§ 35-9-503 — Factories, offices and other buildings to be equipped

Every building now or hereafter used, in whole or in part, as a
factory, mill, workshop, garage, office, bakery, laundry, store,
and any other building or buildings in which people are employed
at manual or other labor, shall be provided with proper and
sufficient means of escape in case of fire, by two (2) or more
ways of egress, and all doors leading into or to such factory,
mill, workshop, garage, office, bakery, laundry, store, and any
other building or buildings in which people are employed at
manual or other labor, shall not be locked, bolted or fastened
during working hours as to prevent free and easy access
therefrom.