Wash. Admin. Code § 296-800-310
Your responsibility:
To provide and maintain emergency exit routes and to install and maintain adequate employee alarm systems.
IMPORTANT:
An employer who demonstrates compliance with the exit route provisions of NFPA 101-2009, the Life Safety Code, will be in compliance with the corresponding requirements of this section.
| You must meet the requirements ... | in this section: |
| Exit routes | |
| Provide an adequate number of exit routes | WAC 296-800-31005 |
| Make sure that exit routes are large enough | WAC 296-800-31010 |
| Make sure that exit routes meet their specific design and construction requirements | WAC 296-800-31015 |
| Make sure that each exit route leads outside | WAC 296-800-31020 |
| Provide unobstructed access to exit routes | WAC 296-800-31025 |
| You must meet the requirements & | in this section: |
| Exit doors must be readily opened from the inside | WAC 296-800-31030 |
| Use side-hinged doors to connect rooms to exit routes | WAC 296-800-31035 |
| Provide outdoor exit routes that meet these requirements | WAC 296-800-31040 |
| Minimize danger to employees while they are using emergency exit routes | WAC 296-800-31045 |
| Mark exits adequately | WAC 296-800-31050 |
| Provide adequate lighting for exit routes and signs | WAC 296-800-31053 |
| Maintain the fire retardant properties of paints or other coatings | WAC 296-800-31055 |
| Maintain emergency safeguards | WAC 296-800-31060 |
| Maintain exit routes during construction and repair | WAC 296-800-31065 |
| Provide doors in freezer or refrigerated rooms that open from the inside | WAC 296-800-31067 |
| Install and maintain an appropriate employee alarm system | WAC 296-800-31070 |
| Establish procedures for sounding emergency alarms | WAC 296-800-31075 |
| Test the employee alarm system | WAC 296-800-31080 |
| Exemption: | This rule does not apply to vehicles, vessels, or other mobile structures. |
| Note: | The introduction has important information about building, electrical and fire codes that may apply to you in addition to WISHA rules. See "How do the WISHA rules relate to building, fire, and electrical codes" in the introduction section of this book. |
Wash. Admin. Code § 296-800-310
Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060 and chapter 49.17 RCW. 12-24-071, § 296-800-310, filed 12/4/12, effective 1/4/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. 08-18-056, § 296-800-310, filed 9/2/08, effective 11/2/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, [49.17].040, and [49.17].050. 01-23-060, § 296-800-310, filed 11/20/01, effective 12/1/01; 01-11-038, § 296-800-310, filed 5/9/01, effective 9/1/01.