La. Admin. Code tit. 40 § VII-509

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

Section VII-509 - Logging and Sawmill Operations

A. Definitions

Occupations in Logging-all work performed in connection with felling timber, bucking or converting timber into logs, poles, piles, ties, bolts, pulpwood, chemical wood, excelsior wood, cordwood, fenceposts, or similar products; collecting, skidding, yarding, loading, transporting, and unloading such products in connection with logging; and other work performed in connection with logging that is declared to be hazardous by the assistant secretary of labor.

Occupations in Sawmilling-all work performed in connection with the operation of any sawmill, lath mill, shingle mill, or cooperage-stock mill, or in or about any such mill in connection with storing logs and bolts; converting logs or bolts into sawn lumber, laths, shingles, or cooperage-stock, or other products of such mills; or any other work performed in connection with operating any sawmill, lath mill, shingle mill, or cooperage mill.

B. Prohibited Occupations. All occupations in logging and all occupations in operation of any sawmill, lath mill, shingle mill, or cooperage-stock mill are prohibited.

La. Admin. Code tit. 40, § VII-509

Adopted by the Department of Labor, Office of Labor, LR 7:46 (February 1981), 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 30:2062 (September 2004).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 23:161.