Elevated Surfaces

• Are signs posted, when appropriate, showing the elevated surface load capacity?
• Are surfaces elevated more than 30 inches (76.20 centimeters) above the floor or ground provided with standard guardrails?
• Are all elevated surfaces (beneath which people or machinery could be exposed to falling objects) provided with standard 4-inch (10.16 centimeters) toeboards?
• Is a permanent means of access and egress provided to elevated storage and work surfaces?
• Is required headroom provided where necessary?
• Is material on elevated surfaces piled, stacked or racked in a manner to prevent it from tipping, falling, collapsing, rolling or spreading?
• Are dock boards or bridge plates used when transferring materials between docks and trucks or rail cars?
• EXITING OR EGRESS
• Are all exits marked with an exit sign and illuminated by a reliable light source?
• Are the directions to exits, when not immediately apparent, marked with visible signs?
• 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.?
• Are exit signs provided with the word "EXIT" in lettering at least 5 inches (12.70 centimeters) high and the stroke of the lettering at least l/2-inch (1.2700 centimeters) wide?
• Are exit doors side-hinged?
• Are all exits kept free of obstructions?
• 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?
• Are there sufficient exits to permit prompt escape in case of emergency?
• Are special precautions taken to protect employees during construction and repair operations?
• 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?
• Are exit stairways that 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?
• Where ramps are used as part of required exiting from a building, is the ramp slope limited to 1 foot (0.3048 meters) vertical and 12 feet (3.6576 meters) horizontal?
• Where exiting will be through frameless glass doors, glass exit doors, or storm doors are the doors fully tempered and meet the safety requirements for human impact?

Last reviewed October 2024