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16VAC15-30-50. Logging and sawmilling occupations.
All occupations in logging and all occupations in the
operation of any sawmill, lath mill, shingle mill, or cooperage-stock mill are
prohibited except the following: for minors under the age of 18.
1. Exceptions applying to logging:
(a) Work in offices or in repair or maintenance shops.
(b) Work in the construction, operation, repair, or
maintenance of living and administrative quarters of logging camps.
(c) Work in timber cruising, surveying, or
logging-engineering parties; work in the repair or maintenance of roads,
railroads, or flumes; work in forest protection, such as clearing fire trails
or roads, piling and burning slash, maintaining fire-fighting equipment,
constructing and maintaining telephone lines, or acting as fire lookout or fire
patrolman away from the actual logging operations: Provided, that the provisions
of this paragraph shall not apply to the felling or bucking of timber, the
collecting or transporting of logs, the operation of power-driven machinery or
power-driven saws, the handling or use of explosives, and work on trestles.
(d) Peeling of fence posts, pulpwood, chemical wood,
excelsior wood, cordwood, or similar products, when not done in conjunction
with and at the same time and place as other logging occupations declared
hazardous by this section.
2. Exceptions applying to the operation of any permanent
sawmill or the operation of any lath mill, shingle mill, or cooperage-stock
mill: Provided, that these exceptions do not apply to a portable sawmill the
lumber yard of which is used only for the temporary storage of green lumber and
in connection with which no office or repair or maintenance shop is ordinarily
maintained; and further provided, that these exceptions do not apply to work
which entails entering the sawmill building:
(a) Work in offices or in repair or maintenance shops.
(b) Straightening, marking, or tallying lumber on the dry
chain or the dry drop sorter.
(c) Pulling lumber from the dry chain.
(d) Clean up in the lumber yard.
(e) Piling, handling, or shipping of cooperage stock in
yards or storage sheds, other than operating or assisting in the operation of
power-driven equipment.
(f) Clerical work in yards or shipping sheds, such as done
by ordermen, tallymen, and shipping clerks.
(g) Clean-up work outside shake and shingle mills, except
when the mill is in operation.
(h) Splitting shakes manually from pre- cut and split
blocks with a froe and mallet, except inside the mill building or cover.
(i) Packing shakes into bundles when done in conjunction
with splitting shakes manually with a froe and mallet, except inside the mill
building or cover.
(j) Manual loading of bundles of shingles or shakes into
trucks or railroad cars.
16VAC15-30-70. Occupation involving exposure to radioactive substances and to ionizing radiations.
Any work activity is prohibited in any workroom
in which (a) radium is stored or used in the manufacture of self-luminous compound;
(b) self-luminous compound is made, processed, or packaged; (c) self-luminous
compound is stored, used, or worked upon; (d) incandescent mantles are made
from fabric and solutions containing thorium salts, or are processed or
packaged; and, (e) any other work which involves activities
that involve exposure to ionizing radiations including X-ray equipment;
and (f) any other activities that involve exposure to radioactive substances or
ionizing radiations in any capacity.
16VAC15-30-90. Power-driven metal forming, punching, and shearing machine occupations.
The occupations of operator of or helper on the following power-driven metal forming, punching, and shearing machines are prohibited activities for minors under 18 years of age:
1. All rolling machines, such as beading, straightening,
corrugating, flanging, or bending rolls; and, hot or cold rolling mills.
2. All pressing or punching machines, such as punch presses,
except those provided with full automatic feed and ejection and with a fixed
barrier guard to prevent the hands or fingers of the operator from entering the
area between the dies; power presses; and, plate punches.
3. All bending machines, such as apron brakes and press brakes.
4. All hammering machines, such as drop hammers and power
hammers; and, powder actuated tools.
5. All shearing machines, such as guillotine or squaring
shears; alligator shears; and, rotary shears.
The occupations of setting up, adjusting, repairing, oiling, or cleaning these machines including those with automatic feed and ejection are prohibited.
Note: This restriction does not apply to a very large group
of metal-working machines known as machine tools. Machine tools are defined as
"power-driven complete metal-working machines having one or more
tool-or-work-holding devices, and used for progressively removing metal in the
form of chips." Since the restriction does not apply to machine tools, the
18-year-age minimum does not apply. Such machine tools are classified below so
that they can be readily identified:
Planing function Machines
Planers
Shapers
Slotters
Broaches
Keycasters
Hack Saws
Milling function Machines
Horizontal Milling Machines
Vertical Milling Machines
Universal Milling Machines
Planer-type Milling Machines
Gear Hobbing Machines
Profilers
Routers
Boring function Machines
Vertical Boring Mills
Horizontal Boring Mills
Jig Borers
Pedestal Drills
Radial Drills
Gang Drills
Upright Drills
Drill Press, etc.
Centering Machines
Reamers
Honers
Grinding function Machines
Grinders
Abrasive Wheels
Abrasive Belts
Abrasive Disks
Abrasive Points
Polishing Wheels
Stroppers
Lapping Machines
Buffing Wheels
Turning function Machines
Engine Lathes
Turret Lathes
Hollow Spindle Lathes
Automatic Lathes
Automatic Screw Machines
Exemptions:
The exemptions for properly certified apprentices and student-learners apply to this restriction.
16VAC15-30-120. Power-driven bakery machine occupations.
