-038, § 296-800-31015, filed 5/9/01, effective 9/1/01.]