Review of QNX's EverX exit sign

NOTICE: This is an OSHA Archive Document, and may no longer represent OSHA Policy. It is presented here as historical content, for research and review purposes only.

December 31, 1984

Hamilton V. Bowser, P.E.
General Manager QNX, Incorporated
[Recipient address omitted]
Dear Mr. Bowser:

This is in response to your letter of November 26, 1984, in which you request a review of your EverX sign and state that a response to your February 2, 1983, inquiry was never received by you.

On March 16, 1983, Mr. Barry J. White, Director of Safety Standards Programs, dispatched a response to your February inquiry, a copy of which is enclosed.

In further response, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) deems any equipment regulated by our standards as being in compliance, if that equipment conforms to the specifics of the standard. Or if, as is the case with your signs, the equipment complies with the current applicable industry consensus standard, such as NFPA-101, and has no direct or immediate relationship to safety or health, it may be determined a de minimis violation, which requires no abatement and results in no penalty. We have enclosed a portion of our Field Operations Manual (CPL 2.45A) which superseded the OSHA Instruction CPL 2.11A.

Until such a time when our standards can be altered to accommodate new innovations recognized by the current consensus standards, OSHA will continue to use the de minimis violation category for the recognition of state of the art developments which either improve or do not affect employee safety and health.

If we may be of further assistance, please contact us.

Sincerely,

John B. Miles, Jr., Director
Directorate of Field Operations

Enclosures

[Requester letter reproduced on OSHA page; omitted here.]