NY Lab L § 278 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 11 - Factories Title 3 - Fire Hazard 278 - Limitation of Number of Occupants.

§  278.  Limitation  of number of occupants. The number of persons who   may be employed in a  factory  building  or  portion  thereof  shall  be   limited  to  such  number  as can safely escape from the building by the   exits provided in the building and shall not exceed the following:1. In a building erected after October  first,  nineteen  hundred  and   thirteen,  fourteen persons for every full twenty-two inches in width of   stairway provided for such floor and conforming to the requirements  for   required  exits, except as to extension to the roof.  No allowance shall   be made for any excess in width of less than twenty-two inches.2. In a  building  erected  before  October  first,  nineteen  hundred   thirteen,  fourteen  persons  for  every  eighteen  inches  in  width of   stairway provided for such floor and conforming to the requirements  for   required  exits  except  as  to extension to the roof. For any excess in   width of less than eighteen inches,  a  proportionate  increase  in  the   number  of  occupants  shall  be  allowed.  If  a stairway has winders a   deduction of ten per centum shall be made in computing the  capacity  of   such stairway.3.  On  any floor which is more than ten feet from the one immediately   beneath, the number "fourteen" allowed in subdivisions one and  two  may   be  increased  respectively  by one person for every sixteen inches over   ten feet between the two floors provided such stairways conform  to  the   requirements for required exits except as to extension to the roof.4.  In  addition to the number of persons allowed in subdivisions one,   two and three, so many persons may be  employed  on  any  floor  as  can   occupy  the stair halls, allowing five square feet of unobstructed floor   space per person where the stairways and stair  halls  are  enclosed  by   partitions  as  required  by  sections  two  hundred and seventy and two   hundred and seventy-one.5. The number of persons permitted to be employed on any  floor  under   subdivisions  one,  two, three and four may be increased one hundred per   centum where there is maintained throughout the  building  an  automatic   sprinkler  system  conforming to the requirements of section two hundred   eighty and to  the  rules  of  the  board  and  where,  if  required  by   subdivisions  one  and  two  of section two hundred seventy-nine, a fire   alarm signal system is maintained and fire drills are conducted.6. On any floor at which a horizontal exit is provided so many persons   may be employed as can occupy the smaller of the spaces on  either  side   of the fireproof partitions or fire walls, or as can occupy the floor of   an  adjacent  building which is connected with such floor by openings in   the wall or walls between the buildings  or  by  exterior  balconies  or   bridges  in  addition  to  the occupants of such connected floor in such   adjacent building, allowing five square feet of unobstructed floor space   per person. Openings constituting required exit  doorways,  or  if  such   exits are balconies or bridges, the openings leading thereto shall be of   sufficient aggregate width to allow eighteen inches in width of openings   for each fifty persons or fraction thereof employed on such floor in the   case of factory buildings erected before October first, nineteen hundred   and  thirteen,  and  twenty-two  inches in the case of factory buildings   erected after that date.7. Where a floor is occupied by more than one tenant,  the  commission   may prescribe how many of the persons allowed to occupy such floor under   the provisions of this section may occupy the space of each tenant.8. In every factory building the commissioner shall cause to be posted   in  a  conspicuous  place  in  every  stairhall  and  workroom,  notices   specifying the number of persons that may occupy each floor  thereof  in   accordance with the provisions of this section. If any floor is occupied   by  more  than  one  tenant,  such  notices shall be posted in the space    occupied by each tenant, and shall state the number of persons that  may   occupy such space. Every such notice shall bear the date when posted.