In theory that may be true but technically speaking exit routes must have specific features and meet detailed osha requirements.
Osha door sign requirements.
Just look for the exit sign and head for the door right.
Decorations or signs may not block the visibility of the exit route door.
Excluded from this definition however are news releases displays commonly known as safety posters and bulletins used for employee education.
As used in this section the word sign refers to a surface on prepared for the warning of or safety instructions of industrial workers or members of the public who may be exposed to hazards.
29 cfr 1910 145 osha s guideline for signs and tags that identify hazards outlines design requirements and specifies when safety signs must be used.
Signs must be posted along the exit route to.
An exit route might seem like one of the simplest parts of a workplace.
Each exit route door must be free of decorations or signs that obscure the visibility of the exit route door.
Osha has very specific requirements for emergency exits in the workplace.
Osha has begun focusing more attention on emergency exit route compliance in recent years as seen in a memo to the agency s personnel.