Hazardous Occupations for Minors Mrs. Randi O’Moore Joseph M. Barry Career & Technical Education Center

Minors are under age 18 The following is a list of jobs that you cannot participate in if you are a minor.

Construction Work …  Wrecking  Demolition  Roofing  Excavating  Exterior Painting  Exterior building painting from an elevated surface

Operating…  Circular saws  Bandsaws  Guillotine shears

Working in a…  Slaughtering establishment  Meat packing establishment  Rendering plant

Operating power-driven…  Woodworking  Metal-forming  Metal-punching  Metal-shearing  Bakery  Paper product machines  Hoisting apparatus  Motor vehicles

Manufacturing…  Brick  Tile  Kindred products

Anything involving exposure to…  Radioactive substances  Ionizing radiation  Exposure to silica  Harmful dust

Logging occupations…  Operation of any saw mill  Lath mill  Shingle mill  Cooperage-stock mill

Operation or care of…  Freight or passenger elevator EXCEPT: Minors over 16 may operate automatic, push-button control elevators.

Working with explosives…  Manufacturing  Packing  Storing  Delivery

Operating or using…  Emery  Tripoli  Rouge  Corundum  Stone  Steam boiler  Any abrasive  Emery polishing  Buffing wheel  Silicon carbide

Relating to machinery…  Adjusting belts  Cleaning  Oiling  Wiping

Packing…  Paints  Dry colors  Red leads  White leads

Preparing…  Any composition in which dangerous or poisonous acids are used. Working in a…  Mine  Quarry

Working in a correctional institution…  Relating to the custody or care of prisioners or inmates.

These regulations exist for your safety and protection.