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Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 58 - DIVISION D-O ORDINARY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 58.23 - Means of egress capacity

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Units of width shall comply with §
										50.23 (relating to means of egress
					 capacity).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 58 - DIVISION D-O ORDINARY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 58.24 - Exit doors

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Exit discharge doors leading to the outside shall comply
					 with §
										50.24 (relating to exit doors and
					 exit access doors).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 58 - DIVISION D-O ORDINARY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 58.25 - Stair towers

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Stair towers shall comply with §
										50.25 (relating to stair
					 towers).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 58 - DIVISION D-O ORDINARY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 58.26 - Intercommunicating stairways

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Intercommunicating stairways shall comply with §
										50.26 (relating to
					 intercommunicating stairways).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 58 - DIVISION D-O ORDINARY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 58.27 - Ramps

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Ramps shall comply with §
										50.27 (relating to
					 ramps).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 58 - DIVISION D-O ORDINARY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 58.28 - Horizontal exits

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Horizontal exits shall comply with §
										50.28 (relating to horizontal
					 exits).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 58 - DIVISION D-O ORDINARY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › VERTICAL OPENINGS › Section 58.31 - Vertical openings

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Vertical openings shall comply with §§
										50.31 -50.34 (relating to vertical
					 openings).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 58 - DIVISION D-O ORDINARY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › INTERIOR FINISH › Section 58.41 - Interior finishes

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(a)
				  Interior finishes shall be Class A for exits and exit corridors except that
				  carpet covering floors may be Class A or B.
(b) Interior finish requirements may be
				  reduced by one class in buildings totally protected by an automatic sprinkler
				  system.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 58 - DIVISION D-O ORDINARY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS › Section 58.51 - Manual alarms

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Manual fire alarms shall be provided in buildings more than
					 two stories in height with more than 5,000 square feet of floor space above the
					 second story.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 58 - DIVISION D-O ORDINARY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS › Section 58.52 - Automatic alarms

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Automatic detection systems are not required except that
					 they may be required when the D-0 occupancy shares a structure with another
					 occupancy group as a mixed occupancy.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 58 - DIVISION D-O ORDINARY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEMS › Section 58.61 - General requirements

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Emergency lighting shall be required for buildings more
					 than two stories in height with more than 5,000 square feet of floor space
					 above the second floor, the mall portion of enclosed shopping malls and stores
					 with more than 4,000 square feet of public access space.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 58 - DIVISION D-O ORDINARY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEMS › Section 58.62 - Areas to be provided

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Emergency lighting shall be as follows:
(1) Exitways, corridors, stairways,
				  passageways, halls, landings of stairs, exit doors, including angles and
				  intersections, and other means of egress.
(2) Rooms used by more than 50
				  persons.
(3) To illuminate exit or
				  directional exit signs.
(4) Rooms
				  in which emergency lighting equipment is located.
(5) Exterior light over required exit
				  discharge.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 58 - DIVISION D-O ORDINARY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › EXTINGUISHERS AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS › Section 58.71 - Fire extinguishers

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(a) A
				  minimum of one fire extinguisher with a minimum 2-A rating shall be provided
				  for each 5,000 square feet or fraction thereof, but there shall be no less than
				  one fire extinguisher per floor including basement. Fire extinguishers shall be
				  located so that it shall not be necessary to travel more than 100 feet in any
				  direction to reach the nearest unit.
(b) A fire extinguisher with a minimum 10-B
				  rating shall be provided in each kitchen.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 58 - DIVISION D-O ORDINARY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › EXTINGUISHERS AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS › Section 58.72 - Automatic sprinkler systems

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Automatic sprinkler protection shall comply with §
										50.72 (relating to automatic
					 sprinkler systems). All buildings or structures meeting the definition of high
					 rise buildings in §
										49.1 (relating to definitions)
					 shall be equipped with an automatic sprinkler system.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 58 - DIVISION D-O ORDINARY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › SPECIAL CONDITIONS › Section 58.81 - Hazardous areas

