S.L. 646.8 Art. 15Doors and gates.

(1) It shall be the duty of the employer to take the necessary steps to ensure that suitable and sufficient means of access to any workplace are provided and maintained.

(2) In determining the position, location, number and dimensions of doors and gates, as well as the material used for their construction, an employer shall consider the nature and use of the rooms or areas where such doors or gates are to be installed.

(3) An employer shall ensure that:

(a) every window or other transparent or translucent surfaces in a wall, partition, door or gate whether in rooms or on traffic routes, which are not made of safety material, is adequately protected against breakage and appropriately marked at a conspicuous level;

(b) swing doors and gates are transparent or have see-through panels which are of such dimensions, and at such a height from the floor as to permit persons on either side of the door to see through them;

(c) doors along escape routes are appropriately marked and easily opened from the inside at any time, including when the workplaces are occupied, without special assistance.

(4) An employer shall provide doors to be used by pedestrians in the immediate vicinity of any gates intended for use by vehicular traffic, unless it is safe for pedestrians to pass through such gates, and such doors shall be clearly marked and left permanently unobstructed.

(5) The employer shall take all the necessary steps to ensure that doors and gates are of safe construction.

(6) Without prejudice to the generality of subregulation (5), doors and gates shall be deemed not to comply with this requirement unless:

(a) any sliding door or gate is fitted with a safety device to prevent it from being derailed and falling over;

(b) any upward opening door or gate has a device to prevent it from falling back;

(c) any powered door or gate has suitable and sufficient features to prevent it from causing injury by trapping any persons, and shall include an easily identifiable and accessible emergency shut-down device;

(d) any powered door or gate can be operated manually unless it opens automatically in case of power failure;

(e) any door or gate which can be pushed open from either side is constructed in such a way as to provide, when closed, a clear view of the space close to both sides.