West Virginia Code
Article 3. Safety and Welfare of Employees
§21-3-9. Fire Escapes

In all factories, mercantile establishments, mills or workshops, sufficient and reasonable means of escape in case of fire shall be provided, and such means of escape shall at all times be kept free from any obstruction and shall be kept in good repair and ready for use, and shall be plainly marked as such. The commissioner of labor or factory inspector may order fire escapes erected on the outside of buildings used as factories, mercantile establishments, mills or workshops which are two or more stories in height, whenever deemed by the commissioner of labor or factory inspector to be necessary.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 21. Labor

Article 3. Safety and Welfare of Employees

§21-3-1. Employers to Safeguard Life, etc., of Employees; Reports and Investigations of Accidents; Orders of Commissioner

§21-3-2. Guarding Machinery and Dangerous Places; Standards for Construction of Scaffolding, Hoists and Temporary Floors; First Aid Equipment

§21-3-3. Guarding Shafts, Hatchways, Wheel Holes, Elevators and Electrical Apparatus; Requiring Correction of Unsafe Conditions

§21-3-3a. National Electrical Code Minimum Standards

§21-3-4. Removal of Safeguards

§21-3-5. Control of Machinery

§21-3-6. Stairways, Passageways and Lights; Overloading Floors or Walls; Space Between Machines

§21-3-7. Regulation of Operation of Steam Boilers

§21-3-8. Smoking Where Prohibited by Sign

§21-3-9. Fire Escapes

§21-3-10. Food or Meals in Factories

§21-3-10a. Meal Breaks

§21-3-11. Seats for Female Employees

§21-3-12. Water Closets

§21-3-13. Washing Facilities and Dressing Rooms

§21-3-14. Power of Commissioner as to Witnesses; Prosecution of Offenses; Penalties; Jurisdiction; Exemption of Coal Mining Operations; Recovery of Civil Penalties

§21-3-15. Records and Reports of Commissioner, Inspectors and Chief Clerk

§21-3-16. Inclosure of Streetcar Platforms

§21-3-17. Employers Not to Require Payment of Fees for Medical Examination as Condition of Employment; Enforcement

§21-3-18. Hazardous Chemical Substances; Notice to Employees; Reports to Commissioner; Penalties

§21-3-19. Discrimination for Use of Tobacco Products Prohibited

§21-3-20. Use of Video and Other Electronic Surveillance Devices by Employers Prohibited

§21-3-21. Special Revenue Fund for the Division of Labor; Authorized Deposits; Disbursements; Purpose

§21-3-22. Osha Construction Safety Program