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(a) Boiler or
				  furnace rooms, repair or maintenance rooms, trash rooms, and rooms or spaces
				  used for the storage of combustible materials in quantities deemed hazardous by
				  the Department shall be separated from other areas of the building by 1-hour
				  partitions, floors, and ceilings. Openings shall be protected by C label door
				  assemblies. Combustion and ventilation air for boiler, incinerator or heater
				  rooms shall be taken directly from and discharged directly to the outside
				  air.
(b) American Gas Association
				  approved gas fired forced air furnaces and space heaters; U. L. approved
				  electrical resistive coil heating furnaces and U. L. approved oil fired forced
				  air furnaces and space heaters need not be enclosed.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 59.1 - Division D-H (hazardous occupancies)

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Buildings primarily used for occupancies involving highly
					 combustible, explosive or unstable products or materials that constitute a
					 special fire, life or toxic hazard because of the forms, characteristics or
					 volume of the materials used shall be classified as Division D-H occupancies. A
					 building, structure or a part thereof used for storage, warehousing,
					 manufacturing, processing, use or sale of highly combustible products or
					 materials, including the following and those of equal fire and life hazard
					 shall be classified under D-H hazardous occupancies.
(1) Chemicals which pose serious flame or
				  explosive hazards upon coming into contact with water or moisture, such as
				  metallic sodium, metallic potassium, sodium peroxide, calcium phosphide, yellow
				  phosphorous and metallic magnesium powder, aluminum powder, calcium carbide,
				  red phosphorus and the like.
(2)
				  Processes which produce dust, lint or other particles or matter liable to
				  instantaneous ignition or explosion.
(3) Ammonia, chlorine, phosgene, carbon
				  bisulphide, and other toxic irritants or corrosives and fume hazard gases such
				  as acetylene, ether, ethyl chloride, ethylene, liquified hydro-carbons, ethyl
				  chloride gas, and similar gases.
(4) Naphtha, ether, benzol, styrene,
				  butadiene, collodion, ethyl, acetate, amyl acetone, amyl alcohol, kerosene,
				  turpentine, petroleum paint (including paint mixing and spraying rooms),
				  varnish, dryer, gasoline, alcohol, oil in bulk quantities and similar highly
				  flammable liquid. (Paint spray booth approved by the Department shall be
				  classified as D-O occupancies).
(5)
				  Manufacture and processing of imitation leather, paint, and other pyroxylin
				  products.
(6) Storage of
				  nitrocellulose, or products composed in whole or in part of nitrocellulose or
				  similar flammable materials, such as films, combs, pens, pencils, toilet
				  articles, and the like.
(7)
				  Hydrocloric, nitric, sulphuric and hydrofluoric acids.
(8) Asphalt, tar pitch, resin, waxes and
				  fats, either alone or combined with other materials.
(9) Flammable fibrous materials such as hay,
				  straw, broomcorn, hemp, tow, jute, sisal, excelsior, kapok, hair, oakum, and
				  the like.
(10) Processing or
				  storing of artificial flowers, matches, mattresses, rubber, cork, brooms,
				  carpet linings, paper, pasteboard, feathers, cotton, including cotton rag
				  sorting rooms, shoddy mills, oil refineries, distilleries, sugar refineries,
				  cereal, flour, grist and starch mills, rendering plants, drying rooms, and
				  occupancies of equal fire and life hazard.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 59.2 - Further authority

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The Department will have the authority to alter this
					 Chapter and to impose any other regulations and restrictions considered
					 necessary for protection of life and limb.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 59.3 - Occupancy separations and mixed occupancies

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When a D-H occupancy shares a structure with one or more
					 occupancies, the structure shall be governed in one of the following
					 manners:
(1)
Separation.
When each occupancy is separated from all other occupancies by fire
				  walls, each portion thus separated shall be considered a separate building, and
				  limitations for separate buildings shall govern.
(2)
Mixed occupancy.
Structures with multiple occupancies which are not separated shall be
				  considered mixed occupancies and shall be governed by the most restrictive of
				  the various limitations of the occupancies.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › OCCUPANCY GROUP › Section 59.4 - Prohibited occupancy mixtures

