[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 8]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1926.34]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                                OF LABOR
 
PART 1926_SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart C_General Safety and Health Provisions
 
Sec.  1926.34  Means of egress.

    (a) General. In every building or structure exits shall be so 
arranged and maintained as to provide free and unobstructed egress from 
all parts of the building or structure at all times when it is occupied. 
No lock or fastening to prevent free escape from the inside of any 
building shall be installed except in mental, penal, or corrective 
institutions where supervisory personnel is continually on duty and 
effective provisions are made to remove occupants in case of fire or 
other emergency.

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    (b) Exit marking. Exits shall be marked by a readily visible sign. 
Access to exits shall be marked by readily visible signs in all cases 
where the exit or way to reach it is not immediately visible to the 
occupants.
    (c) Maintenance and workmanship. Means of egress shall be 
continually maintained free of all obstructions or impediments to full 
instant use in the case of fire or other emergency.

[58 FR 35083, June 30, 1993]