___ Are all exits marked with an exit sign and illuminated by a reliable source?
___ Are the directions to the 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 high and the stroke of the lettering at least 1/2 inch 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 a building itself, appropriate for the building occupancy load?
___ 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 construction elsewhere?
___ Where ramps are used as part of required exiting from a building, is the ramp slope limited to 1 ft. vertical for every 12 ft. horizontal?
___ 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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