Osha Door Sign Requirements

As used in this section the word sign refers to a surface on prepared for the warning of or safety instructions of industrial workers or members of the public who may be exposed to hazards.

Osha door sign requirements.

1910 37 b 4 if the direction of travel to the exit or exit discharge is not immediately apparent signs must be posted along the exit access indicating the direction of travel to the nearest exit and exit discharge. Osha has begun focusing more attention on emergency exit route compliance in recent years as seen in a memo to the agency s personnel. The door that connects any room to an exit route must swing out in the direction of exit travel if the room is designed to be occupied by more than 50 people or if the room is a high hazard area i e contains contents that are likely to burn with extreme rapidity or explode. Excluded from this definition however are news releases displays commonly known as safety posters and bulletins used for employee education.

29 cfr 1910 145 osha s guideline for signs and tags that identify hazards outlines design requirements and specifies when safety signs must be used. In theory that may be true but technically speaking exit routes must have specific features and meet detailed osha requirements. Osha has very specific requirements for emergency exits in the workplace. Just look for the exit sign and head for the door right.

Each exit route door must be free of decorations or signs that obscure the visibility of the exit route door. Decorations or signs may not block the visibility of the exit route door.