room. At the bottom of the stairs, the main exit was equipped with doors that opened inward. The resulting crush of people led to the crushing or suffocation deaths of 72 people (Daily Mining Gazette, 1982). The design of the egress system within this disaster led directly to the tragic outcome (Tubb & Meacham, 2007).
It is important to know that this disaster happened more than ten years prior to the publication of the first model building code (the uniform building code) and at approximately the same time as the initial development of the NFPA's life safety guidelines. It is clear that it had some impact on the number of exits of the building required and direction of the door-swing provisions in the code ( Tubb & Meacham, 2007).
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It is important to know that this disaster happened more than ten years prior to the publication of the first model building code (the uniform building code) and at approximately the same time as the initial development of the NFPA's life safety guidelines. It is clear that it had some impact on the number of exits of the building required and direction of the door-swing provisions in the code ( Tubb & Meacham, 2007).
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