On a California construction site, what is the maximum travel distance from any point of the protected area to the nearest 2A-rated fire extinguisher?
Explanation
Section 1922(a)(1) requires a fire extinguisher rated not less than 2A for each 3,000 square feet of floor area or fraction of it, at least one on each floor, and limits travel distance from any point of the protected area to the nearest extinguisher to 75 feet. One hundred feet is the FEDERAL figure at 29 CFR 1926.150(c)(1)(i) and is the answer most candidates give - on this one California is 25 feet tighter, and the California number is the one that governs the job site. Fifty feet is also a real figure in the same California subsection, attached to a different extinguisher: (a)(3) requires one rated not less than 10B within 50 feet of wherever more than 5 gallons of flammable or combustible liquid, or 5 pounds of flammable gas, is in use. A hundred and fifty appears nowhere.
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