La. Admin. Code tit. 40 § VII-301

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section VII-301 - Occupations Not Permitted for 14 and 15 Year-Old Minors

A. Fourteen and 15 year-old minors may not be employed in:

1. any manufacturing occupation;

2. any mining occupation;

3. processing occupations or commercial laundering and dry-cleaning;

4. occupations which require performance of any duties in workrooms or workplaces where goods are manufactured, mined, or otherwise processed, except to the extent expressly permitted in §201;

5. operating or tending hoisting or lifting apparatus or the inflation of any tire mounted on a rim equipped with a removable retaining ring;

6. occupations connected with:

a. transportation of persons or property by rail, highway, air, water, pipeline, or other means;

b. communications and public utilities, except office and clerical work;

c. construction, including repair work;

7. any of the following occupations:

a. work performed in or about boiler or engine rooms;

b. work in connection with repair of machines or mechanical equipment;

c. all work that involves use of ladders and scaffolds or their substitutes;

d. cooking and baking;

e. occupations which involve operating, setting up, adjusting, cleaning, oiling, or repairing power-driven food slicers and grinders, choppers and cutters, and bakery type mixers;

f. work in freezers and meat coolers;

g. all work in preparation of meat for sale, except wrapping, sealing, labeling, weighing, pricing, and stocking when such work is not performed in processing areas;

h. loading and unloading goods on and off trucks, railroad cars, and conveyors; or

i. all occupations in warehouses, except office and clerical work;

8. any occupation about or in connection with power-driven machinery; or

9. any other occupation found and declared to be hazardous by the Assistant Secretary of Labor after a public hearing.

La. Admin. Code tit. 40, § VII-301

Promulgated by the Department of Labor, Office of Labor, LR 7:45 (February 1981), amended LR 15:1088 (December 1989), amended by the Department of Labor, Office of Labor, LR 17:357 (April 1991), amended by the Department of Labor, Office of Regulatory Services, LR 30:2061 (September 2004).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 23:251.