Montana § 41-2-106 Prohibited Employment Of Minors Who Are 14 And 15 Years Of Age

Montana Statutes

§ 41-2-106 — Prohibited Employment Of Minors Who Are 14 And 15 Years Of Age

Montana § 41-2-106

Title 41MINORS

Ch. 2CHILD LABOR

Part 1Child Labor Standards Act

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Mont. Code Ann. § 41-2-106 (2026).

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41-2-106 . Prohibited employment of minors who are 14 and 15 years of age. Unless otherwise exempted, a minor 14 or 15 years of age may not be employed in the prohibited occupations in 41-2-107 or in:

(1)a manufacturing occupation;

(2)a processing occupation, including but not limited to filleting fish, dressing poultry, cracking nuts, or laundering and drycleaning;

(3)an occupation that requires the performance of duties in a workroom or workplace where goods are manufactured, mined, or processed;

(4)the operation or tending of a hoisting apparatus or of power-driven machinery;

(5)an occupation in connection with:

(a)transporting persons or property by rail, highway, air, water, pipeline, or other means;

(b)warehousing and storage;

(c)communication and public utilities; or

(d)con

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41-2-106 . Prohibited employment of minors who are 14 and 15 years of age. Unless otherwise exempted, a minor 14 or 15 years of age may not be employed in the prohibited occupations in 41-2-107 or in:
(1) a manufacturing occupation;
(2) a processing occupation, including but not limited to filleting fish, dressing poultry, cracking nuts, or laundering and drycleaning;
(3) an occupation that requires the performance of duties in a workroom or workplace where goods are manufactured, mined, or processed;
(4) the operation or tending of a hoisting apparatus or of power-driven machinery;
(5) an occupation in connection with:
(a) transporting persons or property by rail, highway, air, water, pipeline, or other means;
(b) warehousing and storage;
(c) communication and public utilities; or
(d) construction or repair;
(6) an occupation in a retail, food service, or gasoline establishment, including:
(a) work performed in or around a boiler or an engine room;
(b) work in connection with the maintenance or the repair of an establishment, machine, or equipment;
(c) outside window washing that involves working from windowsills and all work requiring the use of ladders, scaffolds, or their substitutes at a height of more than 20 feet;
(d) an occupation that involves operating, assembling, adjusting, cleaning, oiling, or repairing power-driven food slicers and grinders, food choppers and cutters, or bakery-type mixers;
(e) work in freezers and meat coolers and all work preparing meat for sale, except wrapping, scaling, labeling, weighing, pricing, and stacking when performed in other areas;
(f) loading or unloading goods to and from a truck, railroad car, or conveyor; or
(g) an occupation in a warehouse, except for office or clerical work;
(7) the following agricultural occupations, unless otherwise exempt or working as a student-learner pursuant to 41-2-109 :
(a) felling, bucking, skidding, loading, or unloading timber with a butt diameter of more than 9 inches;
(b) repairing a building from a ladder or scaffold at a height of more than 20 feet;
(c) working inside:
(i) a fruit, forage, or grain storage structure designed to retain an oxygen-deficient or toxic atmosphere; or
(ii) an upright silo within 2 weeks after silage has been added or when a top unloading device is in operating position;
(d) handling or using agricultural chemicals classified as poisonous;
(e) handling or using a blasting agent, including but not limited to dynamite, black powder, sensitized ammonium nitrate, blasting caps, or primer cord; or
(f) transporting, transferring, or applying anhydrous ammonia.