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629 Planning for Workplace Emergencies
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Exit Discharge

The following are requirements for exit discharge:

  • Each exit discharge must lead directly outside or to a street, walkway, refuge area, public way, or open space with access to the outside.
Exit routes must clearly direct employees outside.
  • The street, walkway, refuge area, public way, or open space to which an exit discharge leads should be large enough to accommodate the building occupants likely to use the exit route.
  • Exit stairs that continue beyond the level on which the exit discharge is located should be interrupted at that level by doors, partitions, or other effective means that clearly indicate the direction of travel leading to the exit discharge.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

2-4. Each exit discharge must lead _____.