§ 28-3-9. Employment of minors in hazardous places or occupations.
No minor under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in
operations or operating or assisting in operating any of the following machines: circular
or bandsaws, wood shapers, wood jointers, planers, sand paper or wood polishing machinery;
picker machines or machines used in picking wool, cotton, fur, hair, or any upholstering
material; paper lace machines; burnishing machines in any tannery or leather manufactory;
job or cylinder printing presses, having motive power other than foot; wood turning
or boring machinery; stamping machines used in sheet metal or t
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§ 28-3-9. Employment of minors in hazardous places or occupations.
No minor under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in
operations or operating or assisting in operating any of the following machines: circular
or bandsaws, wood shapers, wood jointers, planers, sand paper or wood polishing machinery;
picker machines or machines used in picking wool, cotton, fur, hair, or any upholstering
material; paper lace machines; burnishing machines in any tannery or leather manufactory;
job or cylinder printing presses, having motive power other than foot; wood turning
or boring machinery; stamping machines used in sheet metal or tinware manufacturing
or in washer and nut factories; machines used in making corrugated rolls; steam boilers,
dough brakes, or cracker machinery of any description; wire or iron straightening
machinery; rolling mill machinery, power punches, shears, or rolls in rubber manufacturing
drop presses; washing, grinding, or mixing machinery; calender rolls in rubber manufacturing;
laundering or dry cleaning machinery; or in any capacity in adjusting or assisting
in adjusting any belt to any machinery or in oiling or cleaning machinery in motion;
or in any capacity in preparing any composition in which dangerous or poisonous acids
are used; or in the manufacture or packing of paints, dry colors, or red or white
lead; or in dipping, dyeing, or packing matches; or in the manufacture, packing, or
storing of powder, dynamite, nitroglycerine compounds, fuses, or other explosives;
or in stripping, assorting, manufacturing or packing tobacco; or in a tunnel; or in
a pool or billiard room; or upon any railroad, whether steam or electric; or in any
foundry; or in any place where dangerous belting or gearing is not provided with proper
safeguards; or in any work, occupation, place, or process declared by the department
of labor and training to be injurious, dangerous, or hazardous for minors under sixteen
(16) years of age; or on any docks, private or public, warehouses and storage rooms;
dispensing gasoline or other types of fuel, checking or changing of oil or other fluids,
parking lot attendants; car washes either by hand or machine (including drying vehicles
by hand.)