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NL · Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (workplace standards) · Article 458 · clause 458 · NLR 5/12

PART XXII ACCESS AND EGRESS — Access, egress and movement

458

(1) All workplaces shall have safe and appropriate means of access and egress.

458(2)

Work areas shall be arranged to allow the safe movement of workers, equipment and materials.

458(3)

An aisle or passageway designated for pedestrian traffic shall be clearly indicated by markings or other means and, where practicable, floor or grade markings shall be used.

458(4)

Practical means of emergency escape shall be provided from a work area in which work processes could create an immediate threat to workers, and where regular means of egress could be rendered dangerous or unusable.

458(5)

A walkway shall not be less than 50.80 centimetres wide and shall be accessible by means of a fixed ladder or stairway.

458(6)

A curb shall be installed on an elevated thoroughfare to prevent equipment from running off the open edge of the thoroughfare.

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