Section 41-2-107 - Prohibited employment of minors who are 16 and 17 years of ageUnless working as an apprentice, student-learner, or student-employee under the provisions of 41-2-110, a minor 16 or 17 years of age may not be employed in or in connection with any of the following occupations:
(1) manufacturing or storing explosives or articles containing explosive components;(2) logging and the operation of a sawmill, lath mill, or shingle mill;(3) the operation of power-driven woodworking machines;(4) an occupation involving exposure to a radioactive substance or ionizing radiation;(5) the operation of a freight elevator, except for a freight elevator permitted for use under the child labor provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, or other power-driven hoisting apparatus;(6) the operation of a power-driven metal forming, punching, and shearing machine;(8) slaughtering, meatpacking, meat processing, or rendering;(9) the operation of a power-driven bakery machine;(10) the operation of a power-driven paper products machine;(11) the manufacture of brick, tile, or similar products;(12) the operation of a circular saw, bandsaw, or guillotine shears;(13) a wrecking or demolition operation;(14) an excavation operation;(15) a roofing operation;(16) riding outside a motor vehicle to assist in transporting or delivering goods; and(17) a coal mining operation.Amended by Laws 2021, Ch. 135,Sec. 2, eff. 10/1/2021.En. Sec. 6, Ch. 391, L. 1993.