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D-H, Hazardous Occupancies, shall not be permitted in the
					 same structure housing Group A, B, or C occupancies.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › CONSTRUCTION TYPE-MAXIMUM STORY HEIGHT › Section 59.11 - Story height

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D-H occupancies shall be governed by the story height
					 limitations in the following table:
Construction
								Type
Maximum Story Height
Fireresistive
3 Stories
Noncombustible
1 Story*
Protected Heavy Timber
1 Story
Ordinary
1 Story
Wood Frame
1 Story
(b) *An
				  additional story shall be permitted in noncombustible construction when the
				  building is 1-hour rated construction or totally protected by an automatic
				  sprinkler system. The maximum story height may be increased by one
				  story.
(c) Noncombustible
				  construction shall be considered 1-hour rated construction when bearing walls,
				  columns, beams, other supporting members, ceiling/roof assemblies,
				  floor/ceiling assemblies, stairways, and other openings through floors are of
				  1-hour rated construction.
(d) The
				  maximum floor area shall not exceed 50,000 square feet unless the floor area is
				  separated by 2-hour fire walls into individual areas not to exceed 50,000
				  square feet. The undivided floor area may be increased to 100,000 square feet
				  in buildings protected with a total automatic sprinkler system.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 59.21 - Minimum exits

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There shall be a minimum of two exits reasonably remote
					 from each other. All required exits shall be exit discharge doors to the
					 outside stair towers or ramps.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 59.22 - Travel distance to exits

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Exits shall be arranged so that the total length of travel
					 from any point to reach an exit will not exceed 100 feet. Exits shall be so
					 arranged that one exit is not more than 150 feet from another exit. Dead ends
					 and occupancy areas with a single path of egress travel should be eliminated
					 where possible but in no case shall any of these occupancy areas be more than
					 50 feet from an exit.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 59.23 - Means of egress capacity

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Units of width shall comply with §
										50.23 (relating to means of egress
					 capacity).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 59.24 - Exit doors

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Exit discharge doors leading to the outside shall comply
					 with §
										50.24 (relating to exit doors and
					 exit access doors).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 59.25 - Stair towers

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Stair towers shall comply with §
										50.25 (relating to stair
					 towers).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 59.26 - Intercommunicating stairways

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Intercommunicating stairways may be used to communicate
					 from story to story; however, they shall not be counted as
					 exits.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 59.27 - Ramps

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Ramps shall comply with §
										50.27 (relating to
					 ramps).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 59.28 - Horizontal exits

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Horizontal exits shall comply with §
										50.28 (relating to horizontal
					 exits).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › MEANS OF EGRESS › Section 59.29 - Escalators

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Escalators shall be permitted for communication from one
					 story to another but shall not be counted as exits.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › VERTICAL OPENINGS › Section 59.31 - Vertical openings

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Vertical openings shall comply with §§
										50.31 -50.34 (relating to vertical
					 openings).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › INTERIOR FINISH › Section 59.41 - Interior finishes

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Interior finishes shall be Class A or Class B for exit
					 corridors and stair towers.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS › Section 59.51 - Manual system

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Manual fire alarms shall be provided in buildings more than
					 one story in height.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS › Section 59.52 - Automatic system

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Automatic fire alarm systems are not required except that
					 they may be required when the D-H occupancy shares a structure with another
					 occupancy group as a mixed occupancy.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEMS › Section 59.61 - Buildings more than one story

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Emergency lighting shall be required for buildings more
					 than one story in height.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
												59.63 (relating to other
						requirements).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEMS › Section 59.62 - Buildings with more than 75 occupants

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Emergency lighting shall be required for buildings with
					 more than 75 occupants.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
												59.63 (relating to other
						requirements).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEMS › Section 59.63 - Other requirements

