Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: CUTS

North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of North Carolina: The employer did not furnish each of his employees conditions of employment and a place of employment free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to delay in egress resulting in death or permanent disability: a)facility, cut floor - employees who work on the cut floor have to travel 490 feet to exit the building in case of an emergency, such as fire or anhydrous ammonia release. One feasible and acceptable abatement method, among others, to correct this hazard is the following: 1.Designate a primary exit route for those employees who work towards the rear of the cut floor to decrease their travel distance to 400 feet Reference: 1.National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) NFPA 101, 2009 ed. Table 40.2.6 Maximum Travel Distance to Exits. 2.North Carolina Building Code, 2009 ed. Table 10.16.1, Exit Access and Travel Distance.