In an emergency in which an evacuation is necessary, there may be little time to find an exit or fiddle around with a locked or blocked door. Proper maintenance of emergency exits in your workplace is essential to keeping building occupants safe. OSHA has issued standards that every emergency exit should meet to ensure they are always readily accessible.
A workplace must have at least two exit routes. More than two exits are required if the building occupant number, size of the building, or arrangement of the workplace would not allow for safe and quick evacuation with only two exit …