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Emergency lighting, when required by §§
										59.61 or
					 59.62 (relating to buildings more
					 than one story; and buildings with more than 75 occupants) shall be provided as
					 follows:
(1) Exitways, corridors,
				  stairways, passageways, halls, landings of stairs, exit doors, including angles
				  and intersections, and other means of egress.
(2) Rooms used by more than 50
				  persons.
(3) To illuminate exit or
				  directional exit signs.
(4) Rooms
				  in which emergency lighting equipment is located.
(5) Exterior light over required exit
				  discharge.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › EXTINGUISHERS AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS › Section 59.71 - Fire extinguishers

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A minimum of one fire extinguisher with a minimum 4-A
					 rating shall be provided for each 4,000 square feet or fraction thereof, but in
					 no case shall there be less than one fire extinguisher per floor including
					 basement. Fire extinguishers shall be located so that it shall not be necessary
					 to travel more than 75 feet in any direction to reach the nearest
					 unit.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › EXTINGUISHERS AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS › Section 59.72 - Automatic sprinkler protection

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Automatic sprinkler protection shall comply with §
										50.72 (relating to automatic
					 sprinkler systems).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 59 - D-H HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE › SPECIAL CONDITIONS › Section 59.81 - Hazardous areas

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(a) Boiler or
				  furnace rooms, repair or maintenance rooms, trash rooms, and rooms or spaces
				  used for the storage of combustible materials in quantities deemed hazardous by
				  the Department shall be separated from other areas of the building by 1-hour
				  partitions, floors, and ceilings. Openings shall be protected by C label door
				  assemblies.
(b) American Gas
				  Association approved gas fired forced air furnaces and space heaters; U.L.
				  approved electrical resistive coil heating furnaces and U.L. approved oil fired
				  forced air furnaces and space heaters need not be enclosed.
(c) In rooms and spaces within buildings of
				  group D-H occupancy, involving explosion hazards, venting areas shall be
				  provided to afford not less than 1 square foot of relief area to 50 cubic feet
				  of room volume. Venting may be provided by wall areas of light noncombustible
				  materials, top-hinged windows or panels or other pressure relieving devices
				  arranged to open outward under predetermined pressure.
(d) Approved paint spray booths which are
				  either equipped with an adequate exhaust system, to be operated before paint
				  may be applied and continued in operation until the paint is dry, or which are
				  equipped with an approved water paint vehicle recirculating system shall not be
				  considered D-H occupancies.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 60 - UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS › ADMINISTRATIVE › Section 60.2 - Jurisdiction and effective dates

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(a)
Applicability.
This chapter applies to government buildings,
				  private buildings and building sites as follows:
(1) Factories, powerplants, mercantile
				  buildings, shopping centers, department stores, retail stores, restaurants with
				  sit-down, interior dining facilities, hotels, motels, office buildings,
				  financial institutions, hospitals, public and private institutions,
				  convalescent and nursing homes, schools, colleges, dormitories, auditoriums,
				  gymnasiums, transportation stations and terminals, warehouses and
				  garages.
(2) Theaters, motion
				  picture theaters, museums, concert halls and summer stock theaters.
(3) Public halls, dance halls, banquet halls,
				  lodge halls, skating rinks, armory halls or any other type of auditorium where
				  the public assembles.
(4) Places of
				  worship.
(5) Apartment houses,
				  multistory condominium complexes, certain multifamily dwellings, clubhouses,
				  lodging houses and rooming houses.
(6) Grandstands, sports arenas, stadiums and
				  amphitheaters.
(7) Other buildings,
				  facilities or complexes used by the public.
(8) Building sites. The standards and
				  specifications set forth in the act and this chapter also apply to building
				  sites for a building or facility to which the act applies. These building sites
				  shall provide an accessible route.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 60 - UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS › ADMINISTRATIVE › Section 60.3 - Submission of plans

