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Means of escape

Door opens by pulling on left-hand side

MES008 sign: Door opens by pulling on left-hand side
green square
IMO code
MES008
ISO 7010 number
E057

Where you will meet it

On doors along an escape route.

What it means in practice

The door opens by pulling on its left-hand side.

Legal basis

Annex to IMO resolution A.1116(30) „Escape route signs and equipment location markings” (adopted 05.12.2017), table of means-of-escape signs. Mandatory on ships built from 01.01.2019; older ships may carry signs per the earlier resolution A.760(18). The requirement to mark escape routes: SOLAS II-2, regulation 13. Graphic pattern of the symbol: ISO 7010, the standard referenced by the annex.

This is not a legal text: in any doubt the current wording of the resolution and regulations decides.

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Sign colours are normative. The file is public domain or CC0 (a Commons recreation of the symbol named by the IMO annex).

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