Table F-1 to § 1915.82 -Minimum Lighting Intensities in Foot-Candles
Lumens (foot-candles) | Area or operation |
3 | General areas on vessels and vessel sections such as accessways, exits, gangways, stairs, and walkways. |
5 | General landside areas such as corridors, exits, stairs, and walkways. |
5 | All assigned work areas on any vessel or vessel section. |
5 | Landside tunnels, shafts, vaults, pumping stations, and underground work areas. |
10 | Landside work areas such as machine shops, electrical equipment rooms, carpenter shops, lofts, tool rooms, warehouses, and outdoor work areas. |
10 | Changing rooms, showers, sewered toilets, and eating, drinking, and break areas. |
30 | First aid stations, infirmaries, and offices. |
Note to table F-1 to § 1915.82 : The required illumination levels in this table do not apply to emergency or portable lights.
29 C.F.R. §1915.82