Indiana Administrative Code
Title 675 - FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING SAFETY COMMISSION
Article 31 - INDIANA AMUSEMENT DEVICE CODE
Rule 5 - Technical Requirements
Section 5-20 - Access and egress; general
Current through September 18, 2024
Authority: IC 22-13-2-8
Affected: IC 22-15-2-7; IC 22-15-7
Sec. 20.
(a) Safe means of access to and egress from regulated amusement devices shall be provided. All passageways are to be kept free from debris, obstruction, projection, and other hazards. All surfaces shall be such as to prevent slipping and tripping, and floors shall be kept free of:
Where mechanical handling equipment is used, safe clearance shall be allowed for passageways.
(b) Stairways, ramps, and necessary landings and platforms shall be provided where persons enter or leave a regulated amusement device or structure that is above or below grade or floor level at the entrance to and exit from the regulated amusement device. Unless provided by a manufacturer as a part of the regulated amusement device, the design and construction of stairways, ramps, and railings shall conform to the Indiana building code (675 IAC 13), except for the placement of stairway railings and guards. All stairs with more than three (3) risers shall have standard handrails or railings on both sides regardless of width, and when stairways are eighty-eight (88) inches or more in width, a railing shall be placed approximately in the center as well as on each side.
(c) Stairway landings and ramps shall be designed, constructed, and maintained so as to sustain safely a live load of at least ninety (90) pounds per square foot.
(d) At least two (2) exits remote from each other shall be provided from each level floor, tier, room, or balcony. No exit shall be less than twenty-eight (28) inches wide.
NOTE: Transferred from the Regulated Amusement Device Safety Board (685 IAC 1-5-20) to the Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission (675 IAC 31-5-20) by P.L. 249-2019, SECTION 16, effective July 1, 2019.
