Florida Administrative Code › 61 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION › 61L - Child and Farm Labor Program › Chapter 61L-2 - CHILD LABOR RULE › Section 61L-2.005 - Additional Hazardous Occupations Prohibited

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) General. Rule
				61L-2.005, F.A.C., lists the
				occupations and places of employment which the Department has determined and
				declared are hazardous or injurious to the life, health, safety, or welfare of
				minors. Pursuant to Section
				450.061, F.S., employers shall
				not require, permit, or suffer minors to work in these occupations, unless the
				minors' activities are limited to office, sales or stockroom work, and this
				employment will not place the minor in clear and present danger to life or
				limb.
(2) Occupations Prohibited by
				the United States Department of Labor. Employers of minors shall not require,
				permit, or suffer minors to work in the following occupations and places of
				employment which are declared hazardous by the United States Department of
				Labor. The occupations and places of employment listed in Rule
				61L-2.005, F.A.C., paragraphs
				(2)(a) and (2)(b), are defined and described in 29 Code of Federal Regulations
				(C.F.R.) Part 570, Subparts C, E, and E-1, and such definitions and
				descriptions are adopted and incorporated by reference into this rule.
				Employers should obtain copies of the federal regulations which contain these
				definitions as provided in Rule
				61L-2.012, F.A.C.
(a) Occupations Prohibited for All Minors. In
				addition to the hazardous occupations prohibited in Section
				450.061(2),
				F.S., employers shall not cause any minor to work in the following occupations
				or places of employment as are defined and described in 29 C.F.R. Part 570,
				Subpart E:
1. Occupations in or about plants
				or establishments manufacturing or storing explosives or articles containing
				explosive components (29 C.F.R. §570.51);
2. Motor-vehicle driver and outside helper
				(29 C.F.R. §570.52);
3.
				Occupations in connection with mining (29 C.F.R. §570.73, and
				§570.60);
4. Logging
				occupations and occupations in the operation of any sawmill, lath mill, shingle
				mill, or cooperage stock mill (29 C.F.R. §570.54);
5. Occupations involved in the operation of
				power-driven woodworking machines (29 C.F.R. §570.55);
6. Occupations involving exposure to
				radioactive substances and to ionizing radiations (29 C.F.R.
				§570.57);
7. Occupations
				involved in the operation of power-driven hoisting apparatus (29 C.F.R.
				§570.58);
8. Occupations
				involved in the operation of power-driven metal forming, punching, and shearing
				machines (29 C.F.R. §570.59);
9. Occupations involving slaughtering, meat
				packing or processing, or rendering (29 C.F.R. §570.61);
10. Occupations involved in the operation of
				bakery machines (29 C.F.R. §570.62);
11. Occupations involved in the operation of
				paper-products machines (29 C.F.R. §570.63);
12. Occupations involved in the manufacture
				of brick, tile, and kindred products (29 C.F.R. §570.64);
13. Occupations involved in the operations of
				circular saws, band saws, and guillotine shears (29 C.F.R.
				§570.65);
14. Occupations
				involved in wrecking, demolitions, and shipbreaking operations (29 C.F.R.
				§570.66);
15. Occupations in
				roofing operations (29 C.F.R. §570.67); and,
16. Occupations in excavation operations (29
				C.F.R. §570.68).