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(a)
Compliance.
Before a building or building site to which this
				  chapter applies is constructed or remodeled, detailed architectural plans, wall
				  sections and elevations for new construction or other data required by the
				  Department showing compliance with the act and this chapter shall be submitted
				  to the Bureau of Occupational and Industrial Safety, Buildings Division, of the
				  Department, for approval. Construction documents, such as drawings, shall be
				  submitted in triplicate.
(b)
Plan requirements.
Plans shall be prepared in accordance with
				  §
										49.3(c) (relating
				  to submission of plans).
(c)
Accelerated approvals.
Accelerated plan approval may be
				  applied for, and granted, in accordance with §
										49.3(d).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 60 - UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS › ADMINISTRATIVE › Section 60.4 - Certification of plans

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If a construction or remodeling project subject to the act
					 and this chapter is required by the Architects Licensure Law (63 P. S.
					 §§
											34.1-34.22), the Landscape
					 Architects' Registration Law (63 P. S. §§
											901-913) or the Professional Engineers and
					 Professional Land Surveyors Registration Law (63 P. S. §§
											148-158), to be designed by an architect or
					 engineer registered in this Commonwealth, the architect or engineer who
					 prepared plans and specifications for the construction or remodeling shall file
					 a certificate with the Buildings Division of the Bureau of Occupational and
					 Industrial Safety of the Department, at the time of submission of the plans.
					 The certificate shall be on a form prescribed by the
					 Department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 60 - UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS › ADMINISTRATIVE › Section 60.5 - Appeal of Department action as to final plans

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(a) A person whose final plans are not
				  approved by the Department may appeal the Department's action to the
				  Secretary.
(b) The appeals shall be
				  filed with the Secretary, Labor and Industry Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
				  17120, and shall be handled in accordance with the procedure in §
										60.6 (relating to
				  variances).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 60 - UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS › ADMINISTRATIVE › Section 60.6 - Variances

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(a) The Board will
				  review applications for variances, including those submitted prior to, or
				  concurrent with, the submission of plans; those submitted in connection with an
				  answer to an order to show cause; and those submitted in connection with an
				  appeal to the Secretary; and will advise the Secretary with respect to whether
				  a variance from the act or this chapter, or both, should be granted.
(b) The Board may recommend that a variance
				  be granted or denied, and the Secretary may grant or deny a variance. A
				  variance may be granted if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) Compliance with the act and this chapter
				  would result in an extreme hardship which may include instances where
				  compliance would result in prohibitive costs or a conflict with local zoning
				  ordinances or where compliance is not feasible due to inherent dimensional,
				  structural or other physical constraints.
(2) The extreme hardship has not been created
				  by the applicant.
(3) The terms of
				  the variance are consistent with the intent of the act. In existing buildings,
				  the terms of a variance may exempt a portion of the remodeled area from a
				  requirement of the act and this chapter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 60 - UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS › ADMINISTRATIVE › Section 60.7 - Legal effect of approval of plans

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Final plans approved by the Department which reflect
					 compliance with the act and this chapter are valid for 2 years after the date
					 of the final plan approval. If construction or remodeling commences within 2
					 years of the date of final plan approval, final plan approval is valid for 5
					 years after the date of final plan approval.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 60 - UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS › ADMINISTRATIVE › Section 60.8 - Field inspection

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(a) The
				  government agency, owner or owner's agent, shall notify the Bureau of
				  Occupational and Industrial Safety Office listed on the plan approval letter
				  when construction or remodeling has begun.
(b) Prefinal inspections may be conducted
				  based upon the size and complexity of a project.
(1) If nonconforming conditions are observed
				  at a prefinal inspection, the Department will notify the government agency or
				  owner of these observations in writing.
(2) It is the government agency's or owner's
				  responsibility to correct these conditions or obtain a revised approval for
				  these conditions.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 60 - UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS › ADMINISTRATIVE › Section 60.9 - Applicability of general rules

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Under 1 Pa. Code §
										31.1 (relating to scope of part),
					 1 Pa. Code Part II (relating to general rules of administrative practice and
					 procedure) is applicable to proceedings for the enforcement of the act, except
					 as otherwise provided in this chapter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 60 - UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS › ADMINISTRATIVE › Section 60.10 - Service of orders and notices

