C.F.R. » Title 29 » CHAPTER V—WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › SUBCHAPTER A—REGULATIONS › PART 570—CHILD LABOR REGULATIONS, ORDERS AND STATEMENTS OF INTERPRETATION › Subpart E—Occupations Particularly Hazardous for the Employment of Minors Between 16 and 18 Years of Age or Detrimental to Their Health or Well-Being

29 C.F.R. § 570.55

Occupations involved in the operation of power-driven woodworking machines (Order 5)

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(a) Finding and declaration of fact. The following occupations involved in the operation of power-driven wood-working machines are particularly hazardous for minors between 16 and 18 years of age:

(1) The occupation of operating power-driven woodworking machines, including supervising or controlling the operation of such machines, feeding material into such machines, and helping the operator to feed material into such machines but not including the placing of material on a moving chain or in a hopper or slide for automatic feeding.

(2) The occupations of setting up, adjusting, repairing, oiling, or cleaning power-driven woodworking machines.

(3) The occupations of off-bearing from circular saws and from guillotine-action veneer clippers.

(b) Definitions. As used in this section:

Off-bearing shall mean the removal of material or refuse directly from a saw table or from the point of operation. Operations not considered as off-bearing within the intent of this section include:

(i) The removal of material or refuse from a circular saw or guillotine-action veneer clipper where the material or refuse has been conveyed away from the saw table or point of operation by a gravity chute or by some mechanical means such as a moving belt or expulsion roller; and

(ii) The following operations when they do not involve the removal of materials or refuse directly from a saw table or point of operation: The carrying, moving, or transporting of materials from one machine to another or from one part of a plant to another; the piling, stacking, or arranging of materials for feeding into a machine by another person; and the sorting, tying, bundling, or loading of materials.

Power-driven woodworking machines shall mean all fixed or portable machines or tools driven by power and used or designed for cutting, shaping, forming, surfacing, nailing, stapling, wire stitching, fastening or otherwise assembling, pressing or printing wood, veneer, trees, logs, or lumber.

(c) Exemptions. This section shall not apply to the employment of apprentices or student-learners under the conditions prescribed in § 570.50 (b) and (c).

[16 FR 7008, July 20, 1951. Redesignated at 28 FR 1634, Feb. 21, 1963, and amended at 28 FR 3449, Apr. 9, 1963. Redesignated and amended at 36 FR 25156, Dec. 29, 1971; 75 FR 28455, May 20, 2010]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1973–2018 · leading case: Perez v. Paragon Contractors Corp., 340 F. Supp. 3d 1194 (D. Utah 2018).
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Perez v. Paragon Contractors Corp., 340 F. Supp. 3d 1194 (D. Utah 2018). · cites it 2× “§ 212), and related regulations, including Hazardous Order 5 ( 29 C.F.R. § 570.55 , occupations involved in the operation of power-driven wood-working machines) and Hazardous Order 16 ( 29 C.”
McLaughlin v. McGee Bros. Co., Inc., 681 F. Supp. 1117 (W.D.N.C. 1988). “§§ 212 (c) and 215(a)(4) ] and Regulations 29 C.F.R. §§ 570.55 and .65 — Hazardous Orders Nos.”
Hodgson v. Cactus Craft, 481 F.2d 464 (9th Cir. 1973). “55 (as amended, 29 C.F.R. § 570.55 (1973)), the regulation issued by the Secretary pursuant to the authority conferred by 29 U.”
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