The following occupations involved in Occupations
involving the operation of or assisting in the operation of
power-driven bakery machines are prohibited: activities for minors
under 18 years of age.
1. The occupations of operating, assisting to operate, or
setting up, adjusting, repairing, oiling, or cleaning any horizontal or
vertical dough mixer; batter mixer; bread dividing, rounding, or molding
machines; dough brake; dough sheeter; combination bread slicing and wrapping
machine; or, cake-cutting band saw.
2. The occupation of setting up or adjusting a cookie or
cracker machine.
Note: The restriction does not apply to the following list
of bakery machines which may be operated by 16-year-old and 17-year old minors:
Ingredient Preparation and Mixing:
Flour-sifting machine operator
Flour-blending machine operator
Sack-cleaning machine operator
Product Forming and Shaping:
Roll-dividing machine operator
Roll-making machine operator
Batter-sealing machine operator
Depositing machine operator
Cookie or cracker machine operator
Wafer machine operator
Pretzel-stick machine operator
Pie-dough rolling machine operator
Pie-dough sealing machine operator
Pie-crimping machine operator
Finishing and Icing:
Depositing machine operator
Enrobing machine operator
Spray machine operator
Icing mixing machine operator
Slicing and Wrapping:
Roll Slicing and wrapping machine operator
Cake wrapping machine operator
Carton packing and sealing machine operator
Pan Washing:
Spray-type pan washing machine operator
Tumbler-type pan washing machine operator
Note: This restriction does not apply to the operation of noncommercial grade bakery appliances not specifically designed for commercial use including, but not limited to, hand held mixers, blenders, and food processors.
Exemptions:
The exemptions for properly certified apprentices and student-learners apply to this restriction.
16VAC15-30-130. Power-driven paper-products machine occupations.
The occupations of operating or assisting to operate any of
the following power-driven paper-products machines, including, but not
limited to, the following, are prohibited activities for minors under 18:
1. Arm-type wire stitcher or stapler, circular or band saw, corner cutter or mitering machines, corrugating single-facing or double-facing machine, envelope die-cutting press, guillotine paper cutter or shear, horizontal bar scorer, laminating or combining machine, sheeting machine, scrap-paper baler, or vertical slotter.
2. Platen die-cutting press, platen printing press, or punch
press which that involves hand feeding of the machine.
The occupations of setting up, adjusting, repairing, oiling, or
cleaning these machines, including those which that do not
involve hand feeding, are prohibited for minors under 18.
Note: There are many machines not covered by this restriction.
The most important of these machines are the following:
Bag Machine Bag-making Machine
Bottoming Machine (Bags)
Box-making Machines (Collapsible Boxes)
Bundling Machine
Calender Roll and Plating Machines
Cigarette Carton Opener and Tax-stamping Machine
Clasp Machine
Corner Stayer
Counting, Stacking and Ejecting Machine
Covering, Lining or Wrapping Machines (Set-up Boxes)
Creping Machine
Dornbusch Machines (Wallpaper)
Ending Machine (Set-up Boxes)
Envelope Machine
Folding Machine
Gluing, Scaling, or Gumming Machine
Interfolding Machine
Jogging Machine
Lacer Machine
Parchmentizing, Waxing, or Coating Machines
Partition assembling Machine
Paper Cup Machine
Quadruple Stayer
Rewinder
Rotary Printing Press
Ruling Machine
Slitting Machine
Straw Winder
Stripping Machine
Taping Machine
Tube cutting Machine
Tube Winder
Tube Machine (Paper Bags)
Window Patch Machine
Wire or Tag-stringing Machine
Exemptions:
The exemptions for properly certified apprentices and student-learners apply to this restriction.
16VAC15-30-140. Occupations involved in the manufacture of brick, tile, and kindred products.
The following occupations Occupations involved
in the manufacture of clay construction products and of silica refractory
products brick, tile, and kindred products, including but not limited to
the following, are prohibited activities for minors under 18 years of
age:
1. All work in or about establishments in which clay
construction products are manufactured, except (a) work in storage
and shipping; (b) work in offices, laboratories, and storerooms; and, (c) work
in the drying departments of plants manufacturing sewer pipe.
2. All work in or about establishments in which silica brick or
other silica refractories are manufactured, except work in office.
Note: Minors at least 14 years of age may perform office work of a clerical nature in a bona fide office at a brick yard.
16VAC15-30-170. Occupations in roofing operations.
All occupations activities in roofing operations
are prohibited: the . The term "roofing operations"
shall mean all work performed in connection with the application of
weather-proofing materials and substances (such such as tar or
pitch, asphalt, prepared paper, tile, slate, metal, translucent materials, and
shingles of asbestos, asphalt or wood) wood to roofs of buildings
or other structures. The term shall also include all work performed in
connection with: (1) the installation of roofs, including related metal work
such as flashing and (2) alterations, additions, maintenance, and repair,
including painting and coating, of existing roofs. In addition, The
the term shall not include gutter and downspout work; the
construction of the sheathing or base of roofs; or, the installation of
television antennas, communications satellites, air conditioners,
exhaust and ventilating equipment, or any similar appliances attached to
roofs; and any similar work required to be performed on or about roofs
including work performed on the ground.
Exemptions:
The exemptions for properly certified apprentices and student-learners apply to this restriction.