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Service of orders, and notices and other documents shall be
					 effected in the manner provided by 1 Pa. Code §
										33.31 (relating to service by the
					 agency).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 60 - UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS › ADMINISTRATIVE › Section 60.11 - Enforcement

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If the plans for a construction or remodeling project
					 subject to the act or this chapter are not submitted and approved by the
					 Department and the construction or remodeling project is nevertheless
					 commenced, or if a construction or remodeling project subject to the act or
					 this chapter is not performed or completed in conformance with the act or this
					 chapter, the Department will take the following action:
(1)
Notice of violation and order to
				  correct.
(i) A written notice of
				  violations will be served upon the government agency or the owner, or owner's
				  agent, describing the violations.
(ii) An order requiring the submission and
				  approval of plans or requiring the correction of violations within a reasonable
				  period as will be determined by the Department will be served simultaneously
				  with the notice required in this paragraph. The order shall also advise the
				  government agency, owner or the owner's agent of the appeal rights under the
				  act.
(iii) If the government agency
				  or owner, or the owner's agent, failed to obtain the Department's approval of
				  plans for a construction or remodeling project subject to the act and this
				  chapter, the Department may also order the government agency or owner to cease
				  work on the project immediately. If the Department issues this order, a notice
				  will be placed at the building prohibiting the continuation of work being
				  performed until approval is given by the Department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 60 - UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS › SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 60.31 - Technical requirements

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Buildings subject to the act and this chapter shall comply
					 with the applicable provisions of ADAAG beginning with section
					 4.2, to the extent they do not
					 conflict with the act and this chapter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 60 - UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS › SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 60.33 - Buildings

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Buildings and facilities shall meet the following minimum
					 requirements:
(1) At least one
				  accessible route complying with ADAAG 4.3 shall connect building or facility
				  entrances with all accessible spaces and elements within the building or
				  facility.
(2) Objects that overhang
				  or protrude into circulation paths shall comply with ADAAG 4.4.
(3) Ground and floor surfaces along
				  accessible routes and in accessible rooms and spaces shall comply with ADAAG
				  4.5.
(4) Interior and exterior
				  stairs connecting levels that are not connected by an elevator, ramp or other
				  accessible means of vertical access shall comply with ADAAG 4.9.
(5) One passenger elevator complying with
				  ADAAG 4.10 shall serve each level, including mezzanines, in multistory
				  buildings and facilities, except that in new and existing construction with
				  less than 12,500 square feet of net floor area, an elevator or ramp is not
				  required to provide an accessible route to nongrade floor levels. If more than
				  one elevator is provided, each full passenger elevator shall comply with ADAAG
				  4.10. Platform lifts (wheelchair lifts) complying with ADAAG 4.11 and Chapter 7
				  (relating to elevators, lifts, escalators, dumbwaiters, hoists and tramways)
				  may be used in lieu of an elevator only under the following conditions:
(i) To provide an accessible route to a
				  performing area in an assembly occupancy.
(ii) To comply with the wheelchair viewing
				  position line-of-sight and dispersion requirements of ADAAG 4.33.3.
(iii) To provide access to incidental
				  occupiable spaces and rooms which are not open to the general public and which
				  house no more than five persons.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 60 - UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS › SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 60.34 - Group habitation under physical restraint

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Penal institutions, detention facilities, correctional
					 facilities and similar facilities shall comply with §
										60.33 (relating to buildings)
					 except as specified or modified in this section.
(1) The greater of 1% or the percentage
				  specified in applicable Federal regulations of the total cell capacity shall be
				  accessible to and usable by persons with physical disabilities.
(2) Accessible cells shall meet the
				  following:
(i) The cell door shall comply with
				  ADAAG 4.13. Cell doors may not encroach into the clear floor space requirements
				  of other fixtures.
(ii) The turning
				  space within the cell shall comply with ADAAG 4.2.3.
(iii) The bed shall have a minimum clear
				  floor space of 32 inches along one side of the bed except that in dormitory
				  situations with two or more beds, the clearance requirements of ADAAG 6.3(2) or
				  6.3(3) apply. Bunk beds are not permitted in accessible cells.
(iv) Other fixtures and features, such as
				  water closet, lavatory, storage cabinet, and the like, that are provided in a
				  regular cell shall be provided in an accessible cell and meet the applicable
				  requirements of this chapter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part II - Bureau of Employment Security › Subpart A - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 61 - ADMINISTRATION › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 61.2 - Social security account numbers

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(a) An
					 employer shall ascertain the social security account number of his
					 employes.
(b) The employer shall
					 inform an employe who does not have a social security account number of the
					 provisions of Regulation 128 of the Bureau of Internal Revenue. If the employe
					 fails to comply with the requirements of the regulation, the employer shall
					 execute a Form SS-5, Application for Social Security Number, for the
					 employe.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part II - Bureau of Employment Security › Subpart A - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 61 - ADMINISTRATION › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 61.3 - Wages

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(a)
Date of
					 payment.
(1)
General
					 rule
-Wages are considered paid on the date when the employer actually
					 pays them.
(2)
Delayed
					 payment of wages
-For purposes of benefits, if payment of wages is
					 delayed, the wages are considered paid on the date when the employer generally
					 pays amounts definitely assignable to a payroll period.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part II - Bureau of Employment Security › Subpart A - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 61 - ADMINISTRATION › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 61.3a - Third party sick pay

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(a)
Definitions
. For purposes of this section:
(1) A sick pay payment is any payment on
					 account of sickness or accident disability that is "wages" as provided in the
					 law.
(2) A third party payor is an
					 entity that makes a sick pay payment, is not reimbursed for the payment on a
					 cost plus fee basis, and is not an employer of the recipient.
(3) A funding employer is an entity that
					 finances, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, a sick pay payment to
					 one or more of its employees by a third party payor.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part II - Bureau of Employment Security › Subpart A - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 61 - ADMINISTRATION › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 61.4 - Notification of employe's rights

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(a)
					 Employers shall post and maintain, in places readily accessible to their
					 employes, printed notices or posters informing employes of their potential
					 rights to benefits under section 405 of the law (43 P. S. §
												805) and providing general instructions as to
					 what the employe shall do and where the employe shall go to obtain those
					 benefits.
(b) Copies of printed
					 notices or posters may be obtained from the Bureau, upon request, without cost
					 to the employer.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part II - Bureau of Employment Security › Subpart A - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 61 - ADMINISTRATION › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 61.5 - Special Administration Fund

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(a)
					 Contributions, together with interest and penalties thereon, received or
					 collected by the Bureau from employers under the provisions of section 601 of
					 the law (43 P. S. §
												841) shall be
					 credited to the Employers' Contribution Account. Interest and penalties
					 credited to the account shall not be deemed to be a part of the Unemployment
					 Compensation Fund, and shall be transferred to the Special Administration Fund
					 at convenient intervals, section 641.1 of the law (43 P. S. §
												841.1).
(b) No refund of interest or penalties will
					 be made to an employer from the Unemployment Compensation Fund, and no
					 deduction of interest or penalties erroneously paid will be allowed an employer
					 with respect to future payments of contributions, interest or penalties until
					 an amount of money equal to or in excess of the interest or penalties has been
					 transferred from the Special Administration Fund to the Unemployment
					 Compensation Fund.
(c) Additional
					 amounts of money will be transferred from time to time, in keeping with the
					 provisions of subsection (b), so that the total amount of money thus
					 transferred will, at all times, be equal to or in excess of the sum of the
					 total amounts of interest and penalties erroneously paid and which fall into
					 one of the following categories:
(1) Those
					 refunded subsequent to May 31, 1945.
(2) Those allowed to be deducted by employers
					 with respect to future payments of contributions, interest or penalties
					 subsequent to that date.
(3) Those
					 included in the amounts of checks which have been deposited since that date and
					 which have been returned unhonored, unless the checks have been subsequently
					 redeposited and honored.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part II - Bureau of Employment Security › Subpart A - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 61 - ADMINISTRATION › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 61.6 - Disposal of records

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(a) Under
					 the authority granted by section 209 of the law (43 P. S. §
												769), the following categories of records
					 pertaining to contributions and benefit rights shall be subject to disposal
					 according to schedules or directives approved by the Bureau, and shall be
					 issued through the usual media for disseminating official Bureau instructions:
(1) Records which are not required in the
					 transaction of current business.
(2) Records which do not have administrative,
					 legal or research value.
(3)
					 Records which do not have other values for contribution liability or benefits
					 entitlement to warrant further preservation.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part II - Bureau of Employment Security › Subpart A - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 61 - ADMINISTRATION › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 61.7 - Discrimination in referrals

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(a) In
					 referring applicants to employment positions, local employment offices of the
					 Department will refrain from an act of discrimination because of the
					 affiliation or nonaffiliation of an applicant with a labor
					 organization.
(b) The term "act of
					 discrimination" may not be construed to include referrals of persons affiliated
					 with a labor organization on the basis of an order so specifying from an
					 employer pursuant to his agreement or understanding, written or otherwise, with
					 representatives of employes affiliated with the labor organization.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part II - Bureau of Employment Security › Subpart A - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 61 - ADMINISTRATION › WITNESS FEES AND EXPENSES › Section 61.11 - Persons eligible for compensation and expenses

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The payment of fees and expenses to individuals who have
						served as witnesses in proceedings conducted by the Board or the Department
						will be made subject to the following conditions:
(1)
Persons not
					 parties-in-interest.
(i) Payment may
					 be made only to individuals who have received a summons or a subpoena issued by
					 the Department or the Board in accordance with sections 506 and 304 of the law
					 (43
					 P. S. §§
													784 and
					 826), and who are not a
					 party-in-interest to the proceeding.
(ii) In a proceeding relating to compensation
					 rights the claimant and any last or base-year employer of the claimant shall be
					 considered a party-in-interest.
(iii) An employer shall be considered a
					 party-in-interest to a proceeding relating to his status or liability under
					 section 304 of the law (43 P. S. §
													784).
(iv) Agents and employees, including
					 corporate officers, of an employer who is a party-in-interest to a proceeding,
					 shall be considered as parties-in-interest to the
					 proceeding.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part II - Bureau of Employment Security › Subpart A - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 61 - ADMINISTRATION › WITNESS FEES AND EXPENSES › Section 61.12 - Reimbursable items

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(a)
Compensation and expenses.
An individual who is eligible for
					 reimbursement under §
											61.11 (relating to persons
					 eligible for compensation and expenses) and who resides outside the place where
					 his attendance is required, whether the residence is within or without this
					 Commonwealth, may be paid compensation and expenses by the Department in
					 accordance with
					 42 Pa.C.S. §
												5903(b)-(g) (relating to
					 compensation and expenses of witnesses).
(b)
Time limit for filing claims.
An allowance or fee payable under this section shall be paid only if
					 a claim therefore is filed with the Board or the Department within 30 days from
					 the date of the proceeding.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part II - Bureau of Employment Security › Subpart A - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 61 - ADMINISTRATION › DISCLOSURE OF OFFICIAL RECORDS AND INFORMATION › Section 61.25 - Confidentiality of information and fees

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(a)
Confidentiality.
(1)
Definition.
For purposes
					 of this subsection, "unemployment compensation information" means both of the
					 following:
(i) Information in the possession
					 of the Department or the Board pertaining to the administration of the law
					 which reveals the name or any other identifying particular about an employer,
					 employee or claimant or which could foreseeably be combined with publicly
					 available information to reveal any identifying particular.
(ii) Information obtained directly or
					 indirectly from the Department or the Board that is included in subparagraph
					 (i) while in the possession of the Department or the Board.