153OccupationalSafetyandHealthAdmin.,Labor§1910.38line-of-sighttoanexitsignmustclear-lybevisibleatalltimes.(5)Eachdoorwayorpassagealonganexitaccessthatcouldbemistakenforanexitmustbemarked‘‘NotanExit’’orsimilardesignation,orbeidentifiedbyasignindicatingitsactualuse(e.g.,closet).(6)Eachexitsignmustbeillumi-natedtoasurfacevalueofatleastfivefoot-candles(54lux)byareliablelightsourceandbedistinctiveincolor.Self-luminousorelectroluminescentsignsthathaveaminimumluminancesur-facevalueofatleast.06footlamberts(0.21cd/m2)arepermitted.(7)Eachexitsignmusthavetheword‘‘Exit’’inplainlylegiblelettersnotlessthansixinches(15.2cm)high,withtheprincipalstrokesofthelettersintheword‘‘Exit’’notlessthanthree-fourthsofaninch(1.9cm)wide.(c)Thefireretardantpropertiesofpaintsorsolutionsmustbemaintained.Fireretardantpaintsorsolutionsmustberenewedasoftenasnecessarytomaintaintheirfireretardantprop-erties.(d)Exitroutesmustbemaintaineddur-ingconstruction,repairs,oralterations.(1)Duringnewconstruction,employeesmustnotoccupyaworkplaceuntiltheexitroutesrequiredbythissubpartarecompletedandreadyforemployeeusefortheportionoftheworkplacetheyoccupy.(2)Duringrepairsoralterations,em-ployeesmustnotoccupyaworkplaceunlesstheexitroutesrequiredbythissubpartareavailableandexistingfireprotectionsaremaintained,oruntilal-ternatefireprotectionisfurnishedthatprovidesanequivalentlevelofsafety.(3)Employeesmustnotbeexposedtohazardsofflammableorexplosivesub-stancesorequipmentusedduringcon-struction,repairs,oralterations,thatarebeyondthenormalpermissiblecon-ditionsintheworkplace,orthatwouldimpedeexitingtheworkplace.(e)Anemployeealarmsystemmustbeoperable.Employersmustinstallandmaintainanoperableemployeealarmsystemthathasadistinctivesignaltowarnemployeesoffireorotheremer-gencies,unlessemployeescanprompt-lyseeorsmellafireorotherhazardintimetoprovideadequatewarningtothem.Theemployeealarmsystemmustcomplywith§1910.165.[67FR67961,Nov.7,2002]§1910.38Emergencyactionplans.(a)Application.Anemployermusthaveanemergencyactionplanwhen-everanOSHAstandardinthispartre-quiresone.Therequirementsinthissectionapplytoeachsuchemergencyactionplan.(b)Writtenandoralemergencyactionplans.Anemergencyactionplanmustbeinwriting,keptintheworkplace,andavailabletoemployeesforreview.However,anemployerwith10orfeweremployeesmaycommunicatetheplanorallytoemployees.(c)Minimumelementsofanemergencyactionplan.Anemergencyactionplanmustincludeataminimum:(1)Proceduresforreportingafireorotheremergency;(2)Proceduresforemergencyevacu-ation,includingtypeofevacuationandexitrouteassignments;(3)Procedurestobefollowedbyem-ployeeswhoremaintooperatecriticalplantoperationsbeforetheyevacuate;(4)Procedurestoaccountforallem-ployeesafterevacuation;(5)Procedurestobefollowedbyem-ployeesperformingrescueormedicalduties;and(6)Thenameorjobtitleofeveryem-ployeewhomaybecontactedbyem-ployeeswhoneedmoreinformationabouttheplanoranexplanationoftheirdutiesundertheplan.(d)Employeealarmsystem.Anem-ployermusthaveandmaintainanem-ployeealarmsystem.Theemployeealarmsystemmustuseadistinctivesignalforeachpurposeandcomplywiththerequirementsin§1910.165.(e)Training.Anemployermustdes-ignateandtrainemployeestoassistinasafeandorderlyevacuationofotheremployees.(f)Reviewofemergencyactionplan.Anemployermustreviewtheemergencyactionplanwitheachemployeecov-eredbytheplan:(1)Whentheplanisdevelopedortheemployeeis...
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