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OSHA 28 inch Egress Requirement - Attn: Reloaders --OSHA Violation
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<blockquote data-quote="InsideUPS" data-source="post: 1113982" data-attributes="member: 31414"><p><a href="http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/data_General_Facts/emergency-exit-routes-factsheet.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/data_General_Facts/emergency-exit-routes-factsheet.pdf</a></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #232020">FROM OSHA DOCUMENT Link Above</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #232020"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #232020"><u>"How would you escape from your workplace in an emergency?</u> Do you know where all the exits are in case your first choice is too crowded? Are you sure the doors will be unlocked and that the exit access, such as a hallway, will not be blocked during a fire, explosion, or other crisis? Knowing the answers to these questions could keep you safe during an emergency.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #232020"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #232020"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #00539a">What is an exit route?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #00539a"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #00539a"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #232020"><u>An exit route is a continuous and unobstructed path of exit travel from any point within a workplace to a place of safety. An exit route consists of three parts:</u></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #232020"><u></u></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #232020"><u></u></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #232020"><span style="color: #ff0000"><u>■ Exit access – portion of an exit route that leads to an exit.</u></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #232020"><span style="color: #ff0000"><u></u></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #232020"><span style="color: #00539a">■ </span>Exit – portion of an exit route that is generally separated from other areas to provide a protected way of travel to the exit discharge.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="color: #232020"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #00539a">■ </span>Exit discharge – part of the exit route that leads directly outside or to a street, walkway, refuge area, public way, or open space with access to the outside.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #232020"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #232020"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #232020"><span style="color: #ff0000"><u>An exit access </u></span>must be at least 28 inches wide at all points. Where there is only one exit access leading to an exit or exit discharge, the width of the exit and exit discharge must be at least equal to the width of the exit access. Objects that project into the exit must not reduce its width."</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #232020"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #232020"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #232020"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #232020">If you are working in a trailer......."how would you escape from your workplace in an emergency?... You state that it is a violation to exit from a trailer door?........ so..if there is an emergency the employees must stay in the trailer?....</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #232020"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #232020"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #232020"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #232020">Just to clarify....if you were working in a trailer.....and the UPS emergency alarm sounded..... do you not exit the trailer? NOT what we were taught... By definition and instruction, if you were loading or unloading a trailer....the alarm sounds....you exit the trailer walking through what is defined as the "Exit Access".... which by OSHA standards must be 28 inches wide...</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #232020"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #232020"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #232020"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsideUPS, post: 1113982, member: 31414"] [URL]http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/data_General_Facts/emergency-exit-routes-factsheet.pdf[/URL] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#232020]FROM OSHA DOCUMENT Link Above [U]"How would you escape from your workplace in an emergency?[/U] Do you know where all the exits are in case your first choice is too crowded? Are you sure the doors will be unlocked and that the exit access, such as a hallway, will not be blocked during a fire, explosion, or other crisis? Knowing the answers to these questions could keep you safe during an emergency. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#00539a]What is an exit route? [/COLOR] [COLOR=#232020][U]An exit route is a continuous and unobstructed path of exit travel from any point within a workplace to a place of safety. An exit route consists of three parts: [/U][/COLOR] [COLOR=#232020][COLOR=#ff0000][U]■ Exit access – portion of an exit route that leads to an exit. [/U][/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#232020][COLOR=#00539a]■ [/COLOR]Exit – portion of an exit route that is generally separated from other areas to provide a protected way of travel to the exit discharge.[/COLOR] [/SIZE][COLOR=#232020][SIZE=2][COLOR=#00539a]■ [/COLOR]Exit discharge – part of the exit route that leads directly outside or to a street, walkway, refuge area, public way, or open space with access to the outside. [/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=2][COLOR=#232020][COLOR=#ff0000][U]An exit access [/U][/COLOR]must be at least 28 inches wide at all points. Where there is only one exit access leading to an exit or exit discharge, the width of the exit and exit discharge must be at least equal to the width of the exit access. Objects that project into the exit must not reduce its width." If you are working in a trailer......."how would you escape from your workplace in an emergency?... You state that it is a violation to exit from a trailer door?........ so..if there is an emergency the employees must stay in the trailer?.... Just to clarify....if you were working in a trailer.....and the UPS emergency alarm sounded..... do you not exit the trailer? NOT what we were taught... By definition and instruction, if you were loading or unloading a trailer....the alarm sounds....you exit the trailer walking through what is defined as the "Exit Access".... which by OSHA standards must be 28 inches wide... [/COLOR][/SIZE] [/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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