31OccupationalSafetyandHealthAdmin.,Labor§1926.35tomeetagivenpurpose,occasion,con-dition,function,orcircumstance.[44FR8577,Feb.9,1979;44FR20940,Apr.6,1979,asamendedat58FR35078,June30,1993]§1926.33Accesstoemployeeexposureandmedicalrecords.NOTE:Therequirementsapplicabletocon-structionworkunderthissectionareiden-ticaltothosesetforthat§1910.1020ofthischapter.[61FR31431,June20,1996]§1926.34Meansofegress.(a)General.Ineverybuildingorstructureexitsshallbesoarrangedandmaintainedastoprovidefreeandun-obstructedegressfromallpartsofthebuildingorstructureatalltimeswhenitisoccupied.Nolockorfasteningtopreventfreeescapefromtheinsideofanybuildingshallbeinstalledexceptinmental,penal,orcorrectiveinstitu-tionswheresupervisorypersonneliscontinuallyondutyandeffectivepro-visionsaremadetoremoveoccupantsincaseoffireorotheremergency.(b)Exitmarking.Exitsshallbemarkedbyareadilyvisiblesign.Ac-cesstoexitsshallbemarkedbyreadilyvisiblesignsinallcaseswheretheexitorwaytoreachitisnotimmediatelyvisibletotheoccupants.(c)Maintenanceandworkmanship.Meansofegressshallbecontinuallymaintainedfreeofallobstructionsorimpedimentstofullinstantuseinthecaseoffireorotheremergency.[58FR35083,June30,1993]§1926.35Employeeemergencyactionplans.(a)Scopeandapplication.ThissectionappliestoallemergencyactionplansrequiredbyaparticularOSHAstand-ard.Theemergencyactionplanshallbeinwriting(exceptasprovidedinthelastsentenceofparagraph(e)(3)ofthissection)andshallcoverthosedes-ignatedactionsemployersandemploy-eesmusttaketoensureemployeesafe-tyfromfireandotheremergencies.(b)Elements.Thefollowingelements,ataminimum,shallbeincludedintheplan:(1)Emergencyescapeproceduresandemergencyescaperouteassignments;(2)Procedurestobefollowedbyem-ployeeswhoremaintooperatecriticalplantoperationsbeforetheyevacuate;(3)Procedurestoaccountforallem-ployeesafteremergencyevacuationhasbeencompleted;(4)Rescueandmedicaldutiesforthoseemployeeswhoaretoperformthem;(5)Thepreferredmeansofreportingfiresandotheremergencies;and(6)Namesorregularjobtitlesofper-sonsordepartmentswhocanbecon-tactedforfurtherinformationorexpla-nationofdutiesundertheplan.(c)Alarmsystem.(1)Theemployershallestablishanemployeealarmsys-temwhichcomplieswith§1926.159.(2)Iftheemployeealarmsystemisusedforalertingfirebrigademembers,orforotherpurposes,adistinctivesig-nalforeachpurposeshallbeused.(d)Evacuation.Theemployershallestablishintheemergencyactionplanthetypesofevacuationtobeusedinemergencycircumstances.(e)Training.(1)Beforeimplementingtheemergencyactionplan,theem-ployershalldesignateandtrainasuffi-cientnumberofpersonstoassistinthesafeandorderlyemergencyevacuationofemployees.(2)Theemployershallreviewtheplanwitheachemployeecoveredbytheplanatthefollowingtimes:(i)Initiallywhentheplanisdevel-oped,(ii)Whenevertheemployee’srespon-sibilitiesordesignatedactionsundertheplanchange,and(iii)Whenevertheplanischanged.(3)Theemployershallreviewwitheachemployeeuponinitialassignmentthosepartsoftheplanwhichtheem-ployeemustknowtoprotecttheem-ployeeintheeventofanemergency.Thewrittenplanshallbekeptattheworkplaceandmadeavailableforem-ployeereview.Forthoseemployerswith10orfeweremployeestheplanmaybecommunicatedorallytoem-ployeesandtheemployerneednotmaintainawrittenplan.[58FR35083,June30,1993]VerDateMar<15>201015:51Sep16,2011Jkt223116PO00000Frm00041Fmt8010Sfmt8010Q:\29\29V8.TXTofr150PsN:PC150