[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1910.35]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                                OF LABOR
 
PART 1910--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart E--Means of Egress
 
Sec. 1910.35  Definitions.

    Authority: Sections 4, 6, and 8 of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657); Secretary of Labor's Order 
No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), or 1-90 
(55 FR 9033), as applicable.


    As used in this subpart.
    (a) Means of egress. A means of egress is a continuous and 
unobstructed way of exit travel from any point in a building or 
structure to a public way and consists of three separate and distinct 
parts: the way of exit access, the exit, and the way of exit discharge. 
A means of egress comprises the vertical and horizontal ways of travel 
and shall include intervening room spaces, doorways, hallways, 
corridors, passageways, balconies, ramps, stairs, enclosures, lobbies, 
escalators, horizontal exits, courts, and yards.
    (b) Exit access. Exit access is that portion of a means of egress 
which leads to an entrance to an exit.
    (c) Exit. Exit is that portion of a means of egress which is 
separated from all other spaces of the building or structure by 
construction or equipment as required in this subpart to provide a 
protected way of travel to the exit discharge.

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    (d) Exit discharge. Exit discharge is that portion of a means of 
egress between the termination of an exit and a public way.
    (e) Low hazard contents. Low hazard contents shall be classified as 
those of such low combustibility that no self- propagating fire therein 
can occur and that consequently the only probable danger requiring the 
use of emergency exits will be from panic, fumes, or smoke, or fire from 
some external source.
    (f) High-hazard contents. High-hazard contents shall be classified 
as those which are liable to burn with extreme rapidity or from which 
poisonous fumes or explosions are to be feared in the event of fire.
    (g) Ordinary hazard contents. Ordinary hazard contents shall be 
classified as those which are liable to burn with moderate rapidity and 
to give off a considerable volume of smoke but from which neither 
poisonous fumes nor explosions are to be feared in case of fire.
    (h) Approved. For the purpose of this subpart approved shall mean 
listed or approved equipment by a nationally recognized testing 
laboratory. Refer to Sec. 1910.155(c)(3)(iv)(A) for definition of 
listed, and Sec. 1910.7 for nationally recognized testing laboratory.
    (i) Emergency action plan means a plan for a workplace, or parts 
thereof, describing what procedures the employer and employees must take 
to ensure employee safety from fire or other emergencies.
    (j) Emergency escape route means the route that employees are 
directed to follow in the event they are required to evacuate the 
workplace or seek a designated refuge area.

[39 FR 23502, June 27, 1974, as amended at 45 FR 60703, Sept. 12, 1980; 
53 FR 12121, Apr. 12, 1988]