OSHA requires any facility with 10 or more employees to have a written evacuation plan. It makes sense, though, from a risk-management standpoint for smaller practices to have some sort of written fire safety policy. To accomplish this, draw your floor plan on graph paper and note the location of exits and fire extinguishers. Also, note steps to take in the event of a fire call 911, press fire alarm, meet in a specified area, etc. Be sure that your office safety policies state that exit doors are clearly marked and never locked or blocked.

Remember your employees come first. Your medical diagnostic equipment is ensured and will be replaced.

An exit route is a continuous and unobstructed path of exit travel from any point within a workplace to a place of safety. An exit route consists of three parts:

1) Exit access - portion of an exit route that leads to an exit.
2) Exit - portion of an exit route that is generally separated from other areas to provide a protected way of travel to the exit discharge.
3) Exit discharge - part of the exit route that leads directly outside or to a street, walkway, refuge area, public way, or open space with access to the outside.

Exit routes must be kept free of explosive or highly flammable furnishings or other decorations.

Exit routes must be arranged so that employees will not have to travel toward a high hazard area, unless the path of travel is effectively shielded from the high hazard area by suitable partitions or other physical barriers

Exit routes must be free and unobstructed. No materials or medical equipment may be placed, either permanently or temporarily, within the exit route. The exit access must not go through a room that can be locked, such as a bathroom, to reach an exit or exit discharge, nor may it lead into a dead-end corridor. Stairs or a ramp must be provided where the exit route is not substantially

Safeguards designed to protect employees during an emergency, such as sprinkler systems, alarm systems, fire doors, exit lighting, must be in proper working order at all times.

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