South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 71 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION-DIVISION OF LABOR › Article 3 - CHILD LABOR › Section 71-3107 - List of Hazardous Occupations or Occupations Detrimental to Health of Minor; Exemptions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
(A) The
			 following occupations are found to be particularly hazardous for minors sixteen
			 and seventeen years of age or detrimental to their health or well-being.
			 Employment of minors sixteen and seventeen years of age in these occupations is
			 not permitted.
(B) Occupations in
			 or about establishments manufacturing or storing explosives or articles
			 containing explosive components are particularly hazardous for the employment
			 of minors sixteen and seventeen years of age.
1. All occupations in or about any plant or
			 establishment (other than retail establishments or plants or establishments of
			 the type described in subparagraph (B)(2) of this section) manufacturing or
			 storing explosives or articles containing explosive components except where the
			 occupation is performed in a "nonexplosives area" as defined in paragraph
			 (B)(3) of this section.
2. The
			 following occupations in or about any plant or establishment manufacturing or
			 storing small-arms ammunition not exceeding .60 caliber in size, shotgun
			 shells, or blasting caps when manufactured or stored in conjunction with the
			 manufacture of small-arms ammunition:
(i) All
			 occupations involved in the manufacturing, mixing, transporting, or handling of
			 explosive compounds in the manufacture of small-arms ammunition and all other
			 occupations requiring the performance of any duties in the explosives area in
			 which explosive compounds are manufactured or mixed.
(ii) All occupations involved in the
			 manufacturing, transporting, or handling of primers and all other occupations
			 requiring the performance of any duties in the same building in which primers
			 are manufactured.
(iii) All
			 occupations involved in the priming of cartridges and all other occupations
			 requiring the performance of any duties in the same workroom in which rim-fire
			 cartridges are primed.
(iv) All
			 occupations involved in the plate loading of cartridges and in the operation of
			 automatic loading machines.
(v) All
			 occupations involved in the loading, inspecting, packing, shipping and storage
			 of blasting caps.
3.
			 Definitions. For the purpose of this section:
(a) The term "plant or establishment
			 manufacturing or storing explosives or articles containing explosive component"
			 means the land with all the buildings and other structures thereon used in
			 connection with the manufacturing or processing or storing of explosives or
			 articles containing explosive components.
(b) The terms "explosives" and "articles
			 containing explosive components" mean and include ammunition, black powder,
			 blasting caps, fireworks, high explosives, primers, smokeless powder, and all
			 goods classified and defined as explosives and explosive materials in
			 18
			 U.S.C. 841(c)-(f) and the
			 implementing regulations at 27 CFR Part 555. The terms include any chemical
			 compound, mixture, or device, the primary or common purpose of which is to
			 function by explosion, as well as all goods identified in the most recent list
			 of explosive materials published by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,
			 and Explosives, Department of Justice. This list is not intended to be
			 all-inclusive and is updated and published annually in the Federal Register
			 pursuant to
			 18
			 U.S.C. 841(d). A copy of the
			 most recent version of the list may be found through the Bureau of Alcohol,
			 Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives' website at http://www.atf.gov.
(c) An area meeting all of the criteria in
			 paragraphs (B)(3)(c)(i) through (iv) of this section shall be deemed a
			 "nonexplosives area":
(i) None of the work
			 performed in the area involves the handling or use of explosives;
(ii) The area is separated from the
			 explosives area by a distance not less than that prescribed in the American
			 Table of Distances for the protection of inhabited buildings;
(iii) The area is separated from the
			 explosives area by a fence or is otherwise located so that it constitutes a
			 definite designated area; and
(iv)
			 Satisfactory controls have been established to prevent employees under eighteen
			 years of age within the area from entering any area in or about the plant which
			 does not meet criteria of paragraphs (B)(3)(c)(i) through (iii) of this
			 section.