Exit Sign Regulations - Requirements

Exit Sign Regulations and Requirements for your local area.

OSHA Regulation: Means of Egress - All Exits shall be marked by a readily visible sign. Exit Signs are required designation and exit access and should be located with such Size, Color, Contrast and Design as to be visible incase of an Emergency. Exit signs must be clear of decorations, equipment which may impair visibility to means of an Exit. Access to exits must be marked by visible signs in all cases where the exit or way to reach it is not immediately visible to the occupants. Consisting with any door passage, or stairway which is neither an exit nor a way of exit access, and which is so located or arranged as to be likely to be mistaken for an exit, shall be identified by a sign reading "Not an Exit" or similar designation, or shall be identified by a sign indicating its destination; examples include "To Break Room," "Electrical Room," "Machine Room.

Exit Requirements - An Exit sign, or similar designation, with an arrow indicating the directions, shall be placed in every location where the direction of travel to reach the nearest exit is not immediately apparent or as directed by local fire marshal.

Exit signs must be properly illuminated by a reliable light source, with a minimum of 5 foot-candles on the illuminated surface. Ambient lights sources giving illumination to exit signs other than the Electrical Exit signs must have screens, discs, or lenses of not less than 25 square inches area made of translucent material to confirm Contrast.

Letters on Exit Signs must be legible not less than 6 inches high, with principal strokes of letters not less than three-forth of an inch wide. 8 inch letters apply in some Boroughs of New York and City of Chicago. Please refer to local laws in depth Sign Regulations and